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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1048 asked in the Legislative Council on 26 October 2022 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

POLICE — OFFICERS

1048. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

(1) What was the total number of male police officers on 30 June in each of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

(2) What was the total number of female police officers on 30 June in each of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

(3) What is the current number of male and total number of female sworn police officers?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.

(1)–(3) The Western Australia Police Force advises that in 2018, there were 4 983 male police officers; in 2019, 4 954; in 2020, 5 075; in 2021, 5 248; and in 2022, 5 228 as at 30 September 2022.

In 2018, there were 1 476 female police officers; in 2019, 1 492; in 2020, 1 562; in 2021, 1 679; and in 2022, 1 661 as at 30 September 2022.

There are some notes. Police officers include commander to recruit. This is based on headcount data, which includes officers on leave without pay. Part-time officers are counted as one.