Police use of Taser statistics, 2010 to 2011
Written ministerial statement on the police use of Taser statistics, 2010 to 2011.
![The Rt Hon Damian Green](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a4f6801ed915d595171e249/damian-green.jpg)
The Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice (Damian Green): I am today publishing the statistics on police use of Taser in England and Wales for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011. These show that:
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total police use of Taser has increased year on year from 2009 to 2011.
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the proportion of Taser where the ‘highest use’ is ‘fired’ remained constant through 2010 and 2011 at about a fifth, after declining from 2009.
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the most common ‘highest use’ of a Taser was ‘red dot’ in each of the last two years.
Full details will be made placed in the House Library and are available here at GOV.UK