❓ Hon. Norman Moore asks about the closure of the Port Hedland police station. Hon. Nick Griffiths responds that policing services shifted to South Hedland due to demographic changes, with $250,000 allocated for upgrades.
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(1) When was the police station at Port Hedland closed? (2) What were the reasons for its closure? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
(2) What were the reasons for its closure? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
(1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
(2) What were the reasons for its closure? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services provides the following response - (1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
(1)-(2) The Western Australia Police Service advises that the South Hedland Police Station became the focus of delivery of policing services to the community of Port Hedland in June-July 2002, as over time the community demographics in the vicinity of the Port Hedland Police Station have shifted from residential to principally that of commercial-industrial. As a result, an improved service delivery has been achieved by coordinating the officers and equipment at the South Hedland Police Station, which is a 24-hour facility. The Gallop Government has allocated $250 000 of capital works funding for building works at South Hedland in 2004-05, which will include the upgrading of an additional cell to safe-cell standards, internal modifications to create a new charge room and refurbishment of the public entry and general office, including a new front counter.
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