❓ Hon Peter Collier asked about the number of family and domestic violence incidents attended by police and the related arrests in WA from 2020-2023. The Minister provided incident numbers but stated arrest data was unavailable due to system limitations.
AnsweredQoN 450Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE — FAMILY
AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
450. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) How many family and domestic
violence incidents were attended in 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23?
(2) How many arrests were made in
each year for the incidents referred to in (1)?
AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
450. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) How many family and domestic
violence incidents were attended in 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23?
(2) How many arrests were made in
each year for the incidents referred to in (1)?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question.
The
Western Australia Police Force advise that the answer to (1) is in tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted
for the following material to be incorporated.]
(1)
Year
Number
of incidents attended
2020–21
58,574
2021–22
55,927
2022–23
58,993
(2) The Western Australia
Police Force is unable to provide a response as the number of arrests resulting
from the above incidents cannot be determined in a reliable and systematic
manner. Manual interrogation of each incident is required to ensure the family
violence incidents attended on the police computer aided dispatch system are
directly linked to the arrests recorded in the police incident management
system.
There is a note —
1. Statistics are provisional and
subject to revision.
for some notice of the question.
The
Western Australia Police Force advise that the answer to (1) is in tabular
form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted
for the following material to be incorporated.]
(1)
Year
Number
of incidents attended
2020–21
58,574
2021–22
55,927
2022–23
58,993
(2) The Western Australia
Police Force is unable to provide a response as the number of arrests resulting
from the above incidents cannot be determined in a reliable and systematic
manner. Manual interrogation of each incident is required to ensure the family
violence incidents attended on the police computer aided dispatch system are
directly linked to the arrests recorded in the police incident management
system.
There is a note —
1. Statistics are provisional and
subject to revision.
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