❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks about the number of declared drug traffickers recorded in the WA Police incident management system and the number of warnings issued to child sex offenders under 18. The WA Police provide figures for both.
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I refer to notice given on 7 December 2021 during the Committee of the Whole House's consideration of the Criminal Law (Unlawful Consorting and Prohibited Insignia) Bill 2021 , and I ask: (a) what is the total number of declared drug traffickers recorded in the Western Australia Police Force incident management system; and (b) what is the total number of section 557K(4) Criminal Code warnings issued by Western Australia police to a child sex offender under 18 years of age?
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Answered
22 February 2022
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Police
Response time
5 days
(a) The Western Australian Police Force advise 2 815 declared drug traffickers are recorded in the Western Australia Police Force’s Incident Management System, as at 8 December 2021.
(b) 58 convicted child sex offenders who have committed offences as a juvenile under the age of 18 years, have been issued warnings by the WA Police Force pursuant to section 557k of the Criminal Code (WA) .
Notes
(a) Figures are provisional and subject to revision.
Figures are based on a ‘Declared Drug Trafficker’ warning being recorded against a person’s profile in the Incident Management System. If a warning has not been recorded against a person’s profile, it will not be included.
Figures may include persons who have died since being declared a drug trafficker.
(b) 58 convicted child sex offenders who have committed offences as a juvenile under the age of 18 years, have been issued warnings by the WA Police Force pursuant to section 557k of the Criminal Code (WA) .
Notes
(a) Figures are provisional and subject to revision.
Figures are based on a ‘Declared Drug Trafficker’ warning being recorded against a person’s profile in the Incident Management System. If a warning has not been recorded against a person’s profile, it will not be included.
Figures may include persons who have died since being declared a drug trafficker.
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