❓ Question on Notice regarding the effectiveness of the new Rapid High Harm Offender Response team in Geraldton, specifically focusing on arrests and convictions. The answer provides arrest data but declines to disclose staffing levels due to operational sensitivities.
AnsweredQoN 774Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the new Rapid High Harm Offender Response team in Geraldton, and I ask : (a) How many arrests have been made as a result of this team’s introduction; (b) How many of those arrests have led to a conviction; and (c) How many officers are a part of this team?
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Answered
21 October 2025
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
5 days
(a-b) As at 23 September 2025, there have been 202 arrests, excluding arrests that did not lead to a charge. Conviction data is not the responsibility of the Western Australia Police Force.
(c) The WA Police Force advises that due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels of individual police stations is not released. Resources are allocated at a District level and District Superintendents deploy those resources within their District to deliver the best possible policing service to the community to address demand as required.
Notes:
1. Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
2. The answer in (a-b) provides a distinct count of arrests created in the Prosecutions application, where the arrest occurred from 26 May 2025 to 23 September 2025, and where the Geraldton Rapid High Harm Offenders Response (RHHOR) team is recorded as the responsible unit.
3. The answer excludes arrests where the associated brief or case has been deleted or where security caveats are in place.
4. The answer excludes arrests where the Geraldton RHHOR has not been recorded as the unit responsible for the prosecution.
(c) The WA Police Force advises that due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels of individual police stations is not released. Resources are allocated at a District level and District Superintendents deploy those resources within their District to deliver the best possible policing service to the community to address demand as required.
Notes:
1. Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
2. The answer in (a-b) provides a distinct count of arrests created in the Prosecutions application, where the arrest occurred from 26 May 2025 to 23 September 2025, and where the Geraldton Rapid High Harm Offenders Response (RHHOR) team is recorded as the responsible unit.
3. The answer excludes arrests where the associated brief or case has been deleted or where security caveats are in place.
4. The answer excludes arrests where the Geraldton RHHOR has not been recorded as the unit responsible for the prosecution.
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