❓ Question regarding government action to address high burglary rates inherited from the previous government. The Minister outlines initiatives including increased police resources, targeted operations, and a new leadership role to reduce burglary rates.
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Will the minister outline to the House what the Government is doing to reverse the former Government’s legacy of making our State the burglary capital of the nation? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Girrawheen for her question and for her commitment to the Police Service. For almost a decade the former Government presided over the highest burglary rates in the nation, which vastly exceeded the national average per 100 000 population. Our Government is doing something to reverse that trend. We have given the Police Service the resources to turn it around. The investment we have made in our Police Service has started to pay dividends in some areas but, obviously, the burglary rate needs more attention. Between 2001 and 2002 there was a 2.5 per cent drop in the burglary rate which was a trend in the right direction and a pleasing change, but much more must be done. Members opposite may be aware - Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for her question and for her commitment to the Police Service. For almost a decade the former Government presided over the highest burglary rates in the nation, which vastly exceeded the national average per 100 000 population. Our Government is doing something to reverse that trend. We have given the Police Service the resources to turn it around. The investment we have made in our Police Service has started to pay dividends in some areas but, obviously, the burglary rate needs more attention. Between 2001 and 2002 there was a 2.5 per cent drop in the burglary rate which was a trend in the right direction and a pleasing change, but much more must be done. Members opposite may be aware - Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for her question and for her commitment to the Police Service. For almost a decade the former Government presided over the highest burglary rates in the nation, which vastly exceeded the national average per 100 000 population. Our Government is doing something to reverse that trend. We have given the Police Service the resources to turn it around. The investment we have made in our Police Service has started to pay dividends in some areas but, obviously, the burglary rate needs more attention. Between 2001 and 2002 there was a 2.5 per cent drop in the burglary rate which was a trend in the right direction and a pleasing change, but much more must be done. Members opposite may be aware - Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for her question and for her commitment to the Police Service. For almost a decade the former Government presided over the highest burglary rates in the nation, which vastly exceeded the national average per 100 000 population. Our Government is doing something to reverse that trend. We have given the Police Service the resources to turn it around. The investment we have made in our Police Service has started to pay dividends in some areas but, obviously, the burglary rate needs more attention. Between 2001 and 2002 there was a 2.5 per cent drop in the burglary rate which was a trend in the right direction and a pleasing change, but much more must be done. Members opposite may be aware - Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for her question and for her commitment to the Police Service. For almost a decade the former Government presided over the highest burglary rates in the nation, which vastly exceeded the national average per 100 000 population. Our Government is doing something to reverse that trend. We have given the Police Service the resources to turn it around. The investment we have made in our Police Service has started to pay dividends in some areas but, obviously, the burglary rate needs more attention. Between 2001 and 2002 there was a 2.5 per cent drop in the burglary rate which was a trend in the right direction and a pleasing change, but much more must be done. Members opposite may be aware - Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Mr Speaker, there are a lot of inane members opposite, who presided over the worst burglary, car theft and armed robbery rates in this nation. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Kalgoorlie. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Western Australia is now fifth in the nation in the rate of car theft and we have decreased the rate of armed robbery. Members may be aware that the Commissioner of Police recently announced that Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton will be given special responsibility to deal with burglary offences. Indeed, all assistant commissioners and state commanders will be given responsibility for an area of crime and will develop operations to target those areas and drive down crime rates. I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
I am pleased to announce today our latest initiative, Operation Crossover. Today at one of our police stations Tim Atherton and I announced the significant results achieved in the past couple of weeks. As part of Operation Crossover, our Police Service has retrieved well in excess of $500 000 worth of stolen goods in the past two weeks. Only last evening, as part of this operation, the Police Service retrieved more than $50 000 worth of stolen goods. In targeting burglary in this State, the Police Service has also uncovered a range of other crimes. It has found amphetamines, large quantities of cash and other material in some places where stolen material was recovered that would indicate that the persons responsible were drug dealers. The police also found that a lot of gear had clearly been shoplifted, some of which was obviously brand new and still in packages with electronic scanning tags attached. It was certainly an excellent start to the operation for reducing burglary; in fact, we have put this operation into every metropolitan police district. The police have trialled a new initiative of targeting offenders. In each of the six metropolitan districts at least 20 offenders were specifically targeted. This is clearly an initiative that is paying dividends for the Police Service. I congratulate our police officers for the role that they have played in bringing it to bear. It involved not only local police officers but also intelligence officers and officers from the national automated fingerprint identification system. We are using forensic technology to link in at the district level, which is certainly paying dividends. Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
Over the past couple of weeks, as part of this operation alone, over 200 people are facing more than 650 charges. I say well done to all the officers involved. I have certainly congratulated a sizeable number of them this morning. I will not go through all the districts involved, but in the Perth central metropolitan district burglaries are down by 120 for the month of May compared with last year. In May last year 440 burglary offences were committed compared with 320 in May of this year. I certainly congratulate the Commissioner of Police on appointing Tim Atherton to this new position. Mr Atherton has undertaken the job with the aim of bringing Western Australia’s burglary rate below the national average.
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