❓ I refer to full time equivalent (FTE) police vacancies in the South West, and I ask — (1) As at 1 January 2012, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were
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I refer to full time equivalent (FTE) police vacancies in the South West, and I ask —
(1) As at 1 January 2012, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(2) As at 1 July 2012, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(3) As at 1 January 2011, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(4) As at 1 July 2011, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(5) As at 1 January 2010, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(6) As at 1 January 2009, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(7) As at 1 January 2008, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(1) As at 1 January 2012, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(2) As at 1 July 2012, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(3) As at 1 January 2011, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(4) As at 1 July 2011, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(5) As at 1 January 2010, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(6) As at 1 January 2009, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
(7) As at 1 January 2008, how many FTE police positions were vacant in the South West and where were they located?
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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
Response time
21 days
(1) - (7) Actual Police FTE in a district will fluctuate for a range of reasons, including (but not limited to) weekly leave, training courses, other paid leave and sick leave, officers transferring to and from districts. At times some vacancies can be difficult to fill due to the location for officers seeking transfer and/or the time during the school year can impact on those officers with school age children
District and Station/Unit managers monitor these absences and have the capacity to deploy staff within their areas to ensure an effective policing service is maintained.
A vacancy is created when an officer leaves the agency due to retirement, resignation, dismissal, death or when an officer transfers from a unit. This vacancy is recorded as such on the corporate database until another officer is transferred to the unit as a replacement, the process of selecting an officer to fill this vacant position can take several weeks to finalise.
As a result of the above, for administrative purposes the Office of Regional WA's interpretation of what constitutes an actual or physical vacancy is if an officer has left a position and a replacement has not yet been selected, then the position is deemed to be vacant. Conversely, if an officer is in transit i.e. has not yet arrived this is not counted as a vacancy.
For Regional WA to examine the database and determine the location of each actual "vacancy" on each of the above dates would require a significant diversion of resources therefore the locations cannot be provided.
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District and Station/Unit managers monitor these absences and have the capacity to deploy staff within their areas to ensure an effective policing service is maintained.
A vacancy is created when an officer leaves the agency due to retirement, resignation, dismissal, death or when an officer transfers from a unit. This vacancy is recorded as such on the corporate database until another officer is transferred to the unit as a replacement, the process of selecting an officer to fill this vacant position can take several weeks to finalise.
As a result of the above, for administrative purposes the Office of Regional WA's interpretation of what constitutes an actual or physical vacancy is if an officer has left a position and a replacement has not yet been selected, then the position is deemed to be vacant. Conversely, if an officer is in transit i.e. has not yet arrived this is not counted as a vacancy.
For Regional WA to examine the database and determine the location of each actual "vacancy" on each of the above dates would require a significant diversion of resources therefore the locations cannot be provided.
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