Police Action Centre: Taser roll-out did not follow Home Office guidance
Sophie Khan, solicitor-advocate and director (legal and policy) of the Police Action Centre says that the Taser Working Group was able to highlight key issues o...
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Police Action Centre: Taser roll-out did not follow Home Office guidance
Sophie Khan, solicitor-advocate and director (legal and policy) of the Police Action Centre says that the Taser Working Group was able to highlight key issues of concern in the recent process to expand Taser availability in London. Most importantly, PAC h...
Read All News StoriesPublic Meeting in Hackney on Tasers
Date Pubished 2013-05-18
Police in Hackney to be armed with Tasers in city-wide roll-out of electroshock weapons Concern over introduction of new patrols Glenn McMahon Thursday 9 May 2013 Taser public library Panel at the public meeting where fears were aired over Taser roll-out. Photograph: G...
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use- Guardian 21 October 2012
Date Pubished 2011-08-18
Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use Mistaken deployment of Taser on Chorley blind man and other incidents spark calls for more police control and restraint Helen Carter guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 October 2012 17.44 BST Concern is growing among human ...
Legal Action Group Magazine September 2012 -Police Action Centre launched
Date Pubished 2011-08-18
Sophie Khan, a solicitor-advocate and director of the Police Action Centre (PAC), who is also head of an Action Against the Police department at a leading law firm based in Surrey and London, writes: PAC was launched last month and is the first organisation in England and Wa...
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