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Josh Salisbury

Met officer given final warning after using ‘unreasonable force’ on boy, 16, during arrest

The Met Police HQ, New Scotland Yard

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A Met officer has been handed a final written warning for misconduct after using a Taser on an unresisting 16-year-old boy while he was restrained.

A probe carried out by the police watchdog, the IOPC, found that Pc Anthony Howe used “unnecessary and unreasonable force” during the arrest of the teen on September 7, 2020.

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