Last updated on September 22nd, 2023 at 12:36 pm
Last updated on September 22nd, 2023 at 12:36 pm
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA month or so ago there was heated discussion on Twatter and Farcebook about Taser Usage in London vs Ethnicity and there were differing opinions proffered.
I asked the Met two simple questions;
For the previous rolling 12 month period
How many times have Tasers been drawn, but specifically NOT used?
On those occasions when Taser was drawn but NOT used, what is the Ethnic Breakdown of the “suspects” i.e. The people threatened with Taser usage?
and
For the period July 2015 to June 2016 could you please give me a breakdown by ethnicity of persons actually subjected to Taser usage, i.e. Fired, Arced or a Drive Stun?
Their ressponse to the first can be found here
But I decided I wanted to kjnow more, hence the second question.
The response to that one is finally in, and here, in a series of simplifed graphs, it is.
The question being so hotly debated was one of racial bias in ‘Taserings’. Well, the info for a 12 month period in London is there.
What do you think?
