❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on rewards paid for unsolved homicides and disappearances in WA, including payment amounts, successful prosecutions, and the composition of the review working group. The response declines to provide specific reward data due to operational sensitivity.
AnsweredQoN 4275Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer
to the State Government’s rewards system for unsolved
homicides and suspicious disappearances in Western Australia, and ask: (a) how many rewards
have been paid in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and as of 16 October 2018; (b) what was the average payment of reward for each of these years; (c) how many successful prosecutions have the rewards
related to in each of these years; and (d) who comprised the working group which was set up to
review the reward system?
to the State Government’s rewards system for unsolved
homicides and suspicious disappearances in Western Australia, and ask: (a) how many rewards
have been paid in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and as of 16 October 2018; (b) what was the average payment of reward for each of these years; (c) how many successful prosecutions have the rewards
related to in each of these years; and (d) who comprised the working group which was set up to
review the reward system?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
29 November 2018
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
12 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a) (b) Rewards are an important operational strategy used by the Western Australia Police Force to support their investigations. They aim to promote the disclosure of information that could assist police to charge the person/s responsible for a crime. Police receive information generated by offering a reward through overt and covert disclosures. Protecting the anonymity of persons providing information and whether rewards are paid are central to the effectiveness of rewards as an operational or investigative strategy.
Police advise that the management of informants and rewards for information is governed by the Human Source Management Manual, which is classified as Highly Protected. This level of security is extended to the notification of the number and amount of rewards paid due to operational sensitivity.
(c) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4276.
(d) The working group comprised members drawn from the following organisations:
(a) (b) Rewards are an important operational strategy used by the Western Australia Police Force to support their investigations. They aim to promote the disclosure of information that could assist police to charge the person/s responsible for a crime. Police receive information generated by offering a reward through overt and covert disclosures. Protecting the anonymity of persons providing information and whether rewards are paid are central to the effectiveness of rewards as an operational or investigative strategy.
Police advise that the management of informants and rewards for information is governed by the Human Source Management Manual, which is classified as Highly Protected. This level of security is extended to the notification of the number and amount of rewards paid due to operational sensitivity.
(c) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 4276.
(d) The working group comprised members drawn from the following organisations:
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