Use of Stun Guns During the Commission of Crime

Reference number: 
20080055
Request date: 
02/2008
Response date: 
11/02/2008 (All day)
Request details: 

In your Police Force, how many stun guns including electro shock guns, tasers and any other weapons which emit an electrical charge to incapacitate the victim were used in the commission of crime during the following periods;
 
2004
2005
2006
2007
 
If you do not store this information in calendar years please provide it in financial years;

Exemptions Applied: 

NONE

SYP response: 

Please see the table below which is a count of Crime Management System records recorded in the years identified where there is a Weapon of Electric Stun Gun recorded as 'USED'.

Year Recorded

Weapon Type

Number of Weapons counted as USED on CMS Record

2004

ELECTRIC STUN GUN

18

2005

ELECTRIC STUN GUN

20

2006

ELECTRIC STUN GUN

22

2007

ELECTRIC STUN GUN

23

Electric Stun Gun is the only Firearm Weapon Type to be recorded on our Crime Management System which fits your request and therefore I have provided the data for this Weapon Type.

I hope the information we have provided is of help to your enquiries and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in South Yorkshire Police.