Dear Mr Holmes
 
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below. Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
 
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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From: "Thomas Holmes" <[FYI request #12303 email]>
Date: 24/02/2020 07:35PM
Subject: Official Information request - Taser Procurement

Dear New Zealand Police,
I am writing to request the following information:
- The number of Taser devices purchased between 01 January 2019 and 31
December 2019; and
- The number of Taser accessories (including holsters) purchased between
01 January 2019 and 31 December 2019; and
- The current Taser models used by Police; and
- Have the Police considered/considering purchasing newer 'Taser 7' model
devices?

For the purposes of the OIA I am a New Zealand citizen and currently
reside in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Holmes
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Good afternoon Thomas,

 

Police are needing to redeploy staff in the face of unprecedented
circumstances as we respond to Covid-19.

 

This will have a severe impact on our ability to respond to requests for
information under the Official Information Act 1982 and Privacy Act 1993
in a timely fashion.

 

Priority will be given to requests from media on matters of high public
interest. We appreciate this will be frustrating for some people but
please know we are doing everything we can to keep our communities safe.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Nicholas Heath

Response and Operations

Level 3, PNHQ
  

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Kia ora Thomas

 

Please find attached the response to your correspondence of  24 February
2020.  
  

Police's response to Covid-19 has had a severe impact on our ability to
respond to your request in a timely manner. We appreciate this will be
frustrating for you, and we thank you for your understanding.

 

Kind regards

Ministerial Services

PNHQ

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Hi Thomas,

 

In regards to your follow-up enquiry about question 4 of your OIA request
relating to Police Tasers, I can elaborate that New Zealand Police are
fully aware of the next generation Taser (Taser7), however we have not
formed any business proposal to upgrade our current fleet.

 

We are considering the functional benefits of the new model against the
benefits the current model provides.

 

Any future business decision would need to weigh the cost/benefit
variables of the new model against our existing model to ensure that there
is value for money.

 

Nicholas

 

RESPONSE AND OPS GROUP

Police National Headquarters

180 Molesworth Street, Wellington

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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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