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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 929 asked in the Legislative Council on 18 October 2022 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

POLICE — OPERATION REGIONAL SHIELD — KIMBERLEY

929. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to police in the Kimberley region.

(1) In the last six months, how many officers in the Kimberley region have —

(a) retired;

(b) resigned;

(c) taken annual or extended leave; and

(d) requested a transfer out of the region?

(2) How many police officers who were originally part of Operation Regional Shield have remained in, or returned to, the Kimberley region since their initial deployment there?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The Western Australia Police Force advises —

(1) (a) The number is zero.

(b) The number is four.

(c) Two hundred and sixty officers have taken annual leave and 14 have taken extended leave.

(d) A response to this question cannot be provided within the required time frame. The honourable member may wish to place this part of the question on notice.

(2) Deployments of officers in relation to Operation Regional Shield are subject to the direction of the Commissioner of Police as required by operational demands.