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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 644 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 October 2022 by Ms M. Beard

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CRIME AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR — CARNARVON

644. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:

I have a supplementary question. Yes or no—would police officers in Carnarvon benefit from having a safe space to take vulnerable children, which would help reduce their workload?

Mr P. PAPALIA replied:

I thank the member. I leave policing to police. I leave police operations and the manner of delivery of those services to the Commissioner of Police because that is his job, and that is actually the law. It is not right, and it would not be right, for me to ever try to direct the police on how they should conduct their operations and what they should do with the resources they are provided with. I can tell the member that they are better resourced, better led and better staffed, and have higher numbers and more capability, than ever before, and certainly far more than when the member's party was in office. Her party neglected Carnarvon and that electorate and, particularly with respect to policing, showed very little interest. But I do not try to tell the commissioner how to do his job. If ever the Commissioner of Police requires additional resources, he will approach me.

One thing that I can confirm is that Operation Regional Shield is the means by which the police are supported to deliver whatever additional resources are required anywhere in the regions, including in Carnarvon. Regional Shield is in operation right now. Assets, officers and capability will be delivered by the commissioner in accordance with his requirements under the banner of Regional Shield wherever they are required. I am sure that if they are required in Carnarvon, they will be delivered.

The SPEAKER: Members, that concludes question time.