Question
Number
748
Subject
ACT Policing
(Arrests at Gunpoint)
(Arrests at Gunpoint)
Asked by
Emerson, Thomas
Directed to
Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services
Question asked on
04 December 2025
Answer due on
04 January 2026
Question asked
- How many ACT Policing arrests have occurred at gunpoint, or where an officer has had a gun drawn during the arrest, in 2025.
- Please detail for each case referred to in part (1) the nature of the suspect’s behaviour at the point of arrest and the reason for guns having been drawn.
- How many of the arrests referred to in part (1) involved suspects under the age of 18.
- Can the Minister provide a copy of ACT Policing’s use-of-force policy in relation to (a) drawing firearms and (b) directing them at a suspect.