The union representing Canberra's police has called for the ACT government to conduct a review into "soft" sentences for criminal offenders, saying officers are protecting the community only to be continually "let down" by the courts.
But Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has rejected the request, which followed a teenager dodging time behind bars after crashing a stolen Mercedes-Benz into a police car, saying there is insufficient evidence to warrant "a wholesale review".
