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Lost equipment and written off vehicles (109A/24)

Request

  1. How many a) tasers b) batons c) PAVA spray and d) handcuffs have been lost, stolen, or are currently unaccounted for in your force in each of the last 5 years.
  2. How many police vehicles have been ‘written off’ by your force in every year since 2015. Here, I would define ‘written off’ as no longer being roadworthy due to damage, or damaged beyond the point that repairs make financial sense.

Response

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  1. How many a) tasers b) batons c) PAVA spray and d) handcuffs have been lost, stolen, or are currently unaccounted for in your force in each of the last 5 years.

Taser – none

Batons – 2 in 2023 & 1 in 2021

PAVA – 1 in 2019

Handcuffs – 1 in 2023

  1. How many police vehicles have been ‘written off’ by your force in every year since 2015. Here, I would define ‘written off’ as no longer being roadworthy due to damage, or damaged beyond the point that repairs make financial sense.

2015 – 29 Write Offs

2016 – 23

2017 – 36

2018 – 49

2019 – 75

2020 – 31

2021 – 35

2022 – 42

2023 – 37

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