Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC) Sub-Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (DOMILL): Statement on the medical implications of M26 and X26 Taser use at incidents where firearms Weapons (pdf) Ministerial statement (pdf) Police
Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC) Sub-Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons (DOMILL): Statement on the medical implications of M26 and X26 Taser use at incidents where firearms Weapons (pdf) Ministerial statement (pdf) Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons: Code of practice (December 2003) (pdf) The DSAC report identifies that there is likely that: “the numbers of people subjected to Taser will increase” which: “will result in a greater annual incidence of minor injuries and a greater, but still low, chance of a serious adverse event”. The Sub-Committee is particularly concerned about the use of tasers on children and small adults: “children and adults of small stature [are] at potentially greater risk from the cardiac effects of Taser currents than normal adults of average or larger structure”