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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 795 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 August 2019 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

POLICE — CALL-OUT ATTENDANCE TIMES

795. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to the ''Western Australia Police Customer Service Charter''. What was the average attendance time for call-outs deemed high priority, intermediate priority and routine priority for 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.

Attendance times for call-outs are not classified under the headings ''high priority'', ''intermediate priority'' and ''routine priority''. On receiving the call, the WA Police Force allocates a response priority to the incident according to its level of seriousness. Priority 1 incidents pose an imminent threat to life and require urgent attendance. Priority 2 incidents involve situations that require immediate attendance such as a serious offence or incident in progress. The ability of the WA Police Force to respond in a timely and appropriate manner to such incidents directly and indirectly contributes to community safety and security. The WA Police Force recognises that not all incidents can be responded to within the specified time frame but aims to respond to 80 per cent of priority 1 and 2 incidents within 12 minutes in the Perth metropolitan area.