❓ Opposition MP Wyatt questions Police Minister Johnson on the fulfilment of an election promise to reinstate school-based police officers, inquiring about timelines, budget allocation, and the minister's intentions. The Minister's response is evasive, claiming the promise was misinterpreted and focusing on linking schools with local police and PCYCs.
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SCHOOL-BASED POLICE OFFICERS
I refer to the minister’s election promise to reinstate school-based police officers and the Minister for Education’s frequent statements during estimates this year that this promise is part of the police portfolio. (1) After three years, is the minister going to honour this election promise; and, if not, why not? (2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I refer to the minister’s election promise to reinstate school-based police officers and the Minister for Education’s frequent statements during estimates this year that this promise is part of the police portfolio. (1) After three years, is the minister going to honour this election promise; and, if not, why not? (2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(1) After three years, is the minister going to honour this election promise; and, if not, why not? (2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(1) After three years, is the minister going to honour this election promise; and, if not, why not? (2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(2) Does the minister have any funding at all in the police budget that is earmarked for police working in schools; and, if so, how much? (3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(3) Why did the minister make this promise if he did not intend to keep it? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
I can see the theme of the Labor Party this week and over the last few weeks. I can feel the vibes coming through. I will answer the member’s question. (1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
(1)–(3) Certainly, we did — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : When members opposite, including, unfortunately, the member for Victoria Park, quote members on this side of the house, or ministers on this side of the house, they do not always get it quite right. Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : I didn’t quote anybody. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member referred to what was said during estimates by, I think, the Minister for Education. What I am saying is that I have to take with a pinch of salt the exact quotes that the member is using. Yes, we are looking at, and we have been looking at, and we are working towards a system under which we have — Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those opposite did nothing in eight years. In so many areas we have been increasing the funding and the facilities in linking police and citizens youth clubs with, in particular, schools where — Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : No. How many police officers will be based in schools? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We have never said, I do not believe, that we would put a police officer in every school; we have never said that. What we mean by school-based police officers in that sense is a linking between a certain number of schools and local police and PCYCs. That is what we have started doing and that is what we will continue to do, and we will be enlarging that as we go on.
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