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1 results foundAuthor: Queensland. Crime and Misconduct Commission Title: An Update on Taser Use in Queensland Summary: The current Taser policy was introduced by the Queensland Police Service (QPS) in September 2009. In April 2011, the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) published Evaluating Taser reforms: a review of Queensland Police Service policy and practice, which evaluated the effects of the current policy, comparing Taser use in the eight months prior to, and 10 months after, its introduction. Overall, the introduction of the current policy seemed to have improved how QPS officers were using Tasers. Nevertheless, the CMC was concerned about some aspects of Taser use and committed to further examining these areas, including: • multiple and prolonged Taser discharges • use of Tasers against people from potentially ‘medically vulnerable’ or ‘at-risk’ groups1 • use of Tasers against Indigenous people • injuries sustained to people who are the subject of a Taser use. Since that report, the CMC has continued to monitor Taser use by the QPS, focusing in particular on the key areas noted above. Using information primarily obtained from QPS Taser Usage Reports (TURs), this paper compares the most recent data available (the two-year period between 22 July 2010 and 30 June 2012) with data from the period following the introduction of the current policy (the 10-month period between 22 September 2009 and 21 July 2010, also reported in Evaluating Taser reforms). Summary of findings • The frequency of Taser use has increased compared to the period after the introduction of the current Taser policy. In fact, Tasers are being used more frequently now than they were before the current Taser policy was introduced. • The way Tasers are being used has largely remained the same. The majority of operational Taser uses continue to involve the presentation of the Taser without actual deployment. • Uses where the Taser was deployed in both probe and drive stun modes by a single police officer during the same incident have decreased slightly. • The proportion of people that were the target of multiple and/or prolonged deployments has decreased. • Although the proportion of multiple and/or prolonged Taser discharges has decreased, more than one-quarter of people who were the target of a Taser deployment were still subjected to multiple and/or prolonged discharges. • Indigenous Queenslanders are still overrepresented among people who were the subjects of Taser use, although they remain less likely than people described as Caucasian to have the Taser actually deployed against them. • A large proportion of people who were the target of a Taser use continue to be substance-affected, and most multiple and/or prolonged Taser deployments involved people believed to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. • The proportion of people who were suspected of having a mental health condition remains high and has increased slightly over time; however, the proportion of these people who were the target of an actual Taser deployment has remained stable. • There was a slight decrease in the proportion of people who were the target of a Taser deployment that sustained an injury or medical complication. • Although there was some reduction in the proportion of injuries and medical complications associated with Taser deployments, the majority of Taser-related injuries are still caused by people falling on hard surfaces while incapacitated by the Taser. Details: Brisbane: Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2012. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Research & Issues Paper Series, No. 9: Accessed January 24, 2013 at: http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/topics/police-and-the-cmc/police-powers-and-practice/taser-use/2011-evaluation-of-taser-reforms Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/topics/police-and-the-cmc/police-powers-and-practice/taser-use/2011-evaluation-of-taser-reforms Shelf Number: 127380 Keywords: Nonlethal WeaponsStun GundTasers (Australia) |