❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding police response times for different priority offences in the metropolitan area, including target and actual response times, and definitions of priority levels.
AnsweredQoN 1751Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 August 2003
Member
Portfolio
Police and Emergency Services; Justice; Community Safety
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(1) Will the Minister advise the Police service’s accepted response time for each priority of offence?
(2) Will the Minister advise the average response time achieved by each Policing District for each priority offence for the financial year ended 30 June 2003?
(3) Will the Minister advise the nature of each priority of offence category used for calculating response times?
(2) Will the Minister advise the average response time achieved by each Policing District for each priority offence for the financial year ended 30 June 2003?
(3) Will the Minister advise the nature of each priority of offence category used for calculating response times?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
21 October 2003
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services; Justice; Community Safety
Response time
70 days
(1) The Police Service’s performance reporting requirements in relation to response times in the metropolitan area are: Average time taken to respond to urgent calls for assistance in the metropolitan area from call received to arrival at scene Priority 1-2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 18 minutes Due to the extremely small number of Priority 1 calls (which are statistically insignificant), these are included with priority 2 calls to calculate a combined response time. (2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
Average time taken to respond to urgent calls for assistance in the metropolitan area from call received to arrival at scene Priority 1-2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 18 minutes Due to the extremely small number of Priority 1 calls (which are statistically insignificant), these are included with priority 2 calls to calculate a combined response time. (2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
Due to the extremely small number of Priority 1 calls (which are statistically insignificant), these are included with priority 2 calls to calculate a combined response time. (2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
(2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
(3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
Average time taken to respond to urgent calls for assistance in the metropolitan area from call received to arrival at scene Priority 1-2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 18 minutes Due to the extremely small number of Priority 1 calls (which are statistically insignificant), these are included with priority 2 calls to calculate a combined response time. (2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
Due to the extremely small number of Priority 1 calls (which are statistically insignificant), these are included with priority 2 calls to calculate a combined response time. (2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
(2) In 2002-03, the actual average response times were: Priority 1 – 2 calls 9 minutes Priority 3 calls 20 minutes (3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
(3) The Police Service allocates a job priority to incidents depending upon the seriousness or urgency of the situation. · Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 1 incidents include armed hold-up in progress; armed offender incident in progress; and other life-threatening incidents. · Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 2 includes incidents where life or property, is or may be in, a state of threat or imminent danger. · Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
· Priority 3 includes incidents requiring immediate attention but are not life-threatening at that time. It may involve the welfare of a person(s), the possible apprehension of offenders or the preservation of evidence.
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