Hon Neil Thomson asks about assaults on police in the Kimberley, including hospitalisations, sentencing rates, and reasons for lack of sanctions. The Minister requires the source of the statistics before providing answers.

AnsweredQoN 37Legislative Council
Asked
15 February 2023
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

POLICE — ASSAULTS AGAINST — KIMBERLEY
37. Hon
NEIL THOMSON to the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I note that there were a record 164
assaults on police in the Kimberley in the 2022 calendar year and the sanction
rate for the financial year sits around 90 per cent.
(1) How many of the police officers
who were assaulted were hospitalised with injuries?
(2) What percentage of those
sanctioned in 2022 received a prison sentence?
(3) Why were some people not
sanctioned?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
The Western Australia Police Force
requires the honourable member to provide the source for the claimed statistics
in the statement preceding the questions to enable an answer to be provided.
Hon Neil Thomson : I will
send you the PDF.
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON : That is
the answer.
The PRESIDENT : Order!

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