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18 April 2019 | Investigations
At 1805 hours on Wednesday 10 October 2018, a 37-year-old man was found dead in a bedroom of his home in Glasgow. Police officers had forced entry following concerns raised about the man by care staff.
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On the evening of Friday 17 August 2018, in Milngavie town centre, an officer of Police Scotland discharged PAVA irritant spray at two men, aged 26 and 32, while trying to arrest them.
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On the evening of Saturday 28 April 2018, a 41-year old-man was arrested by Police Scotland officers in the public foyer area of Falkirk Police Station, West Bridge Street, Falkirk. During the course of his arrest, a struggle took place and the man was forcibly taken to the ground by a police officer and sustained a fractured knee cap.
Download29 March 2019 | Investigations
At 0616 hours on Monday 14 August 2017, during a spontaneous firearms operation by Police Scotland, armed police officers presented firearms at a 39-year-old man in Falkirk.
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About 0030 hours on Thursday 18 October 2018, a car which was being pursued by police crashed into a wall in Beach Road, Troon, injuring the male driver and seriously injuring a woman who was a front seat passenger.
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About 0230 hours on Wednesday 9 May 2018 the body of a 39-year-old woman was found by Police Scotland officers in her home in Musselburgh.
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On the morning of Saturday 2 June 2018, police officers were called to an incident in North Shore Road, Troon, in response to reports of a man causing a disturbance and threatening to harm himself with a knife.
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18 February 2019 | Investigations
About 2350 hours on Monday 18 June 2018, a Police Scotland Specially Trained Officer (STO) discharged a Taser device at a 21-year-old man in a house in Jedburgh. The officers had been called to a report that a man was going to harm himself with a crossbow and he had assaulted a woman at the house.
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In June 2018 police officers traced a 33-year-old man to an address in Aberdeen following a report of an incident earlier that day involving the man’s partner. One of the officers who attended this incident was a Specially Trained Officer (STO) who was equipped with and trained in the use of Taser. When the police gained access to the flat they found the man behaving in an erratic and unpredictable manner. He was threatening to kill himself, holding a knife to his throat and a pair of scissors to his abdomen.
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On Sunday 1 July 2018, a Police Scotland Specially Trained Officer (STO) discharged a Taser device at a 35-year-old-man on a street in Carluke, South Lanarkshire. Officers had been called to a report that a man was in possession of a large knife and had threatened to assault a woman with it. On arrival, police officers found the man behaving in a violent and erratic manner which they considered posed a danger to nearby members of the public, including children.
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