Question On Notice No. 2958 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 May 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the Ministers media statement of 8 April
2020, titled “$91.2 million police package to support COVID-19 response”, and I
ask:
(a) how much of the $91.2 million will be spent in this
financial year, considering the funding was to support the COVID-19 response;
(b) please provide a breakdown of the funding
allocated by financial year across the forward estimates;
(c) how many of the additional 150 police officers will be
allocated to each police region;
(d) of the 100 automatic number plate recognition cameras,
how many will be allocated to each police region; and
(e) have any of the 100 cameras been installed, and how
did they enforce movement restrictions such as intrastate travel restrictions?
Answered on 24 June 2020
(a) The Western Australia Police Force advise an estimated $6.6 million based on expected procurement of ANPRs and a bring forward of the procurement of E-monitoring devices.
(b) The Western Australia Police Force advise 2019-20 $4.0 million; 2020-21 $23.326 million; 2021-22 $20.460 million; 2022-23 $21.273 million; and 2023-24 $22.080 million
(c) The McGowan Government is delivering an extra 150 police officers to be deployed throughout the state. This takes the number of extra police officers provided by the McGowan Government to 298. The Western Australia Police Force advises that the allocation and deployment of police officers is considered on the basis of operational need and delivery of policing to the community.
(d) The Western Australia Police Force advise 58 within the Metropolitan Region and 27 with Regional WA with the remainder deployed flexibly throughout the state.
(e) Yes. The Western Australia Police Force advise they generate notifications which assist officers to identify individuals associated with high priority COVID-19 alerts.