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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 810 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 August 2022 by Hon Peter Collier

Question Directed to the: Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer the Minister to the response provided to the Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations in relation to average response times for priority 1, 2, 3 and 4 grades of service for all metropolitan districts from 1, July 2021 to 30, April 2022, and I ask:
(a) will the Minister distinguish between priority 1 and priority 2 response times over this period, and; and
(b) if no to (1), why not?

Answered on 20 September 2022

The Western Australia Police Force Advise the average response time for each metropolitan district and the Metropolitan Region for priority 1 and 2 grades of service tasks for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 April 2022, inclusive:

Armadale; Cannington; Fremantle; Joonalup; Mandurah; Midland; Mirrabooka; Perth; Metropolitan Region; Priority 1 (minutes); 7.7; 5.6; 7.7; 8.3; 9.4; 9.8; 5.4; 5.0; 7.8; Priority 2 (minutes); 8.7; 8.8; 9.4; 10.1; 10.8; 9.7; 8.7; 8.5; 9.4*

 

 *Notes:            

  1. Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
  2. Statistics are of tasks generated in the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system where the task:
    • was transmitted for action between 1 July 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive;
    • occurred within the Metropolitan Region;
    • has a current priority of 1 or 2;
    • was eligible for grades of service calculations; and
    • has not been recorded as a duplicate.
  3. A CAD task is ineligible for grades of service calculations if, during the course of the CAD task, an anomaly occurs. These anomalies are tasks:           
    • initiated in the field;
    • that are evade police intercepts;
    • scheduled ahead of time;
    • with no recorded dispatch time;
    • with no recorded 'At Scene' time;
    • that have had their priority increased (e.g. from a priority 3 to a priority 2); and
    • that have been re-opened.
  4. The response time for a CAD task is calculated as the time between when the task was transmitted for action and the time that the first unit is recorded as being 'At Scene'.
  5. Only tasks with a priority 1, 2 or 3 are eligible for grades of service calculation.
  6. Grades of service target for priority 1 and 2 tasks is a response time of 12 minutes or less.
  7. Current priority is the priority at the time of data extraction. This is often, although not always, the priority that the task was closed with.
  8. CAD priorities are available as follows:
    • Priority 1 - Imminent threat to life. Serious offence/incident in progress. Urgent attendance required.
    • Priority 2 - Serious offence/incident in progress. Immediate attendance required.
  9. Task location is based on the last task location recorded at the time of data extraction. As the task location may change over the life or an individual task, this may be different from the location that was initially attended.

Source:  Data extracted from the Computer Aided Dispatch system on 15 August 2022.