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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 541 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 9 August 2022 by Ms L. Mettam

Question Directed to the: Minister for Police
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

(1) How many FTE police officer positions were allocated to Busselton Police Station and Dunsborough Police Station respectively in each of the following years:
(a) 2017-2018;
(b) 2018-2019;
(c) 2019-2020;
(d) 2020-2021; and
(e) 2021-2022?
(2) For each of the above years, how many of the positions at each respective station were:
(a) Permanently filled;
(b) Acting; and
(c) Vacant?
(3) For each of the above years, how many of the officers at each respective station were new graduates?
(4) For each of the above years, how many mental-health call-outs were recorded at each station?
(5) For each of the above years, how many times have police at each respective station been required to facilitate transfers from Bunbury Hospital APU (Acute Psychiatric Unit) to Albany hospital APU?
(6) Has the Mental Health Co-Response initiative in Bunbury commenced:
(a) If not, why not; and
(b) If yes, how many extra FTE police officers have been employed as part of the initiative:
(i) Are any of those additional FTE officers based at Dunsborough or Busselton Police Stations;
(ii) If not, why not; and
(iii) If yes, how many have been employed at each respective station?

Answered on 20 September 2022

The Western Australia Police Force advise;

1-3 Due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels of individual police stations is not released.

4. 2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022; Busselton Police Station; 67; 104; 138; 106; 115; Dunsborough Police Station; 5; 25; 38; 23; 27*

5.  A response cannot be provided by the WA Police Force. It is recommended this question be referred to the Minister for Health.

6  a) Not applicable. b) 7.0 FTE i. No ii. This was not a component of the Mental Health Co-Response Expansion in Bunbury. iii. Not applicable.

 

*NOTE

4.

    1. Figures are provisional and subject to revision.

    2. Figures are subject to the completeness and correctness of recorded details, and to the subjective assessments of officers recording relevant details.

    3. Figures are of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) generated jobs, where the job:

        a. was transmitted for action between 01 July 2017 and 30 June 2022 (inclusive);

        b. had at least one unit dispatched to the job;

        c. has a job code of 44, 48, 49, 68;

        d. has not been recorded as a duplicated job;

        e. has a job disposition of 'MH' or 'MHU' indicating that the job has a mental health factor;

4.  Included CAD job codes are as follows:

        a. 44 - Escort;

        b. 48 - Welfare Check;

        c. 49 - Missing Person or Absconder;

        d. 68 - Mental Health Incident.

5. The number of jobs where at least one unit was dispatched to attend is provided as a proxy for the number of tasks attended by police. Dispatches to a job are considered a more accurate reflection of police response compared with arrival at scene due to a number of factors that can prevent a reliable arrival at scene time from being recorded.

 

Source: Data was extracted from the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system on 10 August 2022.