❓ The question seeks data on police officer time wasted in court due to case delays/drops in the Joondalup district. The answer indicates data collection is not done due to workload and external factors influencing court proceedings.
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(1) Are any statistics kept of the number of cases where police officers in the Joondalup Police District are required to attend court to give evidence, but are subsequently not required to give that evidence because the case is delayed or dropped?
(2) If so, is there any indication of the amount of time lost by these police officers?
(3) If not, will the Minister institute a procedure to assess the time lost, with a view to formulating proposals to reduce or eliminate such wasted or lost time?
(4) If not, why not?
(2) If so, is there any indication of the amount of time lost by these police officers?
(3) If not, will the Minister institute a procedure to assess the time lost, with a view to formulating proposals to reduce or eliminate such wasted or lost time?
(4) If not, why not?
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Answered
4 December 2002
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
28 days
(2) N/A (3-4) Any procedure adopted to assess and monitor time lost or wasted would prove to be difficult to manage given the workload of the Prosecuting Office. Lost time is to a very large extent controlled by the accused, solicitors and magistrates. In a number of cases the Prosecuting Office is not given much notification of an adjournment, a plea reversal or an election for a hearing till their appearance in court. Where sufficient notification is made under these circumstances, the affected officers are called off
(3-4) Any procedure adopted to assess and monitor time lost or wasted would prove to be difficult to manage given the workload of the Prosecuting Office. Lost time is to a very large extent controlled by the accused, solicitors and magistrates. In a number of cases the Prosecuting Office is not given much notification of an adjournment, a plea reversal or an election for a hearing till their appearance in court. Where sufficient notification is made under these circumstances, the affected officers are called off
Lost time is to a very large extent controlled by the accused, solicitors and magistrates. In a number of cases the Prosecuting Office is not given much notification of an adjournment, a plea reversal or an election for a hearing till their appearance in court. Where sufficient notification is made under these circumstances, the affected officers are called off
(3-4) Any procedure adopted to assess and monitor time lost or wasted would prove to be difficult to manage given the workload of the Prosecuting Office. Lost time is to a very large extent controlled by the accused, solicitors and magistrates. In a number of cases the Prosecuting Office is not given much notification of an adjournment, a plea reversal or an election for a hearing till their appearance in court. Where sufficient notification is made under these circumstances, the affected officers are called off
Lost time is to a very large extent controlled by the accused, solicitors and magistrates. In a number of cases the Prosecuting Office is not given much notification of an adjournment, a plea reversal or an election for a hearing till their appearance in court. Where sufficient notification is made under these circumstances, the affected officers are called off
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