Source · IOPC Learning Case

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, September 2026

Metropolitan Police Service Ref: 2025/017097 Recommended 25 Sep 2026 Response due 20 Nov 2026
Use of force and armed policing Death and serious injury

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Recommendations and responses

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Recommendation 1

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Addressed to: Metropolitan Police Service

Linked bodies: Metropolitan Police Service

IOPC recommendation

The IOPC recommends that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) should update their Use of Force form on the police system to include the option of the side of the head as a Taser barb impact location.

This recommendation has arisen as a result of a Death or Serious Injury review and would assist in more accurate data recording and analysis.

Check the original case on the IOPC website