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Parliamentary Question · No. B/1127 · Series B Answered

the proposed introduction of taser and body cameras in the Police Force, he will, for the benefit of the Hou…

Asked by
Mr Adrien Duval
Fourth Member · Port-Louis North and Montagne Longue
Addressed to
Prime Minister
Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, …
Sitting
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Question 20 of 72
The question, as placed

(No. B/1127) Mr A. Duval (Fourth Member for Port-Louis North & Montagne Longue) asked the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands whether, in regard to the proposed introduction of taser and body cameras in the Police Force, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Commissioner of Police, information as to the timeline for the implementation thereof, giving details of the Police units to be equipped therewith, including the quantity and total estimated cost thereof. 124

Deferred from this sitting to: tuesday-02-december-2025

The exchange, in full

Reply: I wish to refer the hon. Member to the reply I made to PQ B/971 of the Sitting of 11 November 2025, wherein I stated that the Commissioner of Police has already set up a technical committee to work on the required amendments to the relevant legislations and the standard operating procedures for the introduction of both body-worn cameras and taser use by the Police. I am informed that, on 07 November 2025, the Attorney-General’s Office has already been requested to work on the amendments to the relevant pieces of legislation for an appropriate legal framework for the use of the body-worn cameras. In parallel, the Commissioner of Police with the assistance of the technical committee is looking into the following aspects of the project – • Technical specifications and financial implications; • Units of the Mauritius Police Force which will be equipped with both body-worn cameras and taser, and • Standard Operating Procedures. With regard to the use of body-worn cameras, the Police Department is already in possession of 4,500 EP820 Radios which are equipped with cameras to record videos. These videos will be stored on the servers at the Government Online Centre and the Main Command Centre of the Police Department will, at the same time, view or livestream the videos. Straps to support the cameras are being manufactured in-house by the Police Department. As soon as the legal and operational frameworks are finalised, the use of body- worn cameras would be implemented immediately after. CONSTITUENCY NO. 6 – FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS ORGANISATION