New photo Police use of Tasers has rocketed by 50 per cent amid a year of crime

Police use of Tasers has rocketed in the past year with officers resorting to the weapons more than 17,000 times in 12 months, new figures show.

Officers around the country fired the electric charges on 2,000 occasions, an increase of around a 100 on the previous year. 

Police drew their weapons to protect themselves on 12,000 occasions, with 7,500 incidents involving an armed assailant, new Home Office statistics show.

Police use of Tasers increased from 11,000 to 17,000 incidents in the last year, stats reveal

A Home Office reports says the increase could be down to 'officers dealing with more incidents with the potential for conflict'.

The report states: 'All types of [Taser] use (discharge, non-discharge, and not stated) increased compared to the previous year. However, the majority (89%) of this increase in use was accounted for by a rise in non-discharge uses.'

The new statistics reveal that 18,000 officers were injured - 270 seriously - in 313,000 incidents involving a 'use of force' by police.

By comparison, around 20,000 suspects reported being hurt, 380 seriously.

Three quarters of the suspected criminals on who force was used were recorded as white, around 15% were black and around 5% were described as Asian.

A graph shows how the use of Tasers has increased steadily over the last 10 years, before a large jump since 2016. The purple area of the bar charts show when Tasers were used by officers, the white block on the bars is when Tasers were fired

https://textbacklinkexchanges.com/category/the-sun-world/
https://textbacklinkexchanges.com/police-use-of-tasers-has-rocketed-by-50-per-cent-amid-a-year-of-crime/
News Pictures Police use of Tasers has rocketed by 50 per cent amid a year of crime

You don’t have to pack away your bikini just because you’re the wrong side of 20. These body-beautiful stars reveal their secrets to staying in shape and prove you can smoulder in a two-piece, whatever your age. Read on and be bikini inspired!

TEENS
Hayden Panettiere
Size: 8
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 1in
Weight: 8st

To achieve her kick-ass figure, Hayden – who plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes – follows the ‘quartering’ rule. She eats only a quarter of the food on her plate, then waits 20 minutes before deciding whether she needs to eat again.

Hayden says: “I don’t have a model’s body, but I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m OK with what I have.”

Nicollette says: “I don’t like diets – I see it, I eat it! I believe in eating healthily with lots of protein, vegetables and carbs to give you energy.”

kim cattrall

Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 4lb

SATC star Kim swears by gym sessions with Russian kettle bells (traditional cast-iron weights) and the South Beach Diet to give her the body she wants. To avoid overeating, Kim has a radical diet trick – squirting lemon juice on her leftovers – so she won’t carry on picking.

Kim says: “I am no super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.”
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/12/13/10/2D5B82B200000578-0-image-m-2_1544696523600.jpg