❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on police response times to GPS monitoring alerts and explores alternative monitoring solutions. The response cites operational sensitivity and resource constraints for withholding some data.
AnsweredQoN 830Legislative Council
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(1) For regional and metropolitan Western Australia, can the Minister please table the current average and maximum wait times for police attendance following a GPS monitoring alert for: (a) a breach of an exclusion zone; (b) loss of contact; and (c) tampering with device? (2) How many GPS monitoring alerts were recorded in regional Western Australia since 1 January 2025, and in how many cases did police: (a) attend in person; (b) notify or contact the victim; and (c) arrest the offender? (3) Are there any alternative solutions or upgrades to the current GPS monitoring system being considered by the Government in situations where GPS tracking is deemed unsuitable in Western Australia? (4) If yes to (3), what is the expected timeline? (5) If yes to (3), what is the expected cost?
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Answered
2 December 2025
Responded by
Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Police
Response time
7 days
(1)
(a-c) WA Police Force responds to electronic monitoring alerts based on real-time risk assessment of the threat. Disclosure of response times, categorised by the nature of the alert, will not be disclosed as they are operationally sensitive and may risk the safety of victims and protected people.
(2) WA Police Force advises between 1 January 2025 to 31 October 2025, a total of 147 Family Violence EM tasks were recorded in regional Western Australia.
(a) 122.
(b-c) Compiling this information is considered unreasonable as it requires a significant amount of manual interrogation. This would draw staff and resources away from operational work, including the monitoring and response activities the Member is asking about.
(3-5) The Department of Justice advises that it continues to look at ways at enhancing electronic monitoring capabilities. Electronic monitoring forms only one of many aspects of managing offenders in the community.
(a-c) WA Police Force responds to electronic monitoring alerts based on real-time risk assessment of the threat. Disclosure of response times, categorised by the nature of the alert, will not be disclosed as they are operationally sensitive and may risk the safety of victims and protected people.
(2) WA Police Force advises between 1 January 2025 to 31 October 2025, a total of 147 Family Violence EM tasks were recorded in regional Western Australia.
(a) 122.
(b-c) Compiling this information is considered unreasonable as it requires a significant amount of manual interrogation. This would draw staff and resources away from operational work, including the monitoring and response activities the Member is asking about.
(3-5) The Department of Justice advises that it continues to look at ways at enhancing electronic monitoring capabilities. Electronic monitoring forms only one of many aspects of managing offenders in the community.
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