WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE
FORCE — KIMBERLEY
280. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to an article in The
Kimberley Echo dated 5 April 2018 regarding the spike in crime occurring in
Kununurra. Will the minister be providing a permanent increase in resources for
the Kimberley police force in the upcoming budget?
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. All information about police appropriations will be
contained within the 2018–2019 state budget to be tabled on Thursday,
10 May 2018. However, it should be noted that decisions regarding the
deployment of officers to individual stations are made by the Commissioner of
Police.