POLICE — GRADUATES
781. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to each of the police
graduation events conducted in 2020 to date.
(1) For each
event, did all the recruits complete all the requirements of the course prior
to their graduation ceremony?
(2) If no to (1), how many recruits
did not complete all the requirements for each event?
(3) For each event referred to in
(2), which requirement was not completed?
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 recruits who are unable to complete
all critical training components due to unforeseen absences or injury—for
example, isolation due to COVID—remain at the Western Australia Police
Academy while the training is completed. If the commencement of this training
is delayed due to the recruit's circumstances, they will temporarily be
assigned administrative duties aligned to their capabilities and will undertake
the required training at the earliest opportunity. Compiling the detail
requested with regard to each recruit would demand significant time and
resources to be diverted from core police activities.