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Police Taser 7500 London police carry them

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justasking111 · 01/05/2024 17:09

The attack yesterday in which a 14 year old boy died and two officers were badly hurt did not carry tasers. I thought all police carried them these days.

7500 out of 34000 London officers carry them. Should more police carry them?

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statetrooperstacey · 01/05/2024 17:28

Also they are not allowed tasers till they have been in for 2 years so maybe those officers were new?

statetrooperstacey · 01/05/2024 17:27

Tasers are treated like firearms by the police, they require rigorous training to be able to carry one and if they are used there’s a fuck ton of paperwork, red tape and accountability afterwards. Not all police want to carry one .

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justasking111 · 01/05/2024 17:20

Littlebitpsycho · 01/05/2024 17:14

I think all police officers should have them, not just in London.

And I think the threshold for being able to use them should be lower too

It is the police wanting more officers to carry them when you read the article

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WittiestUsernameEver · 01/05/2024 17:15

Littlebitpsycho · 01/05/2024 17:14

I think all police officers should have them, not just in London.

And I think the threshold for being able to use them should be lower too

Until it's YOUR 13 year old being tasered by a trigger happy police officer.

WittiestUsernameEver · 01/05/2024 17:14

It's up to the police to decide that, not us.

Littlebitpsycho · 01/05/2024 17:14

I think all police officers should have them, not just in London.

And I think the threshold for being able to use them should be lower too

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