❓ Question on Notice regarding WA Police Force officer access to chaplaincy, psychology, and psychiatry services from 2017-2023. Data availability varies, with some years missing or aggregated.
AnsweredQoN 1636Legislative Council
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(1) 1. How many police officers accessed chaplaincy services in the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; (e) 2021; (f) 2022; and (g) 2023 to date? (2) How many police officers accessed psychologist services in the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; (e) 2021; (f) 2022; and (g) 2023 to date? (3) How many police officers accessed psychiatrist services in the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; (e) 2021; (f) 2022; and (g) 2023 to date?
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Answered
19 October 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
8 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(1)
(a-d) No data available
(e - f) Individual data not available. WA Police Force Chaplains visited 96.4% of all police facilities in the state at least once.
(g) Individual data not available.
To date, WA Police Force Chaplains have visited 93.0% of all police facilities in the state at least once.
(2)
(a) No data available
(b) 1003
(c) 1117
(d) 2079
(e) 3381
(f) 3505
(g) 2190
These figures relate to Police Officers seeking assistance from Psychologists and Psychologists attending locations to proactively engage Police Officers.
(3)
(a- g)
Officers access psychiatric treatment external to the WA Police Force. The agency supports officers accessing these services via the work related and non-work-related medical expense provisions in the Police Officer Industrial Agreement.
It is not possible to provide an accurate figure of the number of officers accessing these services each year due to the structure of the payment system, which does not record payments against individual officers in a reportable format
(1)
(a-d) No data available
(e - f) Individual data not available. WA Police Force Chaplains visited 96.4% of all police facilities in the state at least once.
(g) Individual data not available.
To date, WA Police Force Chaplains have visited 93.0% of all police facilities in the state at least once.
(2)
(a) No data available
(b) 1003
(c) 1117
(d) 2079
(e) 3381
(f) 3505
(g) 2190
These figures relate to Police Officers seeking assistance from Psychologists and Psychologists attending locations to proactively engage Police Officers.
(3)
(a- g)
Officers access psychiatric treatment external to the WA Police Force. The agency supports officers accessing these services via the work related and non-work-related medical expense provisions in the Police Officer Industrial Agreement.
It is not possible to provide an accurate figure of the number of officers accessing these services each year due to the structure of the payment system, which does not record payments against individual officers in a reportable format
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