A police watchdog is investigating after an 11-year-old boy holding a knife was tasered during a stand-off at a holiday park. Police were called to reports of a disturbance at Craig Tara Caravan Park near Ayr at about 11.15pm on Wednesday, March 22, it was revealed on Monday.
Footage obtained by the Scottish Sun newspaper showed a number of officers, one holding a Taser, approaching a boy who appears to be holding a knife. One of the officers can be heard saying “throw the knife down, throw the knife away” and one asks “what do you want to do with the knife?”
The boy can be heard saying “stay back” before the Taser is discharged by an officer and the child falls to the ground. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, the Police Scotland watchdog, has been informed as is standard procedure in such incidents.
