Hon. Sophia Moermond asks about WA Police's recording of perpetrator sex/gender and monitoring crimes by individuals who have changed their birth certificate sex, particularly in sex-segregated spaces. The Minister's response is non-committal.

AnsweredQoN 1422Legislative Council
Asked
7 November 2024
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

POLICE — CRIME INVESTIGATION
1422. Hon SOPHIA MOERMOND to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the registration and
monitoring of crimes in Western Australia.
(1) Is the Western
Australian police department registering the biological sex or the gender
identity of perpetrators?
(2) Will anyone
be monitoring crimes perpetrated by men who have changed their birth
certificate to the opposite sex in what used to be sex segregated spaces?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of Hon Stephen Dawson, the following
response has been provided by the Minister for Police.
(1)–(2) The Western Australia
Police Force investigates all crimes reported to the agency.

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