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08/12/2010
Public Called Upon To Find Taser
Police are appealing for the assistance of the public in finding a Taser which has fallen from a police vehicle in Lambeth.
An officer from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) CO19 Firearms Unit had attended a briefing at a firearms base in Norfolk Row, Lambeth yesterday between 7.00am and 8.30am.
During the course of preparing the vehicle for operation after the briefing, the officer placed a Taser on the roof of a marked police vehicle. He then drove away from the base with the Taser still on the roof.
At around 10.00am it was noticed that the Taser was missing. Despite extensive searches, we have been unable to recover the Taser and four cartridges which were with it.
Officers believe the Taser would have fallen from the vehicle in the Norfolk Row area of Lambeth, and almost certainly before reaching Vauxhall Cross where the vehicle stopped for fuel.
The MPS are appealing for anyone with information as to the Taser's whereabouts to call.
The Taser broadly resembles a handgun in shape, but is constructed of bright yellow plastic.
An internal investigation is underway. The Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed. The officer has been removed from operational firearms duty.
(BMcN/KMcA)
An officer from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) CO19 Firearms Unit had attended a briefing at a firearms base in Norfolk Row, Lambeth yesterday between 7.00am and 8.30am.
During the course of preparing the vehicle for operation after the briefing, the officer placed a Taser on the roof of a marked police vehicle. He then drove away from the base with the Taser still on the roof.
At around 10.00am it was noticed that the Taser was missing. Despite extensive searches, we have been unable to recover the Taser and four cartridges which were with it.
Officers believe the Taser would have fallen from the vehicle in the Norfolk Row area of Lambeth, and almost certainly before reaching Vauxhall Cross where the vehicle stopped for fuel.
The MPS are appealing for anyone with information as to the Taser's whereabouts to call.
The Taser broadly resembles a handgun in shape, but is constructed of bright yellow plastic.
An internal investigation is underway. The Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed. The officer has been removed from operational firearms duty.
(BMcN/KMcA)
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