❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding reported assaults on staff within the Transport and Disability Services portfolios. The response details the number of incidents, relevant agencies, and limited information on police involvement and convictions.
AnsweredQoN 582Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(a) how many incidents of assault have been reported by staff:
(i) in 2008–2009; and
(ii) July 2008 to date;
(b) please list relevant department/agency, date of assault, male/female victim, male/female perpetrator;
(c) how many incidents of assault were reported to Western Australia Police; and
(d) how many convictions resulted from reported assaults?
(i) in 2008–2009; and
(ii) July 2008 to date;
(b) please list relevant department/agency, date of assault, male/female victim, male/female perpetrator;
(c) how many incidents of assault were reported to Western Australia Police; and
(d) how many convictions resulted from reported assaults?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
5 May 2009
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Transport; Disability Services
Response time
54 days
1. PTA
(a)
(i) A total of 254 assaults were reported for the period 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008
(ii) A total of 365 assaults have been reported for the period 1 July 2008 to date.
(b) [see tabled paper no]
(c) The actual number of assaults reported to Western Australian Police is not recorded, however most common assaults attended by Transit Officers and other security personnel are referred to Police.
(d) The Public Transport Authority is not provided with this information.
2. Main Roads
(a) (i) - (ii) - Nil
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
3. DSC
The following information relates to the disability portfolio. The Disability Services Commission reports that the following response relates to incidents of assaults by residents of the Commission with an intellectual disability upon staff. It should be noted that these incidents of assault pertain to people with impaired decision making who exhibit challenging behaviours
(i) & (ii) in 2008 -2009 (From January 2008 to February 2009) - 107
(b) Date of assault, male/female victim, male/female perpetrator;
January 2008
03/01/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 03/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
04/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 06/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
11/01/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 12/01/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
13/01/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 26/01/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 26/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
February 2008
03/02/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 05/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
06/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 06/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
18/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 20/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 28/02/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
March 2008
01/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 07/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/03/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/03/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
10/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 13/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/03/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 24/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
April 2008
01/04/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 01/04/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
19/04/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 14/04/08 female victim - female perpetrator
29/04/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
May 2008
15/05/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 28/05/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
June 2008
02/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 15/06/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
16/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 18/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
28/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
July 2008
07/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 13/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
16/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
18/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 20/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator;
23/07/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 26/07/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
31/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator
August 2008
06/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 12/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 19/08/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 21/08/08 male victim - female perpetrator;
23/08/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 29/08/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
31/08/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
September 2008
08/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 19/09/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 24/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 25/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator
29/09/08 female victim - male perpetrator
October 2008
01/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 03/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 09/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
10/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 12/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
13/10/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator
21/10/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 24/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
28/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator
November 2008
03/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 04/11/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
06/11/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 11/11/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
16/11/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
20/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 22/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
23/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 30/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
December 2008
03/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 04/12/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
09/12/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 07/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/12/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 19/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
20/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 21/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
22/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 23/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 28/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 28/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
January 2009
03/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 05/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator;
07/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 08/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 09/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 19/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator;
27/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 29/01/09 female victim - female perpetrator; 31/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
February 2009
06/02/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 07/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
14/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 28/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
(c) 1
(d) Nil
4. DPI
(a) (i)+(ii) 1
(b) Regional Services
Date of Assault: 3 July 2008
Victim: Male
Perpetrator: Male
(c) 1
(d) Unknown
4. Office of the Minister for Transport; Disability Services
(a) (i)+(ii) 0
(b)-(d) Not applicable
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(a)
(i) A total of 254 assaults were reported for the period 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008
(ii) A total of 365 assaults have been reported for the period 1 July 2008 to date.
(b) [see tabled paper no]
(c) The actual number of assaults reported to Western Australian Police is not recorded, however most common assaults attended by Transit Officers and other security personnel are referred to Police.
(d) The Public Transport Authority is not provided with this information.
2. Main Roads
(a) (i) - (ii) - Nil
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
3. DSC
The following information relates to the disability portfolio. The Disability Services Commission reports that the following response relates to incidents of assaults by residents of the Commission with an intellectual disability upon staff. It should be noted that these incidents of assault pertain to people with impaired decision making who exhibit challenging behaviours
(i) & (ii) in 2008 -2009 (From January 2008 to February 2009) - 107
(b) Date of assault, male/female victim, male/female perpetrator;
January 2008
03/01/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 03/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
04/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 06/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
11/01/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 12/01/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
13/01/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 26/01/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 26/01/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
February 2008
03/02/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 05/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
06/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 06/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
18/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 20/02/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 28/02/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
March 2008
01/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 07/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/03/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/03/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
10/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 13/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/03/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 24/03/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
April 2008
01/04/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 01/04/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
19/04/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 14/04/08 female victim - female perpetrator
29/04/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
May 2008
15/05/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 28/05/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
June 2008
02/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 15/06/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
16/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 18/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
28/06/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
July 2008
07/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 13/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
16/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/07/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
18/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 20/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator;
23/07/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 26/07/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
31/07/08 male victim - female perpetrator
August 2008
06/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 08/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 12/08/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 19/08/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 21/08/08 male victim - female perpetrator;
23/08/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 29/08/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
31/08/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
September 2008
08/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 19/09/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 24/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 25/09/08 male victim - male perpetrator
29/09/08 female victim - male perpetrator
October 2008
01/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 03/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 09/10/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
10/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 12/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
13/10/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator
21/10/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 24/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
28/10/08 female victim - female perpetrator
November 2008
03/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 04/11/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
06/11/08 male victim - female perpetrator; 11/11/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
16/11/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 17/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
20/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 22/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
23/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 30/11/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
December 2008
03/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 04/12/08 female victim - female perpetrator;
09/12/08 female victim - female perpetrator; 07/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/12/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 19/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
20/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator; 21/12/08 male victim - male perpetrator;
22/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 23/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 28/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator; 28/12/08 female victim - male perpetrator;
January 2009
03/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 05/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator;
07/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 08/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
08/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 09/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
18/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 19/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator;
27/01/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 29/01/09 female victim - female perpetrator; 31/01/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
February 2009
06/02/09 female victim - male perpetrator; 07/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
14/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator; 28/02/09 male victim - male perpetrator;
(c) 1
(d) Nil
4. DPI
(a) (i)+(ii) 1
(b) Regional Services
Date of Assault: 3 July 2008
Victim: Male
Perpetrator: Male
(c) 1
(d) Unknown
4. Office of the Minister for Transport; Disability Services
(a) (i)+(ii) 0
(b)-(d) Not applicable
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