Ayrshire police taser woman holding scissors to throat as weapon used three times in six months

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Specially trained officers have fired tasers three times in North Ayrshire in the past six months.Police aimed the weapon at a 17-year-old boy who was wielding a knife and knuckle duster – but didn’t discharge.In another incident, an adult woman armed with scissors was tasered after attempting to self-harm.Top cops lifted the lid on the use of tasers in the region as they revealed that expert officers had attended 37 incidents with the weapon.Chief inspector Fraser Normansell, area commander for North Ayrshire, told the region’s Police and Fire and Rescue Committee on Monday: “When we get to the stage of the red dot that’s where we get that very swift compliance.“We had one under 18; we had a 17-year-old male who was red-dotted in possession of a knife and a knuckle duster, threatening the officers that were trying to affect an arrest at the time.“One of the discharges related to an adult female.“There was some wide circulation on social media of that incident fairly recently.

What wasn’t particularly shown well from the footage was that the subject was drawing a pair of scissors across her throat attempting to self-harm.“That can come back to that community well-being input.● Childine: 0800 1111● Mental Health Foundation: 020 7803 1101● Mind: 0300 123 3393 ● The Samaritans: 116123 / Samaritans.org. ● Young Minds: 0808 802 5544 / www.youngminds.org.uk● Breathing Space: 0800 83 85 87“We had significant follow-up with that particular female because that was borne out of an original shoplifting incident which quickly escalated to the point where she was being arrested to get that further support in place along with partners.”Figures covered the period from April 1 to September 30 with the taser drawn on 13 occasions at