❓ Hon Peter Collier asks the Minister for Police about the number of evade-police intercept driving incidents (police pursuits) from 2016 to 2022. The Minister provides the data in tabular form, incorporated into Hansard.
AnsweredQoN 153Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE —
EMERGENCY DRIVING
153. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer the minister to the WA
Police policy on emergency driving.
How many incidents of evade-police
intercept driving—otherwise known as police pursuits—were
carried out by police officers for the years —
(1) 2016;
(2) 2017;
(3) 2018;
(4) 2019;
(5) 2020;
(6) 2021; and
(7) 2022?
EMERGENCY DRIVING
153. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer the minister to the WA
Police policy on emergency driving.
How many incidents of evade-police
intercept driving—otherwise known as police pursuits—were
carried out by police officers for the years —
(1) 2016;
(2) 2017;
(3) 2018;
(4) 2019;
(5) 2020;
(6) 2021; and
(7) 2022?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the minister
representing the Minister for Police, I thank the honourable member for some
notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police. The information is set out in tabular form, so I seek
leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)–(7)
Year
Evade-Police
Intercept Driving Incidents
2016
1,756
2017
1,735
2018
1,631
2019
1,114
2020
875
2021
752
2022
800
Notes:
Data
sourced from the Western Australia Police Force Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
system on 22 February 2022 for all incidents recorded with '26'
job code (evade / intercept) and job priority 1, 2, 3 and 4 and where the task
was transmitted for action between 01 January 2016 and 31 December 2022
(inclusive).
representing the Minister for Police, I thank the honourable member for some
notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police. The information is set out in tabular form, so I seek
leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)–(7)
Year
Evade-Police
Intercept Driving Incidents
2016
1,756
2017
1,735
2018
1,631
2019
1,114
2020
875
2021
752
2022
800
Notes:
Data
sourced from the Western Australia Police Force Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
system on 22 February 2022 for all incidents recorded with '26'
job code (evade / intercept) and job priority 1, 2, 3 and 4 and where the task
was transmitted for action between 01 January 2016 and 31 December 2022
(inclusive).
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