❓ The Minister for Police and Emergency Services outlines the Gallop government's initiatives to combat crime, highlighting reduced burglary and car theft rates, Operation Burglary Countdown's success, and the launch of the Goodbye Graffiti website.
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Will the minister inform the house about the latest initiatives of the Gallop government in fighting crime? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the best-ever member for Kingsley for that question and for her acknowledgment that the Gallop government has crime on the decline. Our last quarter statistics show that burglary, for example, was at its lowest level for 15 years. For car theft, it was the lowest quarter since 1991-92. Our government has been absolutely committed to community safety through greater police numbers, more resources and equipment and better technology. We have provided the edge to the Western Australia Police Service with leading DNA legislation and DNA profiling. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the best-ever member for Kingsley for that question and for her acknowledgment that the Gallop government has crime on the decline. Our last quarter statistics show that burglary, for example, was at its lowest level for 15 years. For car theft, it was the lowest quarter since 1991-92. Our government has been absolutely committed to community safety through greater police numbers, more resources and equipment and better technology. We have provided the edge to the Western Australia Police Service with leading DNA legislation and DNA profiling. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
I thank the best-ever member for Kingsley for that question and for her acknowledgment that the Gallop government has crime on the decline. Our last quarter statistics show that burglary, for example, was at its lowest level for 15 years. For car theft, it was the lowest quarter since 1991-92. Our government has been absolutely committed to community safety through greater police numbers, more resources and equipment and better technology. We have provided the edge to the Western Australia Police Service with leading DNA legislation and DNA profiling. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the best-ever member for Kingsley for that question and for her acknowledgment that the Gallop government has crime on the decline. Our last quarter statistics show that burglary, for example, was at its lowest level for 15 years. For car theft, it was the lowest quarter since 1991-92. Our government has been absolutely committed to community safety through greater police numbers, more resources and equipment and better technology. We have provided the edge to the Western Australia Police Service with leading DNA legislation and DNA profiling. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
I thank the best-ever member for Kingsley for that question and for her acknowledgment that the Gallop government has crime on the decline. Our last quarter statistics show that burglary, for example, was at its lowest level for 15 years. For car theft, it was the lowest quarter since 1991-92. Our government has been absolutely committed to community safety through greater police numbers, more resources and equipment and better technology. We have provided the edge to the Western Australia Police Service with leading DNA legislation and DNA profiling. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Roe to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : There is more. I am delighted to announce that the Office of Crime Prevention has won a national award in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards for its Operation Burglary Countdown. In just 12 months, burglary was reduced in Bentley and Morley by a massive 45 per cent and 24 per cent respectively. Operation Burglary Countdown is just one of a number of tough policing and community-based initiatives that have been the hallmark of the government’s approach to fighting crime. I commend all those involved in this program, who have helped make our community much safer. Yesterday I announced a new crime-fighting initiative in the government’s fight against graffiti vandalism. It is a national first, and it is called the Goodbye Graffiti web site. It will enable anyone around the state to log on and advise about any graffiti on public assets in the community. The launch of this new web site follows a very successful trial in the Town of Vincent over a three-month period, during which more than 500 acts of graffiti were reported. In addition to this, there is a $200 000 grant to assist local governments to combat graffiti. This comes on top of more than $2 million expenditure by the state government combating graffiti over the past 18 months. Working together with local government, this is an area of crime that we want to reduce by quick reporting and removal.
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