❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses police speeding offences and whether police officers receive preferential treatment regarding speed tolerances. The response indicates police are subject to the same rules as the public.
AnsweredQoN 796Legislative Council
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(1) What action do the police take when a police officer who is driving a marked police car which is not displaying a flashing blue light, nor sounding its siren, and which is not acting in an emergency, passes through a Multanova speed camera trap at greater than the permitted speed and activates the camera and flash? (2) Are members of the Police Force allowed a different margin of error from the public; and, if so, how different and why? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(2) Are members of the Police Force allowed a different margin of error from the public; and, if so, how different and why? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(2) Are members of the Police Force allowed a different margin of error from the public; and, if so, how different and why? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I advise that this answer is current as at 7 November. (1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(1) The Western Australia Police Service advises that when a member of the Police Service who is driving any vehicle, marked or unmarked, is detected and recorded by a speed detecting device as travelling in excess of the speed limit applicable to that area, regardless of the apparent circumstances, a file requiring justification or explanation is generated and despatched to the district officer responsible for investigation. If it is revealed that justification under section 280 of the Road Traffic Code 2000 cannot be established, prosecution in accordance with standard protocols will be pursued. (2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
(2) No. Any tolerance afforded to motorists in relation to speed detecting devices applies to both members of the community and of the Police Service alike.
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