Question On Notice No. 1191 asked in the Legislative Council on 8 May 2018 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to rotary wing aircraft in use by the Western Australia Police (WAPOL), and I ask:
(a) will the Minister please identify each aircraft in permanent use by WAPOL, including aircraft type, age and call sign;
(b) for each aircraft type identified in (a), will the Minister please provide the hourly operating cost for each and the number of hours flown in each of the last three years;
(c) for each aircraft type identified in (a), will the Minister please provide the number of hours that the aircraft was not available due to maintenance or service related issues;
(d) for each aircraft type identified in (a), will the Minister please provide the annual maintenance costs for each of the last three years;
(e) for each aircraft type identified in (a), will the Minister please provide the number of missions flown in each of the last three years and relevant categorisation for executed mission type; and
(f) for each mission identified in (e), will the Minister please provide the policing district to which primary response is targeted for example, metropolitan or regional, and if regional please provide the specific police district within regional Western Australia?
Answered on 28 June 2018
a)
|
Aircraft
|
Age (years)
|
Call sign
|
|
Kawasaki Bolkow BK117
|
28
|
VH-WAH
|
|
Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin
|
7
|
VH-WPX
|
(b)-(d)
This level of financial information is contained within the business case which is Cabinet-in-Confidence. Further, as the WA Police Force has commenced the procurement process, it is considered that the public release of this pre-market information could compromise WA Police Force’s sourcing strategy and future contract negotiations.
(e)
|
Aircraft
|
Task Category
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2015/16
|
2016/17
|
2017/18*
|
|
BK117
|
Frontline and Serious Crime Support
|
241
|
399
|
277
|
|
|
Frontline Support – Traffic
|
107
|
254
|
186
|
|
|
Transport
|
1
|
4
|
14
|
|
|
Search and Rescue
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
|
Dauphin
|
Frontline and Serious Crime Support
|
641
|
348
|
264
|
|
|
Frontline Support – Traffic
|
375
|
225
|
142
|
|
|
Transport
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
Search and Rescue
|
27
|
26
|
10
|
*For the period 1/7/2017 to 9/5/2018
(f)
|
|
Frontline and Serious Crime Support
|
Frontline Support – Traffic
|
Transport
|
Search and Rescue
|
|
2015-16
|
BK117
|
Dauphin
|
BK117
|
Dauphin
|
BK117
|
Dauphin
|
BK117
|
Dauphin
|
|
Metropolitan
|
241
|
635
|
107
|
374
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
26
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
2016-17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metropolitan
|
391
|
343
|
253
|
225
|
4
|
4
|
9
|
18
|
|
Great Southern
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
South West
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
|
2017-18*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metropolitan
|
265
|
257
|
184
|
141
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
7
|
|
Great Southern
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Goldfields-Esperance
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
Mid West-Gascoyne
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
South West
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
3
|
*For the period 1/7/2017 to 9/5/2018