❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the success and outcomes of the WA Police offender program and associated government forums. The Minister details crime reduction statistics and proactive steps taken to divert offenders from crime.
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POLICE — OFFENDER PROGRAM
I understand that the minister was instrumental in establishing forums to build on the success of WA Police in the offender program, as well as identifying ways in which government as a whole could support the program. Will the minister outline to the house what the program has achieved so far and the details of any outcomes of the forums? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I understand that the minister was instrumental in establishing forums to build on the success of WA Police in the offender program, as well as identifying ways in which government as a whole could support the program. Will the minister outline to the house what the program has achieved so far and the details of any outcomes of the forums? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I thank the member for the question. I will be detailing shortly during my response how crime in his electorate has decreased significantly due to proactive policing. This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for the question. I will be detailing shortly during my response how crime in his electorate has decreased significantly due to proactive policing. This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
I thank the member for the question. I will be detailing shortly during my response how crime in his electorate has decreased significantly due to proactive policing. This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for the question. I will be detailing shortly during my response how crime in his electorate has decreased significantly due to proactive policing. This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
I thank the member for the question. I will be detailing shortly during my response how crime in his electorate has decreased significantly due to proactive policing. This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
This government is serious about improving community safety in Western Australia. It is a sad fact that the majority of crime in the community is being committed by a small group of repeat offenders. This government is determined to break the cycle in which many young and adult offenders find themselves trapped. We are actually taking proactive steps to divert WA offenders from crime. One of the first steps I took was to establish the integrated offender management forum. This forum was actually held at the WA Police Academy at Joondalup last week. The forum brought together more than 80 representatives from WA Police, government agencies, mining companies and non-profit organisations. Departments represented included Premier and Cabinet, Communities, Child Protection, Local Government, Attorney General, Indigenous Affairs, Corrective Services, and Housing and Education. The reason I initiated this forum was to build on the success of the WA Police prolific and priority offender program. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
The SPEAKER : Member for Albany! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The whole purpose of that forum was to listen to some good ideas, share thoughts and ideas amongst all those different agencies and try to come to some conclusions. Governments are very often accused of simply wanting to catch criminals, whether they be young people or adults, and put them in jail. This is a step that this government is taking now to try to divert away from crime young people in particular. That was the purpose of this forum, which is something that the opposition never did when it was in government. Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr A.P. O’Gorman interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Joondalup would not have been of any use there. The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
The PPO program, which I mentioned earlier, together with law and order initiatives, has played a significant role in decreasing WA’s crime rate. There was a massive decrease of 12.7 per cent in 2009–10 compared with 2008–09. The most significant reductions were in burglary theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. Because offences against the person and against property also significantly decreased, it meant that Western Australia had almost 26 000 fewer victims of crime last year. I think that is quite a good result. As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
As members would be aware, I was in Kalgoorlie over the weekend and on Monday for the regional cabinet meeting. For the benefit of the member for Kalgoorlie, he will be delighted to know that the crime reductions in Kalgoorlie are: residential burglary down 23.8 per cent; commercial burglary down 29.8 per cent; domestic assault down 11.7 per cent; assault down 6.5 per cent; robbery down 7.7 per cent; and motor vehicle theft down 5.3 per cent. In addition, the focused efforts of the Kalgoorlie–Boulder police on drug offences resulted in a 13.2 per cent increase in the number of people charged with possession, which I think sends a very clear message to those people in society that this government and the police will not tolerate that sort of behaviour. Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
Also, in the member for Darling Range’s area—which I am sure he will be delighted to know—since 2009, WA police in southern districts have achieved excellent results in their concentrated efforts to disrupt the activities of PPOs. The results have been outstanding, with police in the south east metropolitan district achieving a 22 per cent reduction in the number of burglaries to July this year through curfew checks on PPOs in that area. In the south metropolitan district, the police have carried out curfew checks during peak social periods, leading to a 21 per cent decrease in motor vehicle theft. We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
We are looking at three interlocking strands in the PPO program. The first strand is to prevent and deter, which aims to prevent young people from engaging in offending behaviour and graduating to become the PPOs of the future. The second strand is to catch and convict, which aims to prevent PPOs from offending by apprehending and convicting them, and returning them swiftly to the courts if they continue to offend. The third strand is to rehabilitate and resettle, which aims to rehabilitate PPOs already in custody or serving their sentence in the community through close work between relevant agencies and post-sentence support. I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
I am confident that the forum that was held last week about trying to divert young people in particular away from a life of crime will be successful. I am sure it will be successful, and I am sure that every member of this chamber hopes that that success comes soon.
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