Policing board backs call for Tasers

THE POLICING board has backed the chief constable's call for the deployment of Taser electric stun guns, despite objections from Sinn Féin.

The board, which helps hold the PSNI to account, approved the deployment of the weapon, which Sir Hugh Orde has argued is vital as a less lethal alternative to firearms. Two Sinn Féin members of the board and an independent voted against the measure, while 15 members supported it.

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