National changes for Taser training following petrol forecourt incident

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National changes for Taser training following petrol forecourt incident

Officers Tasered man after he refused to comply with attempt to breathalyse and arrest him.

Date - 12th April 2022
By - Gary Mason

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Police forces will receive new training on using a Taser in the presence of a child and “unreasonable stereotypical assumptions” about the strength and size of black men following an IOPC investigation into the arrest of a man who was...

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