Lost equipment and written off vehicles (109A/24)
Request
- 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.
- 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
Please find enclosed our response.
- 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
- 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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