- Reference Number: 1611
- Date released: 08 January 2009
Request
- I would like to request information on the number of times a
taser gun has been used in Cheshire for the last financial year,
with a breakdown for each district, the date of each and
information on what the offender was suspected of doing at the
time.
- I would like to request figures for the number of people in the
Chester district on the DNA database, with a breakdown of their age
brackets.
Response
In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is
provided below;
For details of the police use of Tasers please see the attached
Excel sheet:
Taser
Deployments
Re part two of your question DNA statistics. We do not hold that
information. DNA is recorded on the DNA database by name, date of
birth and Police Force only. There is no indication where the
subject lives in the UK.
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