Taser incidents 543/2023
FOI Reference: 543/2023
Request:
In each of the following years to 1 April
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
- 2021-22
- 2022-23
Q1. How many times did the force use a Taser on people in each year? Please give the number of incidents, rather than the number of individuals.
Please break down by incidents where a Taser weapon was drawn, aimed or fired.
Where a Taser weapon was fired, please only mark this once (no need to note it was drawn or aimed in these cases), and similarly where a weapon was aimed, no need to note it was drawn.
Q2. Please provide a breakdown of incidents by the age of the person who the weapon was used on - if exact age is not possible, please use the following brackets (0-17; 18-25; 25-65; 65-80; 80+).
Response:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Q1.
|
Financial Year |
Sum of Taser Drawn |
Sum of Taser Aimed |
Sum of Subject Red-Dotted |
Sum of Taser Fired |
|
2019-20 |
50 |
15 |
137 |
20 |
|
2020-21 |
17 |
15 |
160 |
29 |
|
2021-22 |
43 |
28 |
226 |
25 |
|
2022-23 |
52 |
32 |
283 |
31 |
|
Grand Total |
162 |
90 |
806 |
105 |
Q2.
|
Total number of people subject of taser deployment in financial years: |
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|
Age |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
Grand Total |
|
Unknown |
1 |
4 |
7 |
21 |
3 |
36 |
|
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
14 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
|
15 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
14 |
|
16 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
17 |
|
17 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
|
18 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
0 |
29 |
|
19 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
23 |
|
20 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
31 |
|
21 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
36 |
|
22 |
9 |
5 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
36 |
|
23 |
14 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
53 |
|
24 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
32 |
|
25 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
37 |
|
26 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
3 |
42 |
|
27 |
17 |
3 |
19 |
28 |
1 |
68 |
|
28 |
14 |
6 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
46 |
|
29 |
8 |
10 |
21 |
12 |
1 |
52 |
|
30 |
7 |
7 |
13 |
8 |
0 |
35 |
|
31 |
7 |
10 |
11 |
18 |
1 |
47 |
|
32 |
7 |
1 |
15 |
13 |
0 |
36 |
|
33 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
23 |
|
34 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
24 |
|
35 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
32 |
|
36 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
28 |
|
37 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
31 |
|
38 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
0 |
38 |
|
39 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
26 |
|
40 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
0 |
25 |
|
41 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
1 |
26 |
|
42 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
19 |
3 |
34 |
|
43 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
|
44 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
18 |
|
45 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
33 |
|
46 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
|
47 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
|
48 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
|
49 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
50 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
|
51 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
|
52 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
|
53 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
|
54 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
55 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
|
56 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
57 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
|
58 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
59 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
60 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
61 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
62 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
63 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
64 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
68 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
74 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
118 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
129 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
222 |
221 |
322 |
398 |
24 |
1187 |
Please note: The above data is what has been provided to the FOI department, as it is the data Dyfed Powys Police have recorded, it may not be wholly accurate, in particular the two incidents of 118 yrs old and 129 yrs old are what were recorded, but this is most likely a recording error, rather than a true reflection of the age of the subject.
It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 20/02/2024)