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The use of Taser weapons by New South Wales Police Force A special report to Parliament under section 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974.

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The following is a review of taser deployments during 2014. We will provide reasons for deployments, use of force, case studies, relevant legislation, and the liabilities involved. Along with room for improvement.

The total number of operational taser deployments in 2014 amounted to a 9% decrease, this has led to believe that the implementation of the Taser weapon could be considered to be trending downwards.

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3. The Taser is not a replacement for a conventional firearm. It is a less lethal option which should be deployed and managed alongside conventional firearms and other tactical options. 4. Taser use will be in accordance with the Use of Conducted Electrical Weapons (Taser) procedures, as approved by the Deputy Commissioner, Field Operations, and is a Use of Force within the Tactical Options Model.
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/456523/TASER_Use_Public_Information.pdf

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*  Do not draw your Taser, point it or aim it unless you consider you are likely to be justified in using it.
*  Police should continue to assess the environment and the situation unfolding before them and where the reason/justification for drawing the Taser ceases to exist, the Taser should be deactivated and re-holstered.
* Protect human life
* protect an officer
* Protection from animals
* Protect yourself
Where violent behavior is occurring or imminent.

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An article published by Shanee Dobeson on the 9th February 2016 on
'Police draw taser on 16 yo boy carrying 'gun'. reporting that a concerned member of the public reported  seeing a young boy carrying a black and silver hand gun walking through streets of Southport. where armed officers tasered the boy. As there was a perceived threat to human life causing police to act accordingly to the Taser guidelines. However, it was later discovered that is was a replica gun.

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Tasers provide a from of protection to the police when they are on duty. However there are times when police use poor judgement and use the taser when it is not needed.

An example of it being wrong is in the article where a 12yr old boy was tasered by police as it is believed that the 12yr old was trying to escape from police. As a result the officer said it was a 'spit second decision' to try and catch the child he used the taser to stop the child from running.

In terms of it being right, police had to taser a 16yr old boy who appeared to be holding a gun. The police later checked the gun and found it to be a replica. However police have to use reasonable force to arrest the suspect and could not take the risk if the gun was real and used against police.

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Figure 1 shows the Highest Operational Taser Usage areas.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/tasering-of-12yo-boy-was-unlawful-and-unnecessary-court-told/8253074

An Article produced by Lucy Marks released on the 8 Feb 2017 on ''Tasering of unarmed 12yo boy was 'unlawful and unnecessary', court told''. This case was about a 12 year old boy committed larceny, however, the police have attempted to wrestle and baton the car window ''multiple times to scare the boy'', which have resulted the boy to attempted to escape therefore the police had tasered the boy fr 10 seconds, stated by Marks.

As the defence lawyer, Paul Morgan argued the use of the ''taser on the boy was unnecessary and unlawful'' act from the law enforcement have led to a result commenced by the court. The 12-year-old boy was ''pleaded guilty to stealing the car, and not guilty to resisting arrest and escaping custody''

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Overall there was a decrease in taser use between the years of 2013 and 2014.