7. STEPS FOLLOWING CEW DEPLOYMENT—PROCEDURAL                                    
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Controlling the subject                                    
Subject is to be advised they have been “hit with a CEW” and the effects are temporary. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √       √   √ √  
Immediately handcuff the subject to the rear.   √     √ √ √ √ √ √       √       √
Obtain statement from subject.       √                       √ √  
Evidentiary protocol and notifications                                    
When members discharge a CEW (contact-stun or probe discharge) at an incident they shall consider whether it is appropriate for an assault, assault peace                   √   √            
officer, and/or obstruction charges against the non-compliant subject.
When members discharge a CEW (contact-stun or probe discharge) at an incident they shall ensure that the Forensic Ident Squad attends the incident.                       √            
The officer(s) deploying the CEW will treat the probes as a biohazard and dispose of them in a “sharps” container.   √                                
In any case where medical attention is required because of injury or loss of consciousness by the individual who has had a CEW applied against them,             √                      
the probes should not be cut from the wire connecting them to the cartridge. Once the probes have been removed from the individual by qualified medical staff, they
are to be placed, barb-first, in the cartridge. Gather up the wire, but do not wind
it around the cartridge and do not package it with any other cartridges or property. Treat the discharged cartridge as an exhibit.
Any police officer who uses the CEW on a subject will immediately notify his or her immediate supervisor, who will forthwith attend the scene. √ √   √ √ √   √     √ √   √       √
As soon a practicable each time the CEW is used a member will notify his or her supervisor.                               √ √  
The supervisor will confirm a CEW data download request is forwarded to the training officer. √                                  
The supervisor will ensure witnesses are interviewed and written statements obtained.                     √              
The supervisor will attend to the scene and complete the supervisor CEW report and place the report in the investigative file for review.         √                          
Supervisor will take possession of the tagged CEW, expended cartridges, and probes, if applicable, and place in a temporary exhibit locker (unless it can be immediately be turned over to the Inspector Support Services).                     √ √   √        
Where a police officer discharges a CEW and if there is no injury, the police officer will submit only the expended cartridges to the property room for safekeeping.               √                    
Unintentional discharge                                    
In the event the discharge of the weapon was unintentional and no injury has occurred, members shall:
● notify their supervisor of the incident; 		                      √            
● verbally report the incident through their supervisor to the Duty Officer;
● submit a detailed written report through their supervisor to the Force Options Training Unit Supervisor when the weapon involved is a CEW;
● submit a detailed written report through their supervisor to the Firearms Training Supervisor when the weapon involved is not a CEW;
● unload the weapon;
● keep the ammunition from the weapon separate from other ammunition seized; and
● contact the appropriate supervisor (Force Options Training Unit Supervisor or Firearms Training Supervisor), who shall determine if the weapon will be seized.
In the event the appropriate supervisor cannot be contacted, notify the Duty Officer, who shall make this determination. (Refer to Seizure of an Intermediate Weapon.)
Protocol when the subject is grievously injured or killed                                    
Where a police officer discharges a CEW, if a person is injured or killed, the police officer will surrender the CEW and all unexpected cartridges to his or her supervisor and or an investigating field officer.               √       √            
In every police incident that is either intentional or unintentional and results in death or grievous bodily harm or serious injury, the following procedures will be undertaken:   √     √ √2 √2   √                  
● The incident scene will be preserved and treated as a major crime scene;
● The CEW, cartridge, probes/wires, and AFID tags will be seized by the supervisor on the scene, or by the senior officer in attendance, and treated as an exhibit; and
● The seizing member shall not alter the CEW unless it is manifestly unsafe.
A supervisor receiving notification that a person died or was grievously injured following the application of an intermediate weapon shall:                       √            
● immediately report the incident to the Duty Officer;
● investigate the reason for the use of the weapon;
● seize the weapon;
● obtain detailed reports from all members involved in the incident;
● notify the Force Options Training Unit Supervisor during regular daytime hours when the weapon involved is a CEW; and
● submit a full report including recommendations (if appropriate), to the Chief Constable.
In every police incident that results in death or serious bodily injury, the following procedures will be undertaken:
● The incident scene will be preserved and treated as a major crime scene;		                 √                  
● If death or injury resulted from a shooting, the officer’s firearm will be seized by the supervisor on the scene, or by the senior officer in attendance, and treated as an exhibit;
● The seizure of the officer's gun should be done in private, as discreetly as possible, and the officer will be given a replacement weapon;
● The Chief Constable will be immediately notified of the incident and initiate an investigation;
● The Staff Sergeant i/c Patrol will be called to the scene;
● Investigators will be called to the scene to conduct a comprehensive investigation;
● The Forensic Identification Section will be called to the scene;
● The incident will be subject to a review; and
● Where a death or injury is apparently caused by the primary investigator, the supervisor at the scene will assign another officer as the primary investigator of the original incident.