Question On Notice No. 6441 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 8 October 2020 by Mr P.A. Katsambanis
Question Directed to the: Minister for Police; Road Safety
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to Crimestoppers and ask for each of the past four years:
(a) how many reports were received;
(b) how many multiple reports were received related to the same information report;
(c) how many reports received later led to arrests; and
(d) how many times has a member of the public received a financial reward for information that led to an arrest?
Answered on 19 November 2020
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a)
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020*
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52 360
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54 498
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57 657
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43 549
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* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(b) This figure is not easily extracted and involves a manual search based upon the subject of each report, requiring a large commitment of research time. Police have determined it is not an effective use of police resources to source this information.
(c)
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2020*
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2 568
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5 586
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7 377
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5 493
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* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(d) A reward relates to a legal outcome.
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020*
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10
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3
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4
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4
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* 1 January to 30 September 2020.