TASER – Conducted Energy Devices
Guidance Notes
The data below has been extracted from the TASER recording system. The search parameters are set to capture information from 01/01/2014 to the 31/12/2014.
Data Quality
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 and ethnicity that have had a TASER deployed.
Type of Deployment and Incident Location
Local Policing Unit / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / TotalBirmingham East / 18 / 3 / - / 18 / - / 24 / 73 / 136
Birmingham North / 4 / - / - / 3 / - / 15 / 20 / 42
Birmingham South / 5 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 3 / 19 / 43 / 78
Birmingham West & Central / 10 / 1 / 24 / 1 / 19 / 46 / 101
Coventry / 9 / 2 / 5 / 12 / - / 33 / 57 / 118
Dudley / - / - / - / 3 / - / 11 / 20 / 34
Solihull / - / - / - / - / - / 15 / 13 / 28
Sandwell / 7 / 2 / - / 10 / 2 / 26 / 63 / 110
Walsall / 5 / - / 2 / 4 / 1 / 21 / 28 / 61
Wolverhampton / 3 / - / 2 / 12 / - / 22 / 35 / 74
Off Force Area / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
Not recorded/ Blank / 2 / 1 / 1 / 17 / 1 / 25 / 47 / 94
Total / 63 / 10 / 11 / 109 / 8 / 230 / 446 / 877
Type of Deployment and Subject Gender
Gender / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / TotalFemale / 4 / - / - / 4 / - / 16 / 15 / 39
Male / 58 / 9 / 10 / 88 / 7 / 192 / 392 / 756
Not recorded/ Blank / 1 / 1 / 1 / 17 / 1 / 22 / 39 / 82
Total / 63 / 10 / 11 / 109 / 8 / 230 / 446 / 877
Type of Deployment and Ethnicity
Ethnicity / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / TotalIndian / - / - / 1 / 3 / - / 10 / 12 / 26
Pakistani / 7 / - / 1 / 6 / - / 8 / 22 / 44
Bangladeshi / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
Any other Asian background / - / - / - / 1 / - / 5 / 4 / 10
Caribbean / 2 / 1 / - / 12 / 1 / 19 / 49 / 84
African / 4 / 1 / - / 2 / - / 3 / 13 / 23
Any other Black background / - / - / - / 1 / - / 4 / 7 / 12
White and Black Caribbean / 3 / 1 / - / 3 / - / 7 / 17 / 31
White and Black African / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
White and Black Asian / - / - / - / 1 / 1 / - / - / 2
M9 / 1 / - / - / 3 / - / 1 / 3 / 8
Any other mixed background / - / - / - / 1 / - / 1 / - / 2
Chinese / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / - / 1
Any other ethnic group / - / - / - / - / - / 2 / 5 / 7
British / 40 / 5 / 6 / 55 / 5 / 133 / 256 / 500
Irish / 1 / 1 / - / 3 / - / 4 / 6 / 15
Any other White Background / 4 / - / 2 / 1 / - / 6 / 7 / 20
Not recorded/ Blank / 1 / 1 / 1 / 17 / 1 / 26 / 43 / 90
Total / 63 / 10 / 11 / 109 / 8 / 230 / 446 / 877
Type of Deployment and Age (See continued)
Age / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total13 / 1 / - / - / 1 / - / - / 1 / 3
14 / 1 / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 4 / 8
15 / 2 / - / - / - / - / 2 / 4 / 8
16 / 2 / - / - / 4 / - / 1 / 7 / 14
17 / 2 / - / - / 1 / - / 3 / 8 / 14
18 / 2 / - / - / 4 / - / 5 / 10 / 21
19 / 4 / 1 / - / 3 / - / 1 / 13 / 22
20 / 3 / 1 / - / 9 / - / 3 / 11 / 27
21 / 4 / - / - / 3 / - / 4 / 15 / 26
22 / 1 / 1 / - / 5 / 1 / 4 / 19 / 31
23 / 2 / - / - / 1 / - / 8 / 16 / 27
24 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 10 / 19 / 40
25 / 3 / - / - / 6 / - / 15 / 28 / 52
26 / 6 / 1 / 1 / 4 / - / 8 / 16 / 36
27 / 2 / - / - / 2 / - / 11 / 27 / 42
28 / 4 / - / - / 2 / 1 / 5 / 11 / 23
29 / 2 / - / 1 / 5 / - / 6 / 19 / 33
30 / 1 / - / 1 / 5 / 1 / 9 / 17 / 34
31 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2 / - / 7 / 8 / 22
32 / 3 / - / 1 / 3 / - / 10 / 8 / 25
33 / 5 / 1 / - / - / - / 7 / 7 / 20
34 / - / - / 1 / - / 1 / 7 / 12 / 21
35 / - / - / - / - / 1 / 7 / 12 / 20
36 / 1 / - / - / 2 / - / 5 / 8 / 16
37 / 2 / - / - / 2 / - / 4 / 12 / 20
38 / - / - / - / 1 / - / 7 / 9 / 17
Continued
Age / Aimed / Angled drive stun / Arced / Drawn / Drive Stun / Fired / Red Dot / Total39 / 1 / - / - / 1 / - / 5 / 11 / 18
40 / 1 / - / - / 2 / - / 2 / 6 / 11
41 / - / - / - / - / 1 / 8 / 10 / 19
42 / 1 / - / - / 3 / - / 3 / 7 / 14
43 / - / - / - / 1 / - / 6 / 8 / 15
44 / - / - / - / 4 / - / 3 / 3 / 10
45 / 1 / - / - / 3 / - / 2 / 3 / 9
46 / - / 1 / - / - / - / - / 5 / 6
47 / - / - / - / 1 / - / 5 / 4 / 10
48 / - / - / - / - / - / 5 / 3 / 8
49 / - / - / - / 2 / - / 4 / 3 / 9
50 / - / - / - / - / - / 2 / 4 / 6
51 / - / - / - / - / - / 4 / 4 / 8
52 / - / - / 1 / 1 / - / 3 / - / 5
53 / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / - / 1
54 / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 2 / 3
55 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 5 / 5
56 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
58 / - / - / - / 1 / - / - / 2 / 3
59 / - / - / - / 3 / - / - / 1 / 4
60 / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 2 / 3
64 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1
65 / - / - / - / - / - / 1 / 1 / 2
Not recorded/ Blank / 1 / 1 / 2 / 17 / 1 / 23 / 39 / 84
Total / 63 / 10 / 11 / 109 / 8 / 230 / 446 / 877