Question On Notice No. 6462 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 Police welfare checks and ask:
(a) how many Police welfare checks were conducted in 2019 and year to date 2020 (non-COVID related);
(b) which Police district in the Perth metropolitan region recorded the most number of welfare checks; and
(c) which Police district in regional Western Australia recorded the most number of welfare checks?
Answered on 19 November 2020
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a) In 2019 there were 53,120; and in 2020 [as at 15 October 2020] there have been 41,390.
(b) Mandurah Police District.
(c) South West Police district.
Notes
- Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
- Statistics of welfare checks conducted by police are a distinct count of events where at least one unit was dispatched to the job, and where the job was transmitted for action within the period of 01 January 2019 and 15 October 2020, inclusive.
- Statistics exclude welfare check tasks where a unit was not dispatched after triage of the task, separate task types such as mental health escorts and absconders that could relate to a person’s welfare, and tasks relating to COVID-19 quarantine and isolation checks.
- Police district is determined using the recorded suburb where the welfare check occurred