A Metropolitan police officer shot a 10-year-old girl twice with a Taser after she threatened her mother with garden shears and hit her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing has heard.
PC Jonathan Broadhead is accused of gross misconduct over the use of force that was “not necessary, reasonable and proportionate” when he responded to the mother’s 999 call. The hearing was told he used the Taser within “approximately eight seconds” of entering the house in south-west London on 21 January 2021.
