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TASER – Conducted Energy Devices
Contents
Guidance Notes2
Table 1: Type of Deployment and Incident Location3
Table 2: Type of Deployment and Subject Gender4
Table 3: Type of Deployment and Ethnicity4
Table 4: Type of Deployment and Age 5
Table 5: Number of Dogs by Type of Deployment and Incident Location 8
Guidance Notes
The data below has been extracted from the Taser recording system. The search parameters are set to capture information from 01/01/2016 to the 31/12/2016.
Data Quality
West Midlands Police (WMP) are aware of the differences recorded in the data below and in the data provided by the Home Office. The data provided is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in large scale data collection processes and recording systems. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure that the inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpretingthe data.
Each time a Taser is deployed, the use is recorded and a report is submitted. If two officers attend an incident and both draw their Tasers then two reports are submitted. This is the case even if only one of the Tasers is fired. The information below is taken from the reports submitted and does not necessarily indicate the number of incidents attended.
Ethnicity and Age
The data concerning ethnicity and age is produced from each record submitted. Therefore the data does not indicate the number of individuals of that age or ethnicity that have had a Taser deployed against them.
Type of Deployment and Incident Location
Local Policing Unit / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
Birmingham East / 15 / 1 / - / 31 / 1 / 11 / 49 / 108
Birmingham North / 4 / - / 1 / 7 / 1 / 20 / 27 / 60
Birmingham South / 5 / - / 1 / 12 / - / 20 / 39 / 77
Birmingham West & Central / 7 / - / 5 / 47 / 2 / 23 / 71 / 155
Coventry / 7 / - / 4 / 32 / - / 24 / 56 / 123
Dudley / 1 / - / - / 6 / - / 8 / 26 / 41
Solihull / 1 / - / - / 2 / 1 / 4 / 13 / 21
Sandwell / 9 / - / 1 / 17 / - / 18 / 59 / 104
Walsall / 9 / - / 1 / 19 / - / 11 / 40 / 80
Wolverhampton / 6 / - / - / 11 / - / 23 / 43 / 83
Off Force Area / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 1 / 2
Not recorded/ Blank / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Total / 64 / 1 / 13 / 185 / 5 / 162 / 424 / 854
Type of Deployment and Subject Gender
Deployment TypeSubject Gender / Aimed / Angled Drive Stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
Female / 4 / 9 / 13 / 19 / 45
Male / 60 / 1 / 13 / 175 / 5 / 149 / 405 / 808
Other / 1 / 1
Total / 64 / 1 / 13 / 185 / 5 / 162 / 424 / 854
Type of Deployment and Ethnicity
Ethnicity / Aimed / Angled Drive Stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
Asian or British Asian / 5 / 1 / 30 / - / 17 / 51 / 104
Black or Black British / 14 / - / - / 35 / 1 / 27 / 69 / 146
Chinese or any other Ethnic Group / - / - / 1 / 2 / - / - / 7 / 10
Mixed / 7 / - / 1 / 14 / - / 9 / 24 / 55
White / 38 / - / 9 / 102 / 4 / 108 / 265 / 526
Not Stated / - / - / 2 / 2 / - / 1 / 7 / 12
Not Recorded / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
Total / 64 / 1 / 13 / 185 / 5 / 162 / 424 / 854
Type of Deployment and Age
Deployment TypeAge / Aimed / Angled Drive Stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
10 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
12 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
13 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / - / 1
14 / - / - / - / 2 / - / - / 3 / 5
15 / 2 / - / - / 1 / - / 3 / 4 / 10
16 / 1 / - / - / 6 / - / 2 / 6 / 15
17 / 2 / - / - / 6 / - / 1 / 4 / 13
18 / - / - / - / 9 / - / 6 / 15 / 30
19 / 3 / - / - / 11 / - / 2 / 12 / 28
20 / 2 / - / 1 / 6 / - / 8 / 19 / 36
21 / 2 / - / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 18 / 26
22 / 1 / - / - / 7 / - / 6 / 24 / 36
23 / 2 / - / - / 7 / - / 9 / 13 / 31
24 / 1 / - / 2 / 7 / - / 3 / 16 / 28
25 / 3 / - / 2 / 5 / - / 10 / 20 / 40
26 / 2 / - / - / 9 / 1 / 8 / 12 / 32
27 / 2 / - / - / 3 / - / 3 / 14 / 22
28 / 2 / - / 1 / 4 / 1 / 9 / 13 / 28
29 / 2 / - / 1 / 2 / - / 11 / 12 / 28
30 / 4 / - / - / 10 / 1 / 8 / 17 / 40
31 / 5 / - / - / 7 / - / 3 / 16 / 31
Deployment Type
Age / Aimed / Angled Drive Stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
32 / 2 / - / - / 6 / 1 / 6 / 13 / 28
33 / 2 / - / - / 7 / - / 4 / 11 / 24
34 / 1 / - / - / 3 / - / 4 / 12 / 20
35 / 3 / - / - / 5 / - / 5 / 12 / 25
36 / 2 / 1 / - / 4 / - / 9 / 17 / 33
37 / 2 / - / 1 / 3 / - / 7 / 14 / 27
38 / 1 / - / - / 1 / - / 1 / 16 / 19
39 / 3 / - / 2 / 5 / - / 6 / 16 / 32
40 / 2 / - / - / 4 / - / 2 / 7 / 15
41 / - / - / - / 5 / - / 1 / 3 / 9
42 / - / - / - / 6 / - / 2 / 10 / 18
43 / 3 / - / - / 3 / - / 3 / 4 / 13
44 / 1 / - / - / 3 / - / 1 / 4 / 9
45 / - / - / 2 / 3 / - / 1 / 5 / 11
46 / 2 / - / - / 2 / - / 2 / 4 / 10
47 / 1 / - / - / 1 / - / 1 / 4 / 7
48 / - / - / - / 3 / - / 1 / 6 / 10
49 / 1 / - / - / 1 / - / 3 / 4 / 9
50 / - / - / - / 2 / - / 1 / 5 / 8
51 / - / - / - / - / - / 2 / 1 / 3
52 / - / - / - / 3 / - / 2 / 2 / 7
53 / - / - / - / 3 / - / 1 / 2 / 6
54 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
Deployment Type
Age / Aimed / Angled Drive Stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total
53 / - / - / - / 3 / - / 1 / 2 / 6
54 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
55 / - / - / - / 2 / - / - / 2 / 4
56 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
57 / 1 / - / - / - / - / 1 / 3 / 5
58 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
59 / - / - / - / - / - / 3 / - / 3
60 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / - / 1
61 / 1 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1
65 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
NOT KNOWN / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
UNKNOWN / - / - / - / 2 / - / - / - / 2
Number of Dogs by Type of Deployment and Incident Location
Deployment TypeLocal Policing Unit / Arced / Drawn / Fired / Red Dot / Total
Birmingham East / - / - / - / 1 / 1
Coventry / - / 1 / - / - / 1
Dudley / - / - / - / 1 / 1
Walsall / - / - / 3 / - / 3
Wolverhampton / 1 / - / - / - / 1
Total / 1 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 7