❓ Mr. Kelly questions the Minister for Police about inaction regarding drug dealing and needle disposal at Jubilee Reserve in Eden Hill. The Minister responds outlining police actions and the need for community assistance.
AnsweredQoN 484Legislative Assembly
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JUBILEE RESERVE, EDEN HILL — DRUG HOUSE
484. Mr D.J. KELLY to the Minister for Police:
Before I ask my question, I acknowledge
the members of the Jubilee Action Group who are in the gallery today. I refer
the minister to the numerous complaints from residents in Eden Hill concerning
the daily discovery of needles at Jubilee Reserve.
(1) Why has the
government not acted to stop the selling of drugs when members of the community
can readily identify the house where the dealing takes place?
(2) Why has the
government failed to act when this problem has been going on for well over a year?
(3) How many more
residents will suffer needlestick injuries before the minister shuts down this
known drug house?
484. Mr D.J. KELLY to the Minister for Police:
Before I ask my question, I acknowledge
the members of the Jubilee Action Group who are in the gallery today. I refer
the minister to the numerous complaints from residents in Eden Hill concerning
the daily discovery of needles at Jubilee Reserve.
(1) Why has the
government not acted to stop the selling of drugs when members of the community
can readily identify the house where the dealing takes place?
(2) Why has the
government failed to act when this problem has been going on for well over a year?
(3) How many more
residents will suffer needlestick injuries before the minister shuts down this
known drug house?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) Yes, I am well aware of the
issues that the member's community is facing with Jubilee Reserve,
which I think it is known as.
Mr D.J. Kelly : That's right, minister.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : The problem with Jubilee Reserve, just so
that people in the house are informed, is that it is a reserve in Eden Hill
where drug addicts go to inject themselves with drugs. We know that they are
purchasing the drugs from a particular house around which there has been
suspicious activity and a lot of police attention. Sadly, these addicts are
leaving syringes in sandpits and places like that, and obviously that is
creating a significant health risk to the community and a safety risk to the
community. What police have been doing with that neighbourhood—and we
are certainly encouraging everybody in that suburb to report as much
information as they possibly can into the local policing team, Crime Stoppers
or the 131 444 number—is that police have executed a number of raids on
the house that the neighbourhood is saying is the place where the drugs are
being sold from. We need as much information as we can so that we can continue
to execute search warrants and work on bringing those offenders in the house
before the courts. The second thing police have been doing is working with the
local shire. Shire rangers, police and the community have been working together
to ensure that in the morning they can be removing hazards from that park, so
that the safety of the community is being looked after as well as it possibly can
be, given the nature of the people who are frequenting that park. It does take
time. It often can take anywhere between eight months and two years for police
to work with charging these offenders and bringing offenders to justice.
Mr D.J. Kelly interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : That is why they need the assistance of the
community to establish trends when the drugs are available in the house so that
they can execute a search warrant at a time when they know it is likely they
are going to find drugs on the premises, because these dealers are very, very
proficient at getting rid of evidence when they know that police are paying
attention to them. So we will continue to work with the local shire. We will
continue to work with the community. Police are very, very focused on trying to
bring a resolution to the problems around that particular house and
particularly Jubilee Reserve.
issues that the member's community is facing with Jubilee Reserve,
which I think it is known as.
Mr D.J. Kelly : That's right, minister.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : The problem with Jubilee Reserve, just so
that people in the house are informed, is that it is a reserve in Eden Hill
where drug addicts go to inject themselves with drugs. We know that they are
purchasing the drugs from a particular house around which there has been
suspicious activity and a lot of police attention. Sadly, these addicts are
leaving syringes in sandpits and places like that, and obviously that is
creating a significant health risk to the community and a safety risk to the
community. What police have been doing with that neighbourhood—and we
are certainly encouraging everybody in that suburb to report as much
information as they possibly can into the local policing team, Crime Stoppers
or the 131 444 number—is that police have executed a number of raids on
the house that the neighbourhood is saying is the place where the drugs are
being sold from. We need as much information as we can so that we can continue
to execute search warrants and work on bringing those offenders in the house
before the courts. The second thing police have been doing is working with the
local shire. Shire rangers, police and the community have been working together
to ensure that in the morning they can be removing hazards from that park, so
that the safety of the community is being looked after as well as it possibly can
be, given the nature of the people who are frequenting that park. It does take
time. It often can take anywhere between eight months and two years for police
to work with charging these offenders and bringing offenders to justice.
Mr D.J. Kelly interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : That is why they need the assistance of the
community to establish trends when the drugs are available in the house so that
they can execute a search warrant at a time when they know it is likely they
are going to find drugs on the premises, because these dealers are very, very
proficient at getting rid of evidence when they know that police are paying
attention to them. So we will continue to work with the local shire. We will
continue to work with the community. Police are very, very focused on trying to
bring a resolution to the problems around that particular house and
particularly Jubilee Reserve.
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