A WA parliamentary question addresses the policing of a Perth Stock Exchange blockade, specifically regarding a review, its public release, name badge removal by officers, and potential disciplinary action. The Minister declines to release the review and states no disciplinary action will be taken.

AnsweredQoN 296Legislative Council
Asked
28 June 2001
Portfolio
Police

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Further to my question of 2 May - (1) Has the review of the policing of the M1 blockade of the Perth Stock Exchange by the Commissioner of Police been completed? (2) Can the minister table the results of the review? (3) If not, why not. (4) Does the minister agree with the practice of name badge removal? (5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(1) Has the review of the policing of the M1 blockade of the Perth Stock Exchange by the Commissioner of Police been completed? (2) Can the minister table the results of the review? (3) If not, why not. (4) Does the minister agree with the practice of name badge removal? (5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(2) Can the minister table the results of the review? (3) If not, why not. (4) Does the minister agree with the practice of name badge removal? (5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(3) If not, why not. (4) Does the minister agree with the practice of name badge removal? (5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(4) Does the minister agree with the practice of name badge removal? (5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(5) If so, why?  If not, will the minister work with the Commissioner of Police to discipline officers who followed that practice on 1 May at the Perth Stock Exchange? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(1) Police reviewed their actions during a formal debriefing. (2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(2) No. (3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(3) Documents relating to the debriefing concern police operational matters and, due to their sensitive nature, will not be released. (4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(4) As advised previously, police officers are required to wear their regimental numbers, and the Police Service has advised that all officers at the protest were identifiable by their regimental numbers. (5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.
(5) I am advised that no disciplinary action will be taken.

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