❓ Hon Ken Travers asks WA Police about recorded incidents of rock throwing at vehicles, including locations and prosecutions. The Police respond that their database doesn't specifically record rock throwing, but rather offences under Section 74B(2)(a) of the Criminal Code, which doesn't differentiate by object type.
AnsweredQoN 1169Legislative Council
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(1) Does Western Australia Police record the number of incidents of rock throwing on at vehicles on roads in Western Australia? (2) If yes to (1), how many incidents were recorded in the following financial years: (a) 2009-10; (b) 2010-11; (c) 2011-12; and (d) 2012-13? (3) Does Western Australia Police record the suburbs or locations of the rock-throwing incidents? (4) If yes to (3), what were the suburbs or locations and how many incidents have occurred at each of these suburbs or locations in: (a) 2011-12; and (b) 2012-13? (5) Were any of the rock-throwing incidents referred to
any other body for investigation and or prosecution? (6) If yes to (5), how many were referred for prosecution in the following financial years: (a) 2009-10; (b) 2010-11; (c) 2011-12; and (d) 2012-13?
any other body for investigation and or prosecution? (6) If yes to (5), how many were referred for prosecution in the following financial years: (a) 2009-10; (b) 2010-11; (c) 2011-12; and (d) 2012-13?
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Answered
19 June 2014
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
Response time
44 days
(1)-(6)
The Western Australia Police database does not record offences relating specifically to damage by rock throwing.
Section 74B(2)(a) of the
Criminal Code
makes it an offence to cause an object or substance to be directed at or near a vehicle that is being driven. As a result, offences recorded against this subsection are not differentiated by object type.
The Western Australia Police database does not record offences relating specifically to damage by rock throwing.
Section 74B(2)(a) of the
Criminal Code
makes it an offence to cause an object or substance to be directed at or near a vehicle that is being driven. As a result, offences recorded against this subsection are not differentiated by object type.
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