❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding stress leave and resignations within the WA Police Service between 1999-2001, including potential links to professional standards investigations. Some data was unavailable due to privacy.
AnsweredQoN 504Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many police officers took stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001?
(2) How many days work were lost because officers were on stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001?
(3) Of the officers who took stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001, how many took stress leave within one week of being questioned or investigated from the police professional standards section?
(4) Of the officers who took stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001, how many were investigated for taking leave without an adequate excuse?
(5) Of those officers investigated, how many were disciplined?
(6) What is the longest period that an officer has been on stress leave?
(7) How many police officers who were under investigation by the police professional standards unit (or equivalent unit) in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001 resigned from the police service?
(2) How many days work were lost because officers were on stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001?
(3) Of the officers who took stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001, how many took stress leave within one week of being questioned or investigated from the police professional standards section?
(4) Of the officers who took stress leave in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001, how many were investigated for taking leave without an adequate excuse?
(5) Of those officers investigated, how many were disciplined?
(6) What is the longest period that an officer has been on stress leave?
(7) How many police officers who were under investigation by the police professional standards unit (or equivalent unit) in 1999, 2000 and/or 2001 resigned from the police service?
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Answered
4 December 2002
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
48 days
(2) 1999 4188 days 2000 4716 days 2001 2916 days (3-5) The Police Service advises that details of an individual's requirement for stress leave are confidential between an officer and their doctor and therefore no such data is collected. (6) 1999 376 days 2000 380 days 2001 315 days (7) 1999 10 2000 15 2001 10 Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
(6) 1999 376 days 2000 380 days 2001 315 days (7) 1999 10 2000 15 2001 10 Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
(7) 1999 10 2000 15 2001 10 Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
(6) 1999 376 days 2000 380 days 2001 315 days (7) 1999 10 2000 15 2001 10 Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
(7) 1999 10 2000 15 2001 10 Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
Note – all figures represent work related stress leave.
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