❓ Question seeks data on charges and convictions under specific Criminal Code sections related to threats or assaults against police officers since April 3, 2020. The answer indicates that the requested data is not readily available and would require a manual review of individual cases, which may not even yield accurate results.
AnsweredQoN 3195Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to Mr Leroy
Dimer, who was convicted of assaulting a public officer and received an
eight-month suspended sentence following an incident in which he spat at police
officers whilst claiming to be infected with COVID-19, and I ask: (a) how many charges have
occurred under sections 318 and 338B of The Criminal Code in relation to
threats or assaults against police officers since assent day on 3 April 2020; and (b) of those identified
in (a), how many offenders have been convicted and sentenced?
Dimer, who was convicted of assaulting a public officer and received an
eight-month suspended sentence following an incident in which he spat at police
officers whilst claiming to be infected with COVID-19, and I ask: (a) how many charges have
occurred under sections 318 and 338B of The Criminal Code in relation to
threats or assaults against police officers since assent day on 3 April 2020; and (b) of those identified
in (a), how many offenders have been convicted and sentenced?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 October 2020
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
Response time
9 days
(a)-(b) The relevant provisions of Criminal Code sections 318(1)(d) and 338B relate to the general defined term ‘public officer’ and, as such, the type of public officer involved is not recorded when each charge is lodged with the court. The Department of Justice has advised that staff would be required to review each individual case to investigate how many police officers were among the public officers allegedly offended against during the cited period. Such a manual review of each case would not necessarily provide the information requested because the type of officer is not always included in the charge description recorded.
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