Change to the Deployment of Taser by the States of Jersey Police Force (S.R.6/2020): Response of the Minister for Home Affairs

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A decision made on 15 January 2021

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2021-0003
Decision Date: 7 January 2021
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Ministerial Response to the Children, Education and Home Affairs Panel’s review of P.97/2020 Change to the Deployment of Taser by the States of Jersey Police Force (S.R.6/2020)
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Private Secretary	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
REPORT TITLE: Ministerial Response: S.R.6/2020
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Private Secretary	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for Home Affairs decided to present to the States a response to the Children, Education and Home Affairs Panel’s review of P.97/2020 Change to the Deployment of Taser by the States of Jersey Police Force (S.R.6/2020). The Children, Education and Home Affairs Panel launched a review of P.97/2020 on 10th August 2020 which resulted in the publication of the Panel’s report on their findings and recommendation arising from their review on 29th October 2020. This report contained 19 Key Findings and 9 recommendations. The Panel also lodged two amendments to the Proposition. In accordance with Scrutiny procedures, The Minister for Home Affairs has prepared this formal response to the Panel to be presented to the States Assembly. This response was provided to the Panel on 11th December but was not presented to the States at that time due to an administrative error.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: There are no financial or manpower implications arising from this decision.
ACTION REQUIRED: The Minister requested that the Greffier of the States arrange for the Ministerial Response to be presented to the States at the earliest possible opportunity.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Connétable Len Norman Minister for Home Affairs
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: