Mr Katsambanis asks about breath testing statistics and targets for the Regional Enforcement Unit and Goldfields-Esperance District. The Police provide a breakdown of breath tests and positive results from January to October 2018 and the forecast target for breath tests in the Goldfields-Esperance District for 2018 and 2019.

AnsweredQoN 4376Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 November 2018
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Police; Road Safety

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I refer to breath testing conducted
by the Police Regional Enforcement Unit, and ask: (a) please provide a breakdown by each month the
number of breath tests conducted by the Regional Enforcement Unit since January
2018; (b) please provide a breakdown of positive tests
from breath tests conducted for the categories over 0.05, over 0.08 and over
0.1 since January 2018; and (c) what is the forecast target for the number of
breath tests to be conducted in the Goldfields-Esperance District for 2018 and
2019?

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Answered
12 February 2019
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
8 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a) – (b) The total number of breath tests conducted by the Regional Enforcement Unit and the number of positive breath tests, from January 2018 to October 2018, are as per the table below. It should be noted that in addition to these numbers, local officers in the regions conduct other breath tests.
Month
Total Breath Tests conducted
Positive Breath Tests
January
2 184
5
February
4 910
9
March
3 331
3
April
1 254
1
May
1 031
5
June
2 021
2
July
1 471
2
August
3 041
3
September
2 611
5
Oct 2018
3 221
5
(c) 50 000.

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