❓ Mrs. Roberts questions the effectiveness of Operation Sweep in reducing crime, specifically regarding the inclusion of automatic numberplate recognition data in crime statistics. The Minister provides general statistics showing a reduction in reported crime and states ANPR data is likely not included, promising to confirm.
AnsweredQoN 820Legislative Assembly
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CRIME STATISTICS — SEPTEMBER —
OPERATION SWEEP
820. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I refer to what one senior police officer has called ''Operation
Sweep on Steroids''.
(1) How does
just logging every police contact, arrest, field report, summons or random
breath test under a new label reduce crime?
(2) Are all
vehicles that pass through an automatic numberplate recognition camera included
as a police contact for the purposes of Operation Sweep statistics?
OPERATION SWEEP
820. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I refer to what one senior police officer has called ''Operation
Sweep on Steroids''.
(1) How does
just logging every police contact, arrest, field report, summons or random
breath test under a new label reduce crime?
(2) Are all
vehicles that pass through an automatic numberplate recognition camera included
as a police contact for the purposes of Operation Sweep statistics?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2)
I thank the member for Midland for giving me an opportunity to talk about
Operation Sweep. As it happens, repositioning the effort of over 1 000 police
officers across metropolitan Perth to target known crime hotspots and to target
those areas of crime that are causing concern in the community is effective. So
far to date, after seven weeks of operation, there have been 3 797 arrests, 3 123
summonses issued, 97 juvenile justice referrals issued, 20 turning point
referrals and 9 419 total charges preferred. That is 12 661 briefcase charges
that have resulted out of this effort, compared with 11 578 at the same time
last year. What this has resulted in, overall, is a five per cent reduction —
Point of Order
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : My second question was quite specific. It asked about
automatic numberplate recognition and whether they are counted in the contacts
for Operation Sweep. It appears that the minister is just giving a general
statement about Operation Sweep rather than answering my question.
The
SPEAKER : I think the minister has given a general introduction. Can
she now please address that specific question.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Operation Sweep has resulted in the September 2015 statistics now showing a five
per cent reduction in overall reported crime as compared with August 2015—so
police are getting the results and it is coming down.
Mrs M.H. Roberts :
It's about 15 per cent up on last year.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : Operation Sweep has not yet finished. In respect to what has
been recorded in overall reported crime, I put to the member for Midland that
there have been 3 797 arrests and 9 419 total charges. If those figures
included every single plate recognition pull over by police, the figures would
be significantly higher. I will endeavour to find out whether police are
including those statistics in the figures that I have just quoted, but
according to the information that I have been briefed on, those are not
included in the figures I have just provided to Parliament.
I thank the member for Midland for giving me an opportunity to talk about
Operation Sweep. As it happens, repositioning the effort of over 1 000 police
officers across metropolitan Perth to target known crime hotspots and to target
those areas of crime that are causing concern in the community is effective. So
far to date, after seven weeks of operation, there have been 3 797 arrests, 3 123
summonses issued, 97 juvenile justice referrals issued, 20 turning point
referrals and 9 419 total charges preferred. That is 12 661 briefcase charges
that have resulted out of this effort, compared with 11 578 at the same time
last year. What this has resulted in, overall, is a five per cent reduction —
Point of Order
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : My second question was quite specific. It asked about
automatic numberplate recognition and whether they are counted in the contacts
for Operation Sweep. It appears that the minister is just giving a general
statement about Operation Sweep rather than answering my question.
The
SPEAKER : I think the minister has given a general introduction. Can
she now please address that specific question.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Operation Sweep has resulted in the September 2015 statistics now showing a five
per cent reduction in overall reported crime as compared with August 2015—so
police are getting the results and it is coming down.
Mrs M.H. Roberts :
It's about 15 per cent up on last year.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : Operation Sweep has not yet finished. In respect to what has
been recorded in overall reported crime, I put to the member for Midland that
there have been 3 797 arrests and 9 419 total charges. If those figures
included every single plate recognition pull over by police, the figures would
be significantly higher. I will endeavour to find out whether police are
including those statistics in the figures that I have just quoted, but
according to the information that I have been briefed on, those are not
included in the figures I have just provided to Parliament.
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