Kuwait Allows Police To Wield Stun Guns To Subdue Wanted Offenders
Kuwait has allowed police to use electric guns or stun guns to subdue wanted offenders, a security official has said.
The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry has allowed all field security personnel, mainly those in charge of public security and traffic police to use electric guns after attending special training courses on use rules, assistant undersecretary for public security sector Maj. Gen. Abdullah Al Rajib added.
The official specified situations in which a policeman is permitted to use electroshock weapons.
“The cases include arresting a convict in a criminal case, or in case of (the offender’s) resistance or escape attempt, or arresting an accused person against whom an arrest warrant has been issued if the wanted resists or attempts to escape,” he told Kuwaiti newspaper Al Anba.
Other cases, added the official, include breaking up a gathering of seven persons or more with the intention of committing a crime, putting public security in danger, or putting other lives at risk.
