❓ A WA parliamentary question requesting detailed staffing information for each police station was met with a response citing operational sensitivities and providing district-level FTE data instead. The answer also references a police force restructure and available information online.
AnsweredQoN 3912Legislative Assembly
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For each police station in Western Australia, will the Minister list by FTE and head count: (a) sworn police officers as at 17 March 2017; (b) sworn police officers as at 17 March 2018; (c) sworn police officers as at 13 August 2018; (d) administrative staff as at 17 March 2017; (e) administrative staff as at 17 March 2018; (f) administrative staff as at 13 August 2018; (g) any other staff and their title as at 17 March 2017; (h) any other staff and their title as at 17 March 2018; (i) any other staff and their title as at 13 August 2018; (j) the jurisdiction the station fell into under the previous district model; and (k) the jurisdiction the station falls into under the new district model?
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Answered
31 October 2018
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
18 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise the following:
(a)-(k) Due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels of individual police stations is not released. In April 2018, the Commissioner of Police announced details of a significant operational restructure of the Western Australia Police Force which included increasing the number of police districts in the metropolitan area to eight districts. I previously provided a briefing, delivered by the Commissioner, for Members on the restructure including changes to the district boundaries. Information about the changes and a full list of all current police districts including police stations is available on the WA Police Force website. All police stations in the previous and current district model are in the jurisdiction of Western Australia.
Resources are allocated at a District level and District Superintendents deploy those resources within their District to deliver the best possible policing response to the community. At 31 July 2018, the sworn strength in each Police District is:
Police District
Police Officer FTE
Armadale
284.0
Cannington
284.3
Fremantle
281.7
Goldfields Esperance
233.0
Great Southern
198.0
Joondalup
286.0
Kimberley
214.0
Mandurah
303.0
Midland
283.5
Midwest Gascoyne
254.0
Mirrabooka
290.0
Perth
316.5
Pilbara
223.0
South West
272.0
Wheatbelt
164.0
Note: Police Officer FTE includes Police Auxiliary and Aboriginal Police Liaison Officers.
Note: The above numbers only reflect the FTE that are directly under the control of each District Superintendent. During the Metropolitan restructure, resources from the District Control Centres were centralised to the State Operations Centre removing resources from the District FTE strength.
(a)-(k) Due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels of individual police stations is not released. In April 2018, the Commissioner of Police announced details of a significant operational restructure of the Western Australia Police Force which included increasing the number of police districts in the metropolitan area to eight districts. I previously provided a briefing, delivered by the Commissioner, for Members on the restructure including changes to the district boundaries. Information about the changes and a full list of all current police districts including police stations is available on the WA Police Force website. All police stations in the previous and current district model are in the jurisdiction of Western Australia.
Resources are allocated at a District level and District Superintendents deploy those resources within their District to deliver the best possible policing response to the community. At 31 July 2018, the sworn strength in each Police District is:
Police District
Police Officer FTE
Armadale
284.0
Cannington
284.3
Fremantle
281.7
Goldfields Esperance
233.0
Great Southern
198.0
Joondalup
286.0
Kimberley
214.0
Mandurah
303.0
Midland
283.5
Midwest Gascoyne
254.0
Mirrabooka
290.0
Perth
316.5
Pilbara
223.0
South West
272.0
Wheatbelt
164.0
Note: Police Officer FTE includes Police Auxiliary and Aboriginal Police Liaison Officers.
Note: The above numbers only reflect the FTE that are directly under the control of each District Superintendent. During the Metropolitan restructure, resources from the District Control Centres were centralised to the State Operations Centre removing resources from the District FTE strength.
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