TASERs within Gloucestershire Constabulary

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Dear Gloucestershire Constabulary,

Apologies for the errors in the first request. This is the correct version of the request:

Please provide the following information (if the information is not available or needs clarification then disregard the question):

1. How many police officers routinely carry a TASER?

2. How many police officers are trained to use a TASER?

3. Which departments/units (e.g. Dog Section, Roads Policing Unit) contain officers who routinely carry a TASER?

4. In regard to question 3, how many police officers work in these departments/units and how many police officers carry TASER in said
departments/units.

5. Out of all police officers in Gloucestershire Constabulary, what is the percentage of police officers who routinely carry a TASER?

6. Please state the methods in which the TASER is carried by police
officers (e.g. belt holster, TAC Vest holster, leg holster)

7. What colour is the personal protection vest worn by officers in each applicable department?

8. Does the colours of the TASER in Gloucestershire Constabulary vary?

9. If yes to question 6, please state the colour variations.

10. If no to question 6 please state the colours of the TASER used by Gloucestershire Constabulary (e.g. yellow and black, blue, black)

11. How many TASERs does Gloucestershire Constabulary currently hold?

12. How many times was the TASER used in the following modes in 2012;
a. discharge;
b. arced;
c. drive-stun;
d. red-dot;
e. aimed;
f. not stated

13. How many times was the TASER used by each applicable department/unit within Gloucestershire Constabulary in the following modes
in 2012;
a. discharge;
b. arced;
c. drive-stun;
d. red-dot;
e. aimed;
f. not stated

Yours faithfully,
Tyler James

Dear Mr James

Enquiry Ref : 2013.4612

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 22/05/13, requesting information concerning:

(Please provide the following information (if the information is not
available or needs clarification then disregard the question):

1. How many police officers routinely carry a TASER?

2. How many police officers are trained to use a TASER?

3. Which departments/units (e.g. Dog Section, Roads Policing Unit)
contain officers who routinely carry a TASER?

4. In regard to question 3, how many police officers work in these
departments/units and how many police officers carry TASER in said
departments/units.

5. Out of all police officers in Gloucestershire Constabulary, what
is the percentage of police officers who routinely carry a TASER?

6. Please state the methods in which the TASER is carried by police
officers (e.g. belt holster, TAC Vest holster, leg holster)

7. What colour is the personal protection vest worn by officers in
each applicable department?

8. Does the colours of the TASER in Gloucestershire Constabulary
vary?

9. If yes to question 6, please state the colour variations.

10. If no to question 6 please state the colours of the TASER used
by Gloucestershire Constabulary (e.g. yellow and black, blue,
black)

11. How many TASERs does Gloucestershire Constabulary currently
hold?

12. How many times was the TASER used in the following modes in
2012;
a. discharge;
b. arced;
c. drive-stun;
d. red-dot;
e. aimed;
f. not stated

13. How many times was the TASER used by each applicable
department/unit within Gloucestershire Constabulary in the
following modes
in 2012;
a. discharge;
b. arced;
c. drive-stun;
d. red-dot;
e. aimed;

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Yours sincerely,

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Dear Mr James

 

Please find attached the response to FOI request 2013/4612.

 

Yours sincerely

Miss G Richards

 

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