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Operational Use ofTaserOperationalGuidance
 
36'2005 - Revised Taser Operational Guidance - attachment.doc 
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Operational Use of TaserInvolving Authorised Firearms Officers.Notes for Guidance on Police Use
Operational Guidance Index
Page Preface3 - 4Introduction5Description of Equipment5Modes of Operation5Effects of the Taser5 - 6Issue/Possession6 - 7Possession outside Force Area..7Specific Risk Factors7 - 8Training8Use9Oral and Visual warnings10Aftercare10 - 11Post Incident Procedures11 - 12Battery Maintenance12Dataport Auditing………………………………………12Storage and Administration12 - 13Appendix ‘A’.. Cross Border Protocols………………14Appendix ‘B’… Independent Medical Statements………15 - 31Appendix ‘C’… Information sheet to subject/GP/Hospitals32 - 37Appendix DTaser Battery Usage Form38Appendix ‘E’…M26 Taser Battery Recharging Form……39Appendix ‘FGeneric Risk Assessment40 - 42Appendix G.. Health and Safety Legislation43Appendix HEvaluation Questionnaire44 - 52
Preface
 
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1.1 Managing conflict and responding to violence are core police functions. Police response isunderpinned by Human Rights and in particular the obligation under Article 2 of the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights, to uphold the right to life.1.2 This guidance is intended to inform the operational use of taser electrical incapacitationdevices. The use will be limited to authorised police firearms officers and will be subject tocontinued monitoring and regular review. Guidance for the use of any other approved taserdevice will need to be agreed by the ACPO, in consultation with HOSDB, DSTL and DOMILL.1.3The original decision to move to an operational trial was informed by the detailed researchprogramme on electrical incapacitation devices, undertaken on behalf of ACPO by the HomeOffice Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB). This included a review of the medicalimplications of the use of such devices.1.4 The Secretary of State is supportive of an extension of the use of taser, subject to the sameoriginal operational parameters.1.5The use of the taser will be informed by reference to the ACPO Conflict Management Model,and is intended to provide firearms officers with an additional means of dealing with threats ofserious violence. The availability or deployment of the taser should not be considered as areplacement for conventional firearms.1.6 Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) are, in accordance with the ACPO Manual of Guidanceon Police Use of Firearms, issued with firearms – 
where the authorising officer has reason to suppose that they, in the course of their duty, may have to protect themselves or others from a person who is 
in possession of a firearm, or
has immediate access to a firearm, or
is otherwise so dangerous that the officer’s use of a firearm may be necessary.1.7 The police use of force is governed by:
 
Common Law
Section 3 Criminal Law Act 1967
Section 117 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
The Human Rights Act 1998.1.8Article 2 of the UN Basic Principles on the use of Force and Firearms states that:‘Governments and law enforcement agencies should develop a range of means as broad aspossible and equip law enforcement officials with various types of weapons and ammunition

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