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FOI Reference: 69/2022
Request:
1) Does your force record which part(s) of the body a conducted energy device (CED, e.g. TASER) makes contact with when discharged?
2) If so, I would like the number of instances where one of your officers has hit or made contact with an individual’s chest area with a CED/TASER from 1 January 2019 until the 1st January 2022. If this requires effort to separate the results or you do not have data for that exact date range, please send the raw data.
3) Can I also have total number of times that a CED/TASER has been discharged by your officers from 1 January 2019 until the 1st January 2022? NB: ‘Discharge’ should include all instances of firing, as well as the use of drive-stun and angle drive-stun functions. As before, if this requires effort to separate the results or you do not have data for that exact date range, please send the raw data.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, yes Dyfed-Powys Police does record which part(s) of the body a CED makes contact with when discharged.
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested. Between 1st January 2019 and 1st January 2022, an individuals chest area has been hit 4 times with a taser.
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested. Between 1st January 2019 and 1st January 2022, a taser has been discharged 98 times.
This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act and disclosed on the 11th February 2022.