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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (353212)	10/3/2007 2:06:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575704

Oops! London has second thoughts about tasers. Met authority vetoes Taser roll-out 01 October 2007 A roll-out of Taser for non-firearms-trained Met officers has been postponed after the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) vetoed the plan. The Met had asked the authority to support the proposed Home Office-approved pilot that would have allowed officers of the commissioner's reserve - drawn from the ranks of the cross-borough territorial support group - to carry and use the updated Taser X26 electronic stun-guns. But MPA members meeting senior officers on 27 September raised questions about operational need and public perception, and asked for further detailed information before they would agree to the proposal. Cindy Butts, MPA deputy chairman, said: "The authority previously agreed to the deployment of Tasers in London as an alternative to firearms, and undoubtedly their deployment to critical incidents has saved lives. "However, the proposal brought to us today was for Tasers to be used in addition to firearms, which is a significant development and one we were not happy to agree to without greater explanation of the implications and justification for this move."