ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCTS — ANTISOCIAL
BEHAVIOUR ACTION PLANS
1122. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer to the entertainment
precincts of Scarborough, Hillarys, Mandurah and Northbridge.
(1) How many
additional officers have been allocated to each precinct to assist throughout
the busy summer period?
(2) How many
additional overtime hours have been authorised to each precinct to assist with
the busy summer period?
(3) Will there be
a targeted antisocial behaviour action plan for this summer, similar to
Operation Sea Hawk, Operation Celsius and Operation Salman, which were run in
2015, 2016 and 2017; and, if not, why not?
(4) If yes to
(3), how much has been allocated and on what date will the plan commence?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable Leader of the
Opposition for some notice of the question. The following information has been
provided to me by the Minister for Police. The Western Australia Police Force
has advised the following.
(1) The
metropolitan restructure in July 2018 provided staff levels at these police
stations to enable officers in charge to roster, manage the response to crime
and undertake local operations on a needs basis. Three regional operations
groups are available for additional support of local district operations if
required. The Commissioner of Police reviews district staffing regularly.
(2) OICs manage
their overtime budget to meet demand, including times of increased demand due
to periods of increased activity.
(3) OICs in the
Mandurah, Hillarys, and Scarborough precincts will conduct targeted antisocial
behaviour action plans for this summer. In Northbridge they will continue
standard policing practices for highly active Friday and Saturday nights
throughout the summer. Police are focused on antisocial behaviour, assaults and
robberies. In the Mandurah, Hillarys, Scarborough and Perth precincts, the OICs
will conduct operations as deemed necessary to target antisocial behaviour
during summer and over the Christmas and New Year period.
(4) Refer to (3).