Opposition politicians and civil rights groups reacted with alarm to the claim that officers are immune from prosecution. They warned that it would be dangerous and wrong to take such an approach.
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Anger as Taser police told ‘you have immunity’
A new row has flared up about the use of Tasers by frontline police officers after suggestions from the Scottish Government that the pilot running in Strathclyde is lawful because police are covered by Crown immunity.
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