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❓ Hon Rod Caddies questions the Minister for Police regarding weekend closures of regional police stations and requests a commitment to 24/7 staffing. The Minister assures 24/7 response via on-duty officers, hub models, and 24/7 stations in larger regional centres.

AnsweredQoN 220Legislative Council

Asked

29 May 2025

Member

Hon Rod Caddies

Portfolio

Police

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I refer to regional police stations, and I ask: (a) can the Minister advise how many police stations in rural and regional Western Australia are closed on weekends; (b) given the critical role of these stations for community safety, will the Western Australian Government commit to ensuring all regional towns with a police station have a police officer present on weekends; and (c) if no to (b), why not?

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Answered

12 August 2025

Responded by

Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Police

Response time

7 days

(a-c) The Western Australia Police Force responds to calls for help from the public across the State 24/7, including weekends. Police officers will always respond on a needs and priority basis. On weekends, all police stations in rural and regional Western Australia will either be staffed by on duty police officers or will operate in a hub model with other stations nearby, ensuring 7 day a week on-call response. Additionally, each regional Western Australia police district has at least one police station open to the public 24/7. These are at the larger centres of Albany, Bunbury, Northam, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton, Karratha, South Hedland, Kununurra and Broome.

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