Category: Firearms and Conducted Energy Devices (Taser)
Tasers (1544A/21)
How many times was a Taser deployed in any way and – as a separate number – how many times fired/discharged by your police force in the periods:
a) 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018
Firearm Licenses (1231A/21)
1) How many licences were revoked by your constabulary in the years listed below?
Firearm Seized (1254A/21)
List all the firearms that were seized by West Midlands Police between February and July 2020 and February and July 2021.
Taser (988A/21)
1) How many times your police officers fired/discharged Tasers at people (i.e. in drive stun mode, angled drive stun mode or fired so that the barbs are discharged at the subject)?
Shooting Incidents (569A/21)
Description of information sought: I am hoping to find out the number of shootings that have occurred in the West Midlands over the past two years. I would like a localised breakdown of the stats per borough. I understand there are time constraints with FOI work, so if possible, please prioritize points 1 and 2.
Taser Trained Officers (299A/21)
Please provide the number of officers trained in Taser across the force, and the number of those in their probationary period (if none, whether there are plans to extend Taser training to probationary officers).