Request for information on the use of Tazers on children under 18 years old by the Force.
Reference: 21063
Date Added: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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Disclosure Details
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is not held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.
You have requested the following information:
Question 1: Do you allow the use of tasers on children under 18 year old?
No information held
Question 2: If you do, what are the circumstances?
No information held
Question 3: How often have you used tasers in the last five years?
No information held
Question 4: If you have, what were the ages of the children that were tasered?
No information held
Question 5: Could you please outline the times a taser was aimed or drawn?
No information held
Question 6: Can you please provide a breakdown of the Ethnicity of the individual tasers were used on?
No information held
Question 7: Do you allow the use of spit hoods on children under 18 years old?
No information held
Question 8: If you do, what are the circumstances?
No information held
Question 9: How often have you used spit hoods in the last five years?
No information held
Question 10: If you have, what ages were the children that you used spit hoods on?
No information held
Question 11: Could you please provide a breakdown of the Ethnicity of the individual spit hoods were used on?
No information held
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent (OPCC) and Gwent Police are separate organisations. The OPCC are not responsible for and do not hold operational policing information, this is the responsibility of the Chief Constable of Gwent Police. As we do not hold the information you have requested, we have passed your email on to the Freedom of Information Department within Gwent Police but we have also made sure the PCC and the Chief Constable’s office have been sighted on your request.
The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.
You have the right to appeal our decision if you think it is incorrect. Should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwent.pcc.police.uk%2Fen%2Ftransparency%2Fknow-your-rights%2Fyour-information-rights%2Ffreedom-of-information%2Fappeals-process%2F&data=04%7C01%7CNicola.Warren%40gwent.police.uk%7Cae1bf735dadf49b7decb08da0cd152eb%7Ce46c8472ef5d4b63bc744a60db42c371%7C0%7C0%7C637836390415423261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=wYuRtSH80sLNbT0kXr74C5kbB5f2R53KhgjwuDgdU6g%3D&reserved=0
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