Submitted on Wednesday 24th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reverse Northamptonshire Police's plans to arm front-line officers with Tasers.
We, the undersigned, demand the reversal of Northamptonshire Police force's decision to arm front-line staff with tasers, and we request that funds be spent on community projects such as mentoring and after-school recreation to help reduce crime as detailed in Research Report DFE-RR111 by the DFE.
Crime rates in Northamptonshire have risen in the last 10yrs as local services have seen huge cuts. Community policing is now reactive, rather than proactive and many of the community groups who remain would agree that relations among the police and the general public have dissolved. Arming officers with these weapons is counter-intuitive to reducing crime and will disproportionately affect people of colour, in particular black people, according to findings in HOSB 25/19 by the Home Office 2019.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. This is an operational decision for the police force.
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