Home Secretary Priti Patel’s call this summer for police officers to “zap the bad people” with tasers has raised alarm bells among children’s rights groups and racial justice campaigners. Recently published official figures reveal a near tripling of cases involving the use of tasers on under-18s in two years. Research in London found three quarters of taser incidents involve children of black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage (BAME).
As charities continue to campaign for taser use on children to be more tightly regulated, they are concerned that an expansion in the number of frontline officers issued with the weapons increases the chances of them being used inappropriately and children suffering harm.
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