Now, just what might "maintain use of" actually mean? Might it simply mean "use"? Better just to cough it up and say so.

How "serious" are "serious" cases? That is subjective, very elastic, and should be spelled out.

"He wouldn’t say where the force gets its equipment. Police can never be fully transparent about their technology, he added."

Would it be from China, to whom we are now selling our tech companies?