Iceland Police Used Stun Guns Twice in Second Quarter
Icelandic police used stun guns twice during arrests last quarter, bringing total deployments to seven since September 2024. Officers increasingly use the weapons to threaten suspects, with 52 threatening displays already in 2025. The National Police Commissioner tracks these figures as part of ongoing weapons monitoring.
Icelandic police deployed stun guns twice during arrests in the second quarter of 2025. Officers have now used the weapons seven times since their introduction in September 2024.
The National Police Commissioner released these figures in an official report. Police drew stun guns from holsters to threaten suspects 24 times during the same period. This represents a decrease of four incidents from the first quarter.
Authorities received approval for stun gun use from former Justice Minister Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir in January 2024. Officers began carrying the weapons eight months later in September.
How often do police use stun guns as threats? The data shows a sharp increase in threatening displays between 2024 and 2025. Police used stun guns to threaten suspects 17 times during the final four months of 2024. Officers have already used them 52 times for threatening displays in 2025.
The weapons saw limited use during actual arrests. Police deployed stun guns twice in the last quarter of 2024 and three times in early 2025. Icelandic authorities continue to monitor stun gun usage as part of their weapons policy review.