Police use of Taser on people with mental illness

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Dear Home Office,

I request data on police use of tasers on mentally ill, mentally disabled, and emotionally distressed people in England and Wales in the years 2015 to 2020, including "highest use", "ethnicity" and "gender". Please provide data in excel format.

Yours faithfully,

I. Burnett

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J Roberts left an annotation ()

Equality impact assessment
Published 27 June 2022

'To allow Chief Constables to equip Special Constables (specials) in their forces with Conducting Energy Devices (CEDs) (commonly referred to as the brand name ‘Taser’). This EIA refers to two options, one to allow specials to carry Taser and two, to not allow them to and to retain the status quo.'

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