Police use 50,000-volt Taser on 15-year-old schoolboy with learning difficulties after being called in over 'scuffle' | Mail Online 6 December 2013

 Quoted in The Daily Mail


Yesterday Sophie Khan, a solicitor-advocate and legal director at Police Action Centre called for an inquiry. She said: 'The use of a Taser on this occasion has to be called into question. The police action may have been excessive.
'The use on children is only allowed if it is the only feasible method of restraining the child.
'It's only there if there are no other alternatives to restrain the child.
'Often officers can say they weren't aware of behaviour issues, but in this case they must have been aware.
'Using a Taser on someone suffering some kind of behavioural difficulty or disability is something the policy or guidance doesn't allow.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2519576/Police-use-50-000-volt-Taser-15-year-old-schoolboy-learning-difficulties-called-scuffle.html

Police taser boy with learning difficulties at special-needs school | The Times 7 December 2013

 Quoted in The Times

Sophie Khan, a solicitor-advocate and legal director at the Police Action Centre, said: “The use of a Taser on this occasion has to be called into question. The police action may have been excessive. The use on children is only allowed if it is the only feasible method of restraining the child. It’s only there if there are no other alternatives to restrain the child.
“Often officers can say they weren’t aware of behaviour issues, but in this case they must have been aware. Using a Taser on someone suffering some kind of behavioural difficulty or disability is something the policy or guidance doesn’t allow.”

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3942502.ece

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