Page 684 - Week 02 - Thursday, 18 February 2016

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(d) In October 2011, approximately $43,000 was spent by ACT Policing on CEWs, operational and training cartridges and accessories for frontline operational sergeants.

In June 2012 the AFP replaced the Taser X26 with the newer X2 model Taser which incorporated a High Definition camera and dual cartridges. The upgrade of CEWs by the AFP saw the Taser X2 rolled out to ACT Policing and other AFP portfolios including the Specialist Response Group and Aviation.

(e) No cost incurred.

(3) The procurement, maintenance and repair of AFP CEWs including those deployed by ACT Policing is managed by the AFP Firearms Identification and Armoury Team (FIAT) under the ACT Policing Service Level Agreement.

It is not possible to break down costs of CEW maintenance specific to ACT Policing because the work undertaken by the FIAT in this regard is apportioned to the entire cache of AFP CEWs.

(4) In October 2011 ACT Policing purchased 15 Taser X2 devices for rollout to Sergeants in frontline roles. This allocation has since been replaced and expanded with Taser X26 devices purchased by the AFP for deployment to ACT Policing and other AFP portfolios.

ACT Policing currently has access to approximately 150 devices from the AFP cache. The CEW devices attributed to ACT Policing are deployed for operational issue, training and as replacement devices for existing devices undergoing maintenance cycles.

(5) The cost of the two-day training for AFP members in the use of CEWs is largely connected with the salary cost for Sergeants to attend training and the provision of instructors to deliver the training and assessment curriculum. The training package does incur some minor costs in relation to the deployment of training cartridges during the initial course and thereafter during annual Use-of-Force re-certification assessments.

The cost of training a Sergeant in the use of a CEW is not separately identifiable from the provision of other training and it is not administratively effective to separately identify.

(6) The cost of CEW training is not separately identifiable from the provision of other training and it is not administratively effective to separately identify

(7) As of 31 December 2015 there were 809 Full-Time Equivalent ACT Policing operational members able to perform frontline duties. Of this, 103 authorised officers, who are the rank of Sergeants, currently carry CEW’s.

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