❓ Ms. Beard questions the Minister for Police about escalating crime in Carnarvon and requests a visit with the Police Commissioner. The Minister acknowledges the question, states they will visit Carnarvon in the new year, but disputes the scale of the reported crime based on police reports.
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CRIME
— CARNARVON
829. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the escalating crime in Carnarvon and, in
particular, two incidents that occurred last week, one of which resulted in the hospitalisation of a home owner
after getting hit in the side of the head with a pair of boltcutters and another narrowly avoiding an arrow that was shot through his front door. Will
the minister visit Carnarvon with the Commissioner of Police to meet with local
government and community leaders to assure the community that the government is
taking this matter seriously?
— CARNARVON
829. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the escalating crime in Carnarvon and, in
particular, two incidents that occurred last week, one of which resulted in the hospitalisation of a home owner
after getting hit in the side of the head with a pair of boltcutters and another narrowly avoiding an arrow that was shot through his front door. Will
the minister visit Carnarvon with the Commissioner of Police to meet with local
government and community leaders to assure the community that the government is
taking this matter seriously?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for her question. I regularly go to
Carnarvon, although I have not been there recently. I intentionally did not go
there just prior to the election, but I will go there in the new year, not
specifically for the purpose that the member asked, but because I travel the
regions and talk to police. I can say about Carnarvon and the recent matters to
which the member referred that the police are not reflecting the member's
claims in this place. I am not saying that those two particular incidents did
not occur, but I am saying categorically that the member's claims about the scale of crime confronting police
in Carnarvon at the moment are not reflected in the police reports to command. I can also say that Operation Regional
Shield is supporting Carnarvon, although not right now because there are
no Operation Regional Shield deployments in Carnarvon, but there were only a matter
of possibly days, and certainly weeks, ago. Operation Regional Shield is driven
by the Commissioner of Police. He has the authority and the resources provided
by government and he will always direct police resources, police personnel and capability to where it is required. Operation
Regional Shield responds to any matters of juvenile crime in particular in the
regions and any acute challenges police confront wherever they are. Right now,
it is not operating in Carnarvon.
Carnarvon, although I have not been there recently. I intentionally did not go
there just prior to the election, but I will go there in the new year, not
specifically for the purpose that the member asked, but because I travel the
regions and talk to police. I can say about Carnarvon and the recent matters to
which the member referred that the police are not reflecting the member's
claims in this place. I am not saying that those two particular incidents did
not occur, but I am saying categorically that the member's claims about the scale of crime confronting police
in Carnarvon at the moment are not reflected in the police reports to command. I can also say that Operation Regional
Shield is supporting Carnarvon, although not right now because there are
no Operation Regional Shield deployments in Carnarvon, but there were only a matter
of possibly days, and certainly weeks, ago. Operation Regional Shield is driven
by the Commissioner of Police. He has the authority and the resources provided
by government and he will always direct police resources, police personnel and capability to where it is required. Operation
Regional Shield responds to any matters of juvenile crime in particular in the
regions and any acute challenges police confront wherever they are. Right now,
it is not operating in Carnarvon.
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