A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on unfilled police positions, including title, location, salary, and duration of vacancy. The Police Minister declined to provide a direct answer, citing significant resource implications.

AnsweredQoN 8855Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 September 2012
Portfolio
Police

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(1) How many police sworn and unsworn positions were unfilled as of 1 August 2012?
(2) What is the title, position, location and salary for each of those positions?
(3) How long had each of those positions been unfilled on 1 August 2012?
(4) Which of those positions were still unfilled on 1 September 2012?

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Answered
6 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
40 days
Substantive positions can be recorded as vacant for a variety of reasons which can include - the selection process to fill the position is ongoing, a new officer having been selected but not yet commenced, the incumbent officer being seconded to other duties or a temporary project, the position being used to fund another position.
To gather the information required to respond to this question would take a significant amount of time and resources to collate and process. It is therefore not possible for Police to obtain this information without significantly compromising other core policing activities.
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