Dyfed Powys Police

The complainant has requested evidence of a police procedure which would assure that a Taser weapon deployed by a constable of Dyfed Powys Police would not be used as an instrument of torture as defined in international law. Dyfed Powys Police refused the request in reliance on section 14(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Dyfed Powys Police has correctly relied on section 14(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.