Taser Equiped Officers

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Dear Hampshire Constabulary,

Please could you provide the following information;
1. How many police officers are currently trained to use of a Taser.
2. Which departments/units (i.e. Roads Policing/Neighbourhood Policing) contain officers who carry Tasers.
3. Do you intend to increase the number of Taser trained officers over the next 12 months.
4. If so, by how many.
5. Are Tasers issued to any officer who wish's to undergo the training required.

Yours faithfully,

T.Roberts

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

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Dear Mr Roberts,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HC/002726/19

 

The following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
was received by the Public Access office at Hampshire Constabulary on the
date listed above:

 

Please could you provide the following information; 1. How many police
officers are currently trained to use of a Taser.

2. Which departments/units (i.e. Roads Policing/Neighbourhood Policing)
contain officers who carry Tasers.

3. Do you intend to increase the number of Taser trained officers over the
next 12 months.

4. If so, by how many.

5. Are Tasers issued to any officer who wishes to undergo the training
required.

 

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Sue Adcock | Public Access

Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley
Police

Telephone 02380 479580 | Internal 463 1754

Address: Hampshire Constabulary, Mottisfont Court, Tower Street,
Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8ZD.

 

Information Management Helpdesk:

Hampshire :[1][email address] / 02380
479580 (Int 463 1754)

Thames Valley: [2][email address] /
01865 542051 (Int 300 329)

 

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Sarah Carr | Public Access Manager
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley
Police
Telephone 02380 479580 | Internal 46-31760
Address | Hampshire Constabulary, Mottisfont Court, Tower Street,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZD

 

Information Management Helpdesk:

Hampshire        [1][email address] / 02380
479580 (internal 463 1760)

Thames Valley   [2][email address] /
01865 542051 (internal 300 6329)

 

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J Roberts left an annotation ()

London Evening Standard

'A new version of the Taser which can be used from different distances to subdue offenders is being supplied to police officers by two forces.
The upgrade is being rolled out by Hampshire and Thames Valley forces with the aim of providing better protection for its officers.

A spokesman for the two forces said: “Over the course of the next 12 months, the Taser 7 device will replace all our current X2 models'

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/polic...

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Independent report explores the potential causes of racial and ethnic disparities in the use of Taser

(Analysis by researchers from Keele University, UCL, The University of Exeter and Staffordshire University.)

Key findings from the research suggest:

https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/news/2023/...

The Report:

Taser use and its association with social, ethnic and racial disparities in policing (TASERD)
https://www.keele.ac.uk/kpac/fundedproje...

'People perceived by the police to be ‘Black or Black British’ were 8.6 times more likely than ‘White’ people to experience Taser during use-of-force incidents.' p 23

'4. We also identified a notable lack of attention to utilising dialogue, or tactical communications, to handle situations of potential conflict, and in terms of de-escalation strategies more broadly.' p 202

'It is often suggested that BWV audits are an effective way forward regarding scrutiny and research-based analysis of CED use... However, mirroring the experiences of SGMs, the research team encountered acute difficulties accessing BWC footage for a variety of different reasons... However, even in our limited sample we observed several instances where use of Taser appeared to us to be contrary to the guidance provided in Authorised Professional Practice (APP) and training.' p11/12

Hampshire

'In this one case study we were able to realise our primary goal and examine Taser use at a neighbourhood level...

Specifically, the data suggested that as the Black residential population of an LSOA [Lower Layer Super Output Area] increased, so too did the probability of Taser use in that location. It was also the case that for these LSOAs the intensity of stop and search as well as general police use of force also predicted Taser use...

Put differently, our data resonate with the idea that British policing is occurring within a society that is structurally racist, by which we mean that for a variety of different reasons people with ethnic minority heritage find it harder to access opportunity and wealth in the UK and are therefore more likely to reside areas of socio-economic deprivation... p18/19

LSOAs are a Census-based area classification designed to be similar in terms of population size...' p186