Volunteer police officers in Cheshire are being given the option to be equipped with Tasers.
Cheshire Police is set to become the first Home Office police force in the North West to equip its volunteer officers with the weapons.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than £600,000 has been spent on body-worn video cameras by Cheshire police since 2017.
A freedom of information request to the force shows that £535,000 was spent on equipping ‘frontline operational’ officers with the technology since 2018, with another £90,000 for ‘taser officers and football spotters’.
Cheshire Police has been awarded more than £100,000 by the Home Office to purchase new Tasers.
The bid, submitted by police and crime commissioner (PCC) David Keane, will allow Cheshire Constabulary to buy 130 Tasers over the next 12 months.
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