FOI REQUEST: [CS incapacitant gas/spray; PAVA incapacitant gas/spray: training and safety precautions]

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In re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Subject: CS incapacitant gas/spray; PAVA incapacitant gas/spray: training and safety precautions
My reference: DF/BA/FIN0200113
Your reference:
Date: 28 November 2020

DF/ba

Dear Police Scotland,

I write to make a request for information, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the 2000 Act"). I would be grateful if you could ensure that the above reference number is quoted with your replies.

I request that you provide me with the following information:

(1) Do you have a written policy, practice, order, direction or other document which sets out your policy on the use of CS incapacitant gas/spray and/or PAVA incapacitant gas/spray by your service members and/or staff? If the answer is in the affirmative, please provide copies of the current policy version, as well as copies of any version which has been in force at any time from 1 January 2018 to 28 November 2020.

(2) Do you provide or arrange training (of any form, and delivered by any means) for your service members and/or staff, on the use of CS incapacitant gas/spray and/or PAVA incapacitant gas/spray? If the answer is in the affirmative, please provide copies of the current version of the training syllabus/particulars etc. which is delivered as of 28 November 2020. Please note, I am not seeking disclosure of specific training materials or course content, but rather a relatively concise precis of the subject matter/content of the training.

(3) Do you provide or arrange training (of any form, and delivered by any means) for your service members and/or staff, on first aid etc. to be given following the use of CS incapacitant gas/spray and/or PAVA incapacitant gas/spray in the event that the subject or any other person suffers an adverse reaction to the administration of the noxious substance (such as an allergic reaction, or the loss of or reduction in vision or visual acuity which does not correct promptly and without intervention, or difficulty with breathing, or anaphylaxis, or any other similar adverse reaction)? If the answer is in the affirmative, please provide copies of the current version of the training syllabus/particulars etc. which is delivered as of 28 November 2020, as well as complete copies of all course materials which are deployed/used before, during or after the training.

(4) Do you keep records of incidents involving the deployment of CS incapacitant gas/spray and/or PAVA incapacitant gas/spray where the subject or any other person has suffered an adverse reaction which has required the administration of any first aid etc. referenced in your answer to (3) and/or attention from a registered healthcare practitioner, such as a paramedic, doctor, or nurse? If the answer is in the affirmative, please provide full particulars of the record media/content which would be completed and retained in such circumstances, as well as copies of any document templates etc. which are in use. Please note, I am not seeking information concerning any particular or specific "real" incident which might have transpired, but rather information concerning the information/datasets which you *would* collect following a relevant incident, as well as copies of the forms/paperwork templates, which would be used to gather/record that information/dataset.

Please provide your responses to this request (as well as any correspondence) in PDF file format with machine-readable text content (i.e. so the documents are compatible fully with accessibility software for a disabled person who needs documents to be read aloud by software, in order to 'read' the document contents). When providing your substantive response, please provide it as a single PDF file marked up with universal bates numbering, for ease of cross-referencing any subsequent FOI requests, or requests for clarification and/or comment.

Yours faithfully,

Mr D Froame

Police Scotland

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