Home Secretary greenlights police to use new Taser 'within w

[Pacman1978]

Having read the following articles that state the current X26 that is issued is outdated and spares are becoming harder to source. The newer version is meant to be a lot more powerful but says both are 50k volts?

Any views on this? Is a new Taser much needed? I did note that the manufacturer stated they should be described as "less lethal" and not "non-lethal" New version features the ability to fire two shots. I always regarded them as less lethal.

Whilst I may not be the biggest fan of our Police Service, I certainly wouldn't wish any harm upon them and anything that lessens injuries and helps fight crime is ok in my mind.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/amber-rudd-to...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/ambe...

:-)

[Pacman1978]

Would Officers have to retrain or requalify with said new model? Do individual forces fund, or .Gov? (off to google..)

(thank you for replying)