The @WeCops Debate: Taser – increasing training, widening deployment, and improving understanding

22nd November 2021PC Fran Tamblyn, Taser Training Co-ordinator, Dorset Police

The police use of Taser has been a topic of much debate, with widening training and deployment, the intense scrutiny, and a lack of understanding about less lethal weapons among both the media and the public some of the key issues; many of those points were raised during a recent #WeCops debate on less lethal weapons, which is summarised in this article by PC Francesca Tamblyn, Taser Lead Instructor for Dorset Police and one of the hosts of the debate.

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