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Police chiefs and Federation criticise ‘vague’ and ‘statistically insignificant’ IOPC Taser review

SUBSCRIBE 7th September 2021Keith Potter, Editor, Policing Insight
A recent Independent Office for Police Conduct report made a raft of recommendations based on a review of 101 cases of the police use of Taser over a five-year period; but the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Police Federation have both criticised the report for being ‘vague’, ‘statistically insignificant’ and failing to engage with policing, as Policing Insight Editor Keith Potter reports.

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