Home Secretary Priti Patel speaking at the annual conference of the Police Federation of England and Wales at the Central Convention Complex in Manchester.
GOVERNMENT plans to hand Tasers to volunteer police officers are “dangerous” and will “inevitably lead to more deaths” from stun guns, campaigners have warned.
Home Secretary Priti Patel was expected to announce the move today during a speech at the Police Federation Conference.
Under the proposals, special constables would be allowed to carry electroshock weapons if authorised by their chief officers.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Working in a high-risk sector, prison officers’ calls for proper PPE must be heeded – and the POA will be fighting to ensure effective protection at work is delivered, writes MARK FAIRHURST