ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury rejects Canberra police union's call for a review of sentencing after a man who crashed a stolen vehicle into a police car was issued an intensive corrections order.
ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury says the government will not conduct a review into sentencing in the ACT, despite calls from Canberra's police union.ACT government says there is not "sufficient evidence" to support a wholesale review of criminal sentencing
In a statement, AFPA president Alex Caruana said ACT police officers were being "let down" by judicial outcomes. "At what stage will responsibility be put on the judiciary? Who makes the judiciary responsible for their decisions?"ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury says intensive corrections orders are an effective way to reduce reoffending.
"An ICO can include conditions of regular drug testing, home visits, community service work, curfews, attendance at rehabilitation programs, or reparation," Mr Rattenbury said.Mr Rattenbury also said the orders were an "effective and targeted way to reduce reoffending".
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