POLICE — MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
692. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer the minister to the critical
incident response crisis support service referred to in his answer to question
without notice 591 asked on Wednesday, 1 September.
(1) What is the
composition of staff that make up this service?
(2) What was the
total cost of this service for the Western Australia Police Force in 2018, 2019
and 2020?
(3) How many
officers accessed the services of this unit in 2018, 2019 and 2020?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
On behalf of the minister
representing the Minister for Police, I thank the member for some notice of the
question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for
Police.
The
Western Australia Police Force is committed to supporting police officers and
police staff to access support through health, safety and welfare services; and
destigmatising mental health and awareness raising. The WA Police Force
advises this is likely to lead to some personnel seeking assistance and using
services.
(1) An on-call psychologist and on-call chaplain
provide a critical incident response and crisis support service.
(2) The costs
were $708 844 in 2018, $1 326 478 in 2019 and $1 429 716 in 2020.
(3) As the support
is provided in confidence, the data is not able to be provided.