❓ Mr. Price asks about the government's investment in technology for WA Police and how it supports frontline operations. The Minister outlines several technological advancements, including the State Operations Command Centre, body-worn cameras, OneForce phones, drones, and Apple CarPlay integration.
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POLICE — TECHNOLOGY
252. MR S.J. PRICE to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to ensuring that the Western Australia Police
Force has the equipment it needs to help keep Western Australians safe. Can the
minister outline to the house how this government's investment in new
technology for WA police will support frontline operations and allow them to
respond rapidly to incidents in the community?
252. MR S.J. PRICE to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to ensuring that the Western Australia Police
Force has the equipment it needs to help keep Western Australians safe. Can the
minister outline to the house how this government's investment in new
technology for WA police will support frontline operations and allow them to
respond rapidly to incidents in the community?
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I thank the member for Forrestfield
for his question, for his wholehearted support of police in his electorate and
for his enthusiasm about the impending new police station.
The
McGowan government's record with regard to police and technology and
empowering our police force is second to none. It is extraordinary to
contemplate what has been achieved in the last five years. The first was
selecting and appointing the best Commissioner of Police that this state has
ever seen. I take the opportunity to acknowledge his impending ascension to the
role of Governor of the state. As our first ever police officer for that role,
it is a wonderful recognition of not only him, but also the performance
of the police force in the last couple of years in particular.
That
commissioner and his command team were then empowered to transform the Western Australia
Police Force to the point at which it is now recognised worldwide as a leader.
We saw the creation of the State Operations Command Centre, which smashes together real-time
intelligence with operations to create unparalleled support for operators on
the front line. There was an incredible increase in support for and
resourcing of police that saw them receiving body-worn cameras that can provide intelligence and support
for police officers against spurious and malicious accusations that might
result from their operations. Police have been empowered with technology like
the OneForce phone. It sounds small but it is a magnificent and huge leap
forward in digital technology for all police officers, who now get situational awareness and access to databases that they never
had access to before in their hands out there on the front line. Things like the drones have been linked to that
technology to ensure that police get greater situational awareness all the
time.
Most recently, the Premier, the
commissioner, Deputy Commissioner Blanch and I were at the Maylands Police
Complex to witness a world first. Apple and Motorola combined for a world-first
integration of Apple CarPlay with our police operations system. Apple tested
that technology and capability here before anywhere in the world. All around
the world police and police agencies and the like have been creating and
designing computer systems to be pushed into a vehicle to try to provide police
with access to intelligence in a vehicle. Now our police officers with that
OneForce phone can get into any of their police vehicles and it will integrate
immediately with CarPlay to provide them with hands-free access to data,
intelligence, upgrades and advice about the situation they are about to
confront. It will increase the speed, efficiency and safety of police in Western
Australia, and it leads the world.
It is wonderful to see this great
legacy for you, Madam Speaker, from your time as Minister for Police, and a great
legacy for the best police commissioner Western Australia has ever seen—probably
the country, I would say. It is a fantastic thing to witness and I look forward
to that growth in technology being applied to real-time policing for safety,
efficiency and speed of policing to continue in the future.
The SPEAKER : Members, that
concludes question time.
for his question, for his wholehearted support of police in his electorate and
for his enthusiasm about the impending new police station.
The
McGowan government's record with regard to police and technology and
empowering our police force is second to none. It is extraordinary to
contemplate what has been achieved in the last five years. The first was
selecting and appointing the best Commissioner of Police that this state has
ever seen. I take the opportunity to acknowledge his impending ascension to the
role of Governor of the state. As our first ever police officer for that role,
it is a wonderful recognition of not only him, but also the performance
of the police force in the last couple of years in particular.
That
commissioner and his command team were then empowered to transform the Western Australia
Police Force to the point at which it is now recognised worldwide as a leader.
We saw the creation of the State Operations Command Centre, which smashes together real-time
intelligence with operations to create unparalleled support for operators on
the front line. There was an incredible increase in support for and
resourcing of police that saw them receiving body-worn cameras that can provide intelligence and support
for police officers against spurious and malicious accusations that might
result from their operations. Police have been empowered with technology like
the OneForce phone. It sounds small but it is a magnificent and huge leap
forward in digital technology for all police officers, who now get situational awareness and access to databases that they never
had access to before in their hands out there on the front line. Things like the drones have been linked to that
technology to ensure that police get greater situational awareness all the
time.
Most recently, the Premier, the
commissioner, Deputy Commissioner Blanch and I were at the Maylands Police
Complex to witness a world first. Apple and Motorola combined for a world-first
integration of Apple CarPlay with our police operations system. Apple tested
that technology and capability here before anywhere in the world. All around
the world police and police agencies and the like have been creating and
designing computer systems to be pushed into a vehicle to try to provide police
with access to intelligence in a vehicle. Now our police officers with that
OneForce phone can get into any of their police vehicles and it will integrate
immediately with CarPlay to provide them with hands-free access to data,
intelligence, upgrades and advice about the situation they are about to
confront. It will increase the speed, efficiency and safety of police in Western
Australia, and it leads the world.
It is wonderful to see this great
legacy for you, Madam Speaker, from your time as Minister for Police, and a great
legacy for the best police commissioner Western Australia has ever seen—probably
the country, I would say. It is a fantastic thing to witness and I look forward
to that growth in technology being applied to real-time policing for safety,
efficiency and speed of policing to continue in the future.
The SPEAKER : Members, that
concludes question time.
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