Police officers who carry Tasers are more likely to use force and be attacked
Members of specialist Garda units are trained in the use of Tasers but they’re not widely used here.
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Members of specialist Garda units are trained in the use of Tasers but they’re not widely used here.
The stand-off began at a house in Ronanstown after 9am yesterday morning.
The 38-year-old is being questioned at a London police station.
The police stunned her with a taser and handcuffed her after she failed to follow instructions to drop a knife.
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice said it isn’t possible to police rural Ireland the same way as Dublin.
The man was waving around an item, later found to be a shoe horn.
Knife crime offences have risen by 24% in London in the last year, compared with 2015-2016.
It was recommended that she be placed on supervised probation for six months.
The 14-year-old has been questioned on suspicion of assault.
The stand-off ended after more than two hours when a Garda used a taser on the man.
The woman survived the attack by her fiancee who was convicted yesterday at Leeds Crown Court.
A post-mortem has shown that the man who died after being Tasered by police in Bolton succumbed to self-inflicted wounds.
It is believed the man who was shot with a Taser gun was also suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds. The death is the third in eight days connected to police use of Tasers and pepper-spray in the UK.
An investigation has begun into the death of a 27-year-old bodybuilder in Cumbria after he was ‘Tasered’ by police.
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Surgeons were needed to remove an inch-long taser prong from a man’s back following an incident in April 2010.
Officers missed their mark and struck teen bystander.