HC Deb 13 July 1998 vol 316 c57W
Mr. Livingstone

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been prosecuted for misuse of CS sprays since January 1996. [49492]

Mr. Michael

This information is not available centrally. Of all the complaints investigated by the Police Complaints Authority from 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1998, there were two cases in which police officers were prosecuted for misuse of CS. In both cases the officers were found not guilty.