POLICE — DOG THEFT
1156. Hon
WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the Minister for Police:
(1) Does the Western Australia
Police Force record incidents that relate to dog theft?
(2) Do these
records differentiate between the theft of a dog from an owner and an owner–breeder?
(3) If yes to (1),
please provide the total recorded incidents for each month from November 2019
to November 2021.
(4) If yes to (2), please arrange the
total recorded incidents in such a way to differentiate between owners and
owner–breeders.
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
The Western Australia Police Force
advises the following.
(1) Yes.
(2)–(4) This is a resource-intensive action, as a manual
interrogation of police systems is required given the category for
recording dog theft includes all animals, inclusive of domestic pets—breeds—and
general livestock. For this reason, a response to this part of the question
cannot be provided within the required time frame. The honourable member may
wish to place the question on notice.