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.
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) called for a review into criminal sentencing in the ACT after it slammed a judge's decision to issue an intensive corrections order (ICO) to a man who stole a Mercedes and drove dangerously across Canberra for two days.
In a statement, AFPA president Alex Caruana said ACT police officers were being "let down" by judicial outcomes.
"Regularly, we have contact with our ACT Policing members, and one of their biggest concerns relates to bail and sentencing in the ACT," Mr Caruana said.
"We believe that ACT Policing is doing its job in protecting the community but is being let down by the judicial outcomes."
Mr Caruana pointed to the Mercedes incident as an example of this.
"At what stage will responsibility be put on the judiciary? Who makes the judiciary responsible for their decisions?"
Inaccurate to say corrections orders are a 'soft sentence': Attorney-General
But Mr Rattenbury dismissed the call for a review, saying there was not "sufficient evidence" to support it.
He also defended intensive corrections orders, saying they could be "very demanding" of the individual.
"Offenders with an ICO will also need to apply for permission to leave the ACT."
Mr Rattenbury also said the orders were an "effective and targeted way to reduce reoffending".
"Where appropriate, ICOs allow for an offender to serve their sentence in the community, without experiencing time in jail where they are frequently exposed to others who may encourage further criminal behaviour," he said.
"It can also mean they are not removed from their communities or families who are often the most influential people in supporting them to change their ways."
The young man sentenced over the offences involving the Mercedes on Monday had been jailed for other offences for most of the time since his arrest.
