DN 01-28-03/2023 – Storage of Taser Assets

DN 01-28-03/2023      Date 28.02.23 

Storage of Taser Assets

The Commissioner has decided to approve investment in replacement safes with a standardised management system for the storage of North Yorkshire Police’s taser assets.

Background

North Yorkshire Police’s taser assets are a key operational resource, carried by Specially Trained Officers (STOs). In 2023, forces must licence the carrying of tasers, and in order to support this and further restrict access to taser assets, replacement storage safes with access controlled by a central management system are required.

An initial investment of around £127,000 will be required to fund the purchase of the tasers safes and associated licensing and ICT equipment, alongside a recurring revenue investment of around £15,000 per year.

Decision Record

The Commissioner has decided to invest £127,000 in the purchase of replacement taser safes and a standardised management system, as well as £15,000 per year in the ongoing support of the system.

Zoë Metcalfe

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire

Statutory Officer Advice

Legal, Management and Equality Implications

The Commissioner’s Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer, having read this report and having considered such information as has been provided at the time of being asked to express this view, is satisfied that this report does not ask the Commissioner to make a decision which would (or would be likely to) give rise to a contravention of the law.

Simon Dennis

Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer

Financial and Commercial

The Commissioner’s Chief Finance Officer and S151 Officer has advised that neither the £127k for the initial purchases nor the £15k of recurring revenue costs were included within the financial plan put forward by the Force, for the approval of the PFCC, less than 1 month ago.

As a result these costs are proposed to be funded from releasing the required funds from the Change Pipeline, however this will limit the funding available for change across the life of the medium term financial plan.

Michael Porter

Chief Finance Officer