Key information
Date: Thursday 21st December 2017
Time: All day
Motion detail
“This Assembly notes the decision of the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis to increase the number of taser-trained officers to 6,400.
The Assembly further notes the rule change that enables officers on single patrol to carry taser and the near-complete roll out of body worn cameras to taser-equipped officers.
The Assembly urges the Mayor to make representations to the Commissioner calling on her to ensure that the police attempt, to the best of their ability, to ensure that tasers are never used in an unwitnessed and unaccountable way.
The Assembly notes that the best way to guarantee this is to make sure that all lone taser-carrying officers are equipped with body worn video. Apart from in circumstances where a police officer’s safety may be in immediate danger, such video should always be switched on before a taser is discharged.”