Bermuda Police will be issued with ‘Taser’ devices as officers step up the fight against gang crime, Public Safety Minister David Burch announced today.

Sen. Burch said he has approved the purchase of Tasers — which use electricity to temporarily incapacitate people — and that a phased approach for their implementation on the Island has been agreed.

They will initially be issued to firearm officers and later to specially trained units, the Minister told the Senate this morning.

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