# Q&A: Should all police officers carry Tasers & should kids be banned from social media? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crime-agents-7367970/q-a-should-all-police-officers-carry-tasers-should-kids-be-banned-from-social-media Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crime-agents-7367970/q-a-should-all-police-officers-carry-tasers-should-kids-be-banned-from-social-media.md Podcast: [The Crime Agents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crime-agents-7367970) Published: 2026-03-29T23:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://global-tca.captivate.fm Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b4d41ec4-3703-40bb-9a3a-e14078447995.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=1366922d-44a9-4066-80a4-91e9297898df&aw_0_1st.episodeid=b4d41ec4-3703-40bb-9a3a-e14078447995 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-crime-agents-7367970/episodes/q-a-should-all-police-officers-carry-tasers-should-kids-be-banned-from-social-media Duration seconds: 1635 ## Resource Figures show that over 100 police officers are assaulted every day in the UK - so is it time for them all to carry a Taser in self-defence? Can all officers be trusted to carry these 'less lethal' weapons? Neil draws on his experience as former national lead for Tasers as he and Andy discuss whether it is now time for more British police to be armed. They also discuss whether the rise of the manosphere strengthens the case for banning social media for under 16s, and they explain why Martyn's Law - which requires all major venues to be better protected from terror attacks as a result of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing - has taken to long to be implemented. Later, find out why Neil never quite made the jump from Assistant Commissioner to Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and the role that one Boris Johnson had to play in that particular story... Have a question for a future Q&A episode? Send it by email to thecrimeagents@global.com or follow us on social media: @thecrimeagents ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-crime-agents-7367970/episodes/q-a-should-all-police-officers-carry-tasers-should-kids-be-banned-from-social-media/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crime-agents-7367970/q-a-should-all-police-officers-carry-tasers-should-kids-be-banned-from-social-media.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.