The officers did not fire the stun guns but pointed the red dot laser at the youngster.
A 12-year-old girl with a large knife and a 14-year-old boy holding a potato peeler were among teens who the police aimed Tasers at over the last year in Glasgow.The incidents were among a very small number involving under 18s in the greater Glasgow area.
Officers also ‘red dotted’ a 16-year-old male who threatened to stab paramedics, but he was not tasered.meeting this week only one per cent of taser use involved those under 18 between April 2022 and March 31 this year. Tasers were taken out of holsters 90 times and were fired nine times over the year in the Glasgow area compared to 72 discharges nationally.
He told councillors attending the Safe Glasgow Partnership: “We have a very robust and rigorous review and governance of all taser use by our taser officers. We have a weekly taser review group where we scrutinise everytime a Taser is taken out of a holster to ensure it is a appropriate and proportionate in the circumstances. From that we take any lessons learned or identified issues and progress them appropriately.
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