Please detail the number of occasions for each year Sep 15 to Aug 16, Sep 16 to Aug 17, Sep 17 to Aug 18, Sep 18 to Aug 19, Sep 19 to Aug 20, Sep 20 to Aug 21 and Sep 21 to Aug 22 that officers have been found to have incorrectly used and / or discharged Met tasers.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) advises me that incorrect discharge would be considered an Unintentional Discharge (UD). Data for Taser UDs is held by calendar year and is shown in the table below.

These instances are where a Taser was discharged unintentionally by an officer, or by third party intervention. The MPS has now designed and implemented a trigger cover to prevent UDs occurring during the loading and unloading process.

Calendar Year

Unintentional Discharges

2015

12

2016

17

2017

13

2018

19

2019

21

2020

11

2021

14

2022 (to date)

4