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Met use of Tasers on kids rises by 6 times in 4 years
Use of potentially lethal Tasers on children by the Metropolitan Police has risen nearly six-fold over four years, campaigners revealed yesterday.
Use of potentially lethal Tasers on children by the Metropolitan Police has risen nearly six-fold over four years, campaigners revealed yesterday.
Police used the controversial stun guns on children 131 times between 2008 and 2012 across 21 London boroughs, rising from nine instances in 2008 to 53 in 2012.
London Assembly Labour group police and crime spokeswoman Joanne McCartney said: "This report is very alarming. Tasers should not be used on children. What's even more worrying is that the figures in this report only go up to 2012. Since then there has been a significant roll-out of Tasers to more police officers across London."
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