UK: Taser use by Essex police facing review

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"The use of Tasers by Essex Police is to be reviewed after the force trebled its usage of the stun guns over the past five years."

See the article: Taser use by Essex police facing review (BBC News, link).

And see: Home Office statistics (link): showed Essex Police recorded 152 Taser deployments in 2013, compared with 42 in 2009."

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