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Police Have Used Tasers Eleven Times
According to a quarterly report from the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, police officers in Iceland used tasers 11 times during the first 16 months after being authorised to use the devices. In addition, police drew tasers from their holsters or…
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Police Fired Taser For The First Time
For the first time, police used a taser during an operation involving an armed individual who they say was exhibiting threatening behaviour, reports RÚV. According to a statement, the police and the National Commissioner’s Special Unit were mobilised to Miklabraut due to…
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Icelandic Police To Carry Tasers
Nearly 500 police officers have completed basic training in using tasers, which will soon be put into use in the country, reports RÚV. The aim is to deploy tasers in Iceland by the end of summer. The training of police officers, which…
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What The News?! Don’t Tase Me, Bro, Let’s Negotiate
Negotiations are stalling Diving right in, ongoing wage negotiations between labour union Efling and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) can best be characterised as feisty, with the former threatening at every twist and turn to have its members — which form…
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Icelandic Police May Soon Be Carrying Tasers
Minister of Justice Jón Gunnarsson has said that he will soon meet with the National Association of Police Officers (LL) to discuss the possibility of Icelandic cops being allowed to carry tasers on their person, RÚV reports. [su_pullquote]We have been having some…
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Cops Want Tasers Again
Iceland’s police force are once again asking to get tasers, as they have done for at least the past five years now. RÚV reports that The National Police Federation of Iceland (LL) have twice recently sent requests to be armed with tasers.…



