❓ Hon Peter Collier questions the Police Minister regarding inconsistent responses about police officers on long-term sick leave for mental health reasons and whether they are included in total police numbers. The Minister explains the discrepancy is due to time constraints for data verification.
AnsweredQoN 238Legislative Council
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POLICE —
LONG-TERM SICK LEAVE
238. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the response to two
questions in relation to police officers on long-term leave for mental health
reasons. Question on notice 1591, answered on 10 October 2023, received the
response —
114 as of 7 September 2023.
Question without notice 206, asked
and answered on Wednesday, 20 March 2024, received the response, in part —
� Western Australia Police Force
cannot identify specific reasons for long-term sick leave taken by officers.
(1) Why was a response
to an identical question given for the first question but was not possible for
the second question?
(2) Are officers on long-term sick
leave included in total police officer numbers?
LONG-TERM SICK LEAVE
238. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the response to two
questions in relation to police officers on long-term leave for mental health
reasons. Question on notice 1591, answered on 10 October 2023, received the
response —
114 as of 7 September 2023.
Question without notice 206, asked
and answered on Wednesday, 20 March 2024, received the response, in part —
� Western Australia Police Force
cannot identify specific reasons for long-term sick leave taken by officers.
(1) Why was a response
to an identical question given for the first question but was not possible for
the second question?
(2) Are officers on long-term sick
leave included in total police officer numbers?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Western
Australia Police Force advises —
(1)–(2) The
agency was able to provide a response to parliamentary question on notice 1591,
answered on 10 October 2023, as sufficient time was provided for the agency to
do a manual count of a number of sources to
verify the data. The WA Police Force was unable to provide a response to
parliamentary question without notice 206, answered on 20 March 2024,
due to the restricted time frame to undertake the same data count process.
Police officers
on long-term sick leave are included in police numbers.
It does not say this, honourable
member, but perhaps if you want to place the question on notice —
Hon Peter Collier : I know; I wish
they said that in the response. It would have been fine.
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON : I am
sorry it did not, but if the member places the question on notice, we will see
if we can get an answer for next time.
thank the Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. The Western
Australia Police Force advises —
(1)–(2) The
agency was able to provide a response to parliamentary question on notice 1591,
answered on 10 October 2023, as sufficient time was provided for the agency to
do a manual count of a number of sources to
verify the data. The WA Police Force was unable to provide a response to
parliamentary question without notice 206, answered on 20 March 2024,
due to the restricted time frame to undertake the same data count process.
Police officers
on long-term sick leave are included in police numbers.
It does not say this, honourable
member, but perhaps if you want to place the question on notice —
Hon Peter Collier : I know; I wish
they said that in the response. It would have been fine.
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON : I am
sorry it did not, but if the member places the question on notice, we will see
if we can get an answer for next time.
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