FOI 0090-2025/26 Other/Improvised Use of Force
Request
Please could you answer the below for the months of January, February and March 2025.
Q1. Please send me a log of all of the types of use of force one of your officers used - over these time periods - which fit into the "other/improvised" category on your use of force database. Examples of "other" use of force may include restraining detainees against walls, grappling detainees, punching detainees in the face i.e. any use of force that doesn't fit into your typical use of force categories will likely be included in the "other/improvised" category.
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Decision
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Q1. In the period 1 January to 31 March 2025, there are 315 use of force entries recorded under the ‘Other/Improvised’ category. I have undertaken a manual review of this data and many of those entries fall within tactical communications, limb/body restraints, strikes and tackles/charges and have therefore been excluded from this data.
Please see the below table showing the use of force entries which have been assessed as not falling within any other use of force category.
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Other/improvised |
FISH KNIFE USED TO CUT UNDERWEAR |
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Other/improvised |
HAD TO IMPROVISE FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS IN A&E DUE TO HAVING TO STOP [redacted] RUNNING OFF |
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Other/improvised |
SUBJECT REQUIRED BEING DRAGGED DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE HOTEL IN A CONTROLLED MANNER THROUGH PASSIVE RESISTANCE. |
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Other/improvised |
SEARCH IN CUSTODY |
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Other/improvised |
CLOTHING CUT FROM DP AS DP SHOWING ACTIVE RESITANCE, TAKEN TO THE GROUND, AND THIS WAS THE ONLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO REMOVE [redacted] CLOTHING WHILST IN CUFFS. |
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Other/improvised |
1 PUNCH TO THE FACE (TO STOP BITING) |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.