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FOI reveals police Taser use doubles across southern England

Taser use by police forces in the south of England has more than doubled between 2012 and 2013.

Officers in Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire and the Thames Valley drew the devices 998 times compared with 433 in 2012 while they fired them 192 times compared with 155 times.

It has also been revealed a 14-year-old girl was Tasered in Surrey, and the devices were used 15 times on dogs.

Reported by the BBC. You can read the full story here. 

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