EVERY Essex Police officer now carries a spit guard and work is ongoing to get better Taser provision for them on the frontline.<\/p>\n
Steve Taylor Essex Police Federation Chairman said funding had now been secured for new Taser devices. \u201cEvery frontline officer has a spit guard in Essex. It\u2019s been that way for a while now and it looks set to continue, so that\u2019s good for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTaser is an ongoing piece of work. We want to see better Taser provision for local officers in Essex and funding has been secured by the organisation for a new type of device.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working with them as to what that roll out looks like. It is acknowledged that we would like more Tasers and we would like better coverage, and we\u2019re working towards that with Essex Police but we\u2019re not in a space yet of saying \u2018Taser for everyone\u2019 and we\u2019re not likely to be anytime soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a slow and steady slog, but it\u2019s one that we are working towards.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve said it was important to remember that carrying Taser was not a guarantee in preventing assaults on officers or on stopping violent offenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst it is an effective tool for officers to have on their belt, it\u2019s not the silver bullet, it is fallible, it doesn\u2019t always work, and I\u2019d hate for officers to be working under the misinformed view that, \u2018When I get a taser, that\u2019s it, every violent situation I\u2019m going to come out tops in\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the silver bullet. So, trying to measure expectation in that way, I think, is healthy. That all being said, we would like to see more out there, we would like to see it being available to more officers as one of the tools in their repertoire in dealing with those intent on using violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully, it will have a deterrent and hopefully showing the device or red dotting will be enough \u2013 hopefully if you use it will be effective, but that\u2019s the space we are in \u2018hopefully\u2019. It\u2019s not a guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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