During a budget estimates hearing on Monday, Police Minister Michael Ferguson rejected the idea police officers attended incidents in place of ambulances.

"It is actually part of police duties, and shouldn't be conflated with any claims on how busy Ambulance Tasmania officers could be," he said.

But Tasmania Police Association assistant-secretary Andrew Bennett said officers took an oath but they do not swear to attend the broken arms or go to low-level ambulance jobs.

"We can't administer pain medication. We can offer a pat on the back, a hug and maintain your airways," he said.

Deputy Commissioner Scott Tilyard said police were not dispatched instead of ambulances, but were sometimes requested to attend if paramedics were not yet available and police were.

"It is a police duty to assist people in need and this sometimes includes medical emergencies," he said.

"Police officers work to protect the safety of all Tasmanians, and when someone in the community is in distress they will assist."

On Monday, Labor's police spokesman Shane Broad sought numbers for how many instances police officers attended incidents in this capacity, but Deputy Commissioner Tilyard said the data was not collected because the call-outs were part of everyday policing.

But Mr Bennett said the police's Emergency Services Computer-Aided Dispatch system recorded Ambulance Tasmania jobs that police were dispatched to.

The computer system, also known as ESCAD, is the command and control database that records and manages all incidents police attend.

"From April 1 to May 9 Tasmania Police did 180 jobs with Ambulance Tasmania and if they look into that they can find out which jobs police were dispatched on their own," Mr Bennett said.

"We don't think the minister has been briefed as to the extent of the issue."