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FOI 1450-25 Deployment of Tasers in MH settings 2019-2024

Request to Northamptonshire Police

I am seeking information on the use of Tasers by your police force in mental health settings.

Could you please provide the following specific information:

  • A list of instances when Tasers were deployed by members of your police force in mental health settings in the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
  • A breakdown of each institution in which these instances of Taser deployment occurred.
  • The age of each person who was tasered in each case provided.


For the purposes of this request, the definition of ‘mental health settings’ includes:

  • Mental health hospitals
  • Mental health wards
  • Mental health clinics


I am aware that police forces store this information, as per this BBC News article dated 2018: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42820284

I am aware of the Section 40(2) Personal Information exemption. Please only provide details which would not identify the individuals involved.

Response

I can confirm that Northamptonshire Police hold the information requested. However, this information is considered to be reasonably accessible by other means. As such, please accept this document as a Refusal Notice under s21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is an absolute class-based exemption; therefore, I am not required to consider the Public Interest Test I relation to your request. I have also considered your personal circumstances and am satisfied that you can reasonably access this information.

To access this information, please visit the Northamptonshire Police Home Page here: - www.northants.police.uk


At the bottom of the page, you will see a link for Stats & Data – please click the first button for Use of Force. Here, you will be able to access The Force’s deployment of Tasers throughout years 2019 – 2024 broken down by month, whether this was in a mental health setting and the age range of the subject.