Met Police officer cleared of gross misconduct after tasering 10-year-old girl
by Lucas Cumiskey
Nov 30, 2023
3 minutes
A Metropolitan Police constable who tasered a 10-year-old girl brandishing garden shears has been cleared of gross misconduct by a disciplinary panel.
Pc Jonathan Broadhead fired his Taser at the girl twice within seconds of entering her home in south-west London on January 21 2021, after her mother called 999 when the child threatened her with a hammer and the shears.
He was accused of using force “which was not necessary, reasonable and proportionate” against the girl, referred to as Child
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