Hon Peter Collier asks the Minister for Police about the total number of police officers in WA on specific dates, broken down by gender. The Minister provides the data in tabular form, incorporated into Hansard.

AnsweredQoN 89Legislative Council
Asked
12 March 2024
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

POLICE — STAFF
89. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) What was the total number of
police on 1 January 2021, 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2023?
(2) Of the total referred to in
(1), for each year, how many police were —
(a) male;
(b) female; and
(c) other?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I answer on behalf of the minister representing.
The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.
The answer to (1) and (2) are
effective date and police officer headcount by date. Both are in tabular form.
I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)
Effective
Date
Police
Officer Headcount
31
December 2020
6,771
31
December 2021
7,097
31
December 2022
6,879
(2)
Effective
Date
Police
Officer Headcount
Male
Female
Other
31
December 2020
5,131
1,619
15
31
December 2021
5,355
1,722
20
31
December 2022
5,178
1,676
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