❓ Mr. Morton asks about the allocation of funding for covert hoon cameras. The Minister for Police details the rollout of the program, its successes, and future plans, including legislation for vehicle confiscation.
AnsweredQoN 462Legislative Assembly
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HOON DRIVERS — COVERT CAMERAS
462. MR N.W. MORTON to the Minister for
Police:
Before I ask my question, I firstly
acknowledge the amazing volunteers from the Men's Health Peer Education
group in my electorate, which does some fantastic work with veterans, who are
here in the Speaker's gallery today.
I refer to the Liberal–National
government's allocation of funding for additional covert hoon cameras
in the 2015–16 budget. How many cameras will be purchased and how will
they be used by police?
462. MR N.W. MORTON to the Minister for
Police:
Before I ask my question, I firstly
acknowledge the amazing volunteers from the Men's Health Peer Education
group in my electorate, which does some fantastic work with veterans, who are
here in the Speaker's gallery today.
I refer to the Liberal–National
government's allocation of funding for additional covert hoon cameras
in the 2015–16 budget. How many cameras will be purchased and how will
they be used by police?
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I thank the member for Forrestfield
for his interest in road safety and policing matters, and particularly in
combating the scourge of hoons on our streets. I am also really pleased that I
have the opportunity to talk about yet another Liberal–National
government election commitment that we have achieved. We took to the electorate
in the 2013 election a commitment that we would spend $170 000 over four years,
purchasing 24 covert hoon cameras. We rolled out phase 1 of that project in
March and April this year, trialling a range of cameras to work out which type
of camera would be suitable for the purpose. The aim of this, and indeed part
of the trial process, was to put these hoon cameras in spots that had been
identified by the community as known hoon hotspots, and also places that had
been identified by local policing teams and our state traffic intelligence unit
where we could get good value for money out of the deployment of those cameras.
We have already brought some charges against offenders as a result of this process,
and the footage that we are getting from these Mobotix cameras is fantastic. It
is very clear; we can identify the drivers quite clearly, we can certainly
identify the numberplates and the make of the vehicles, and the police are very
excited about this new tool to get more of these hoon drivers off our roads.
Phase 2, as I was talking about with
the operational deployment, will be ending in September 2015. We are
encouraging the community to identify these hoon hotspots, to liaise with their
local policing teams and to make sure that we add to the intelligence that
police collect from looking at the sites of these hoon groups, to ensure that
we can get these people off the roads. Phase 3 will start in October 2015. We
will be reviewing the camera deployments and making sure we are getting it
right and getting convictions. At that time, we will also look at new and
emerging camera technology so that as we continue to purchase an additional six
cameras every year, we will be getting the very best technology available to
police at the time, to make sure that we can use this spend of government to
the best effect.
I thank the member for Forrestfield
for the question. Very shortly I will bring legislation to this place to
complement this camera purchase, which will allow police to apply to the courts
to confiscate vehicles in the first instance for hoon offences that occur in
certain circumstances—for example, in active school zones. We are
really pleased about that. We think that will continue to keep us right at the
very cutting edge of having the most effective legislation to combat hoons in
Australia.
for his interest in road safety and policing matters, and particularly in
combating the scourge of hoons on our streets. I am also really pleased that I
have the opportunity to talk about yet another Liberal–National
government election commitment that we have achieved. We took to the electorate
in the 2013 election a commitment that we would spend $170 000 over four years,
purchasing 24 covert hoon cameras. We rolled out phase 1 of that project in
March and April this year, trialling a range of cameras to work out which type
of camera would be suitable for the purpose. The aim of this, and indeed part
of the trial process, was to put these hoon cameras in spots that had been
identified by the community as known hoon hotspots, and also places that had
been identified by local policing teams and our state traffic intelligence unit
where we could get good value for money out of the deployment of those cameras.
We have already brought some charges against offenders as a result of this process,
and the footage that we are getting from these Mobotix cameras is fantastic. It
is very clear; we can identify the drivers quite clearly, we can certainly
identify the numberplates and the make of the vehicles, and the police are very
excited about this new tool to get more of these hoon drivers off our roads.
Phase 2, as I was talking about with
the operational deployment, will be ending in September 2015. We are
encouraging the community to identify these hoon hotspots, to liaise with their
local policing teams and to make sure that we add to the intelligence that
police collect from looking at the sites of these hoon groups, to ensure that
we can get these people off the roads. Phase 3 will start in October 2015. We
will be reviewing the camera deployments and making sure we are getting it
right and getting convictions. At that time, we will also look at new and
emerging camera technology so that as we continue to purchase an additional six
cameras every year, we will be getting the very best technology available to
police at the time, to make sure that we can use this spend of government to
the best effect.
I thank the member for Forrestfield
for the question. Very shortly I will bring legislation to this place to
complement this camera purchase, which will allow police to apply to the courts
to confiscate vehicles in the first instance for hoon offences that occur in
certain circumstances—for example, in active school zones. We are
really pleased about that. We think that will continue to keep us right at the
very cutting edge of having the most effective legislation to combat hoons in
Australia.
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