According to research carried out by London’s Metropolitan Police Service, police in England and Wales used taser guns on minors 407 times from January 2014 till November 2015.
Of those tasered, 57 were 14 years old or younger according to the findings.
The data was gathered from 18 of the 43 forces and showed that there were 99,402 searches of under 18s with 75 strip searches of minors recorded.
Stopwatch has now highlighted research from the Children’s Rights Alliance for England saying “children are at a greater risk of injury to major organs, brain and eyes” from tasers.
The device which can reach a maximum voltage of up to 50,000 volts has been called a form of torture by the UN Committee.
Carla Garnelas, the co-director of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England said:
“The use of Taser on children is a breach of their human rights. UN bodies have repeatedly called for the UK government to ban their use on children, highlighting the serious risk of physical and psychological harm they pose, yet the use of Taser on children continues. We want to see a ban on Taser use on children.”
