❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Taser use and subsequent treatment of Kevin Spratt while in police custody. The Minister's response clarifies the timeline, police involvement, and ongoing investigation by other agencies.
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TASER USE — KEVIN SPRATT INCIDENT
Some notice of my question to the Minister for Police was given at 10.30 am today. Again, I refer to a second Taser assault upon Mr Spratt while a prisoner at the Perth police lockup. (1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
Some notice of my question to the Minister for Police was given at 10.30 am today. Again, I refer to a second Taser assault upon Mr Spratt while a prisoner at the Perth police lockup. (1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
Again, I refer to a second Taser assault upon Mr Spratt while a prisoner at the Perth police lockup. (1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
Again, I refer to a second Taser assault upon Mr Spratt while a prisoner at the Perth police lockup. (1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(1) After the second Taser incident during which Mr Spratt was injured, exactly how much time elapsed before Mr Spratt was transported to the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital for admission and treatment? (2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(2) When was the Commissioner of Police first advised that Mr Spratt had been involved in a second Taser incident at the Perth police lockup, during which he sustained serious injuries, and that this incident had been videoed by correctional services officers on police premises? (3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(3) Has the Commissioner of Police viewed the video said to be made by correctional services officers of the second Taser assault on Mr Spratt and; if so, when did the commissioner view it? (4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(4) Has the Western Australian police service conducted a full investigation into the circumstances that led Mr Spratt to sustain serious injuries while he was a prisoner in custody at the Perth police lockup; and, if not, why has the commissioner not so done? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition’s office for giving me some notice of this question. I appreciate that. It enables me to give the member an accurate answer because obviously the police commissioner needs to inform me of the answers to many of these questions. I will go through the answers. (1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(1) Mr Spratt left police custody with Department of Corrective Services, DCS, officers at 2.53 pm on 6 September 2008. Police records show that DCS officers extracted Mr Spratt from the cell at 2.40 pm. Police were not involved in transporting Mr Spratt to Royal Perth Hospital as a consequence of this matter. (2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(2) The Commissioner of Police was not personally advised of this matter at the time. The internal affairs unit investigation file provided to the Commissioner of Police in December 2008 provided very scant information about the corrective services cell extraction as the purpose of the internal affairs unit file was to make determinations about the police involvement in the incident of 1 September 2008. (3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(3) In relation to the question “Has the police commissioner viewed the video made by corrective services?” the answer to that is, quite simply, no. (4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
(4) The answer to part 4 is no. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Corrective Services and as it is a public sector agency, the investigation is being overseen by the Corruption and Crime Commission as required under the act.
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