Tasers -Quoted in Daily Mail

Solicitor Sophie Khan, who represents Taser victims, said: ‘Tasers are so dangerous. I’m concerned this is part of a trend for police to use force more readily because of erosion of respect for them rather than simply speaking to people.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123782/More-Tasers-frontline-police-vows-head-Met-despite-concerns-devices-effectiveness.html#ixzz1yoBczzpu

Tasers in Daily Mail 23 February 2012

Quoted in Daily Mail 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105121/Tasers-discarded-blood-smeared-street-Why-did-fail-halt-knifeman-taken-hail-bullets.html

Taser interview on BBC Inside Out

Interviewed for BBC Inside Out programme for London http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mkv

and North West http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mrm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16791108

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16780217

Live Radio Interview on Tasers

From 2:00:00 you will be able to hear me talking to Lisa McCormick about Tasers on BBC Radio Leeds today just after 5:00pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00m4398

Interview on Channel 4 News -Special Report

Interview on Police Tasers for Channel 4 News
Sophie Khan, a Solicitor Advocate at GT Stewart, represents clients who claim they've been unfairly Tasered by the police:

"It is very much the officer thinking this is something new they can use and without any kind of risk of consequences calculation by that officer just deploying it because he can and that's the only thing he can do."

http://www.channel4.com/news/huge-rise-in-police-taser-firings

And ACPO's response following the report.
http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/ACPO-comment-on-police-use-of-Taser-129.aspx

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24016739-police-taser-use-soars-by-130-perce
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9975407/print

http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/uk_national_news/9397890.Police_Taser_use_soars_by_130_/

Quoted in Guardian Magazine-26 November 2011

England Riots: Personal Cost.

His lawyer, Sophie Khan, is about to lodge a claim for compensation against the police and the CPS. "In the police's minds, this is over," Khan says. "Their attitude was, 'This was a mistake – get on with your life.' It's not like that. He has gone through hell for a mistake they made. There has to be some recognition of what happened."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/25/england-riots-personal-cost-youngsters-sentenced?CMP=twt_gu

Live Interview: Tasers ITV London News 22 Nov 2011

After days of tweeting on this with serving and retired police officers. I find myself on live TV discussing what I had just been tweeting about with them. Here's the link.
http://www.itv.com/london/howe-supports-tasers46686/

Message is traditional policing over Tasers. No 'Tasers are Us' please.

Solicitor Sophie Khan, who has represented people Tasered by police, said: "They are not safe. The risks of using them on someone are not calculated. This is an overreaction to what happened in Harrow, which is a very rare incident."

http://www.u.tv/News/Amnesty-criticises-Met-polices-Taser-expansion-plans/33bf5b07-73b4-4077-bdc2-b6be99db986c

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/22/amnesty-met-police-taser-increase?INTCMP=SRCH