❓ Mr Catania asks the Minister for Police when resources from Operation Tide will be relocated to regional communities. The Minister deflects, stating they won't direct the Commissioner of Police on resource allocation, emphasising their role is to properly resource the police force.
AnsweredQoN 162Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE — REGIONS
162. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Police:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the minister relocate much-needed
police resources from Operation Tide to regional communities?
162. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Police:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the minister relocate much-needed
police resources from Operation Tide to regional communities?
AnswerView source ↗
I am not the Commissioner of
Police; I am the Minister for Police. I take great pride in that role. I will
continue to advocate within government and in the community on behalf of the Western
Australia Police Force, because I think it has done an incredible job throughout
the five years that we have been in office, and particularly during the
COVID-19 pandemic. I will not be telling the commissioner where to put his
officers. I will not tell him where he should apply his efforts or resources. I
will take his advice. What the government does is to ensure that it resources
the police force properly. We encourage a strategy around responding to
policing measures, but we do not tell the police how to do their job. That is
the commissioner's role, and he does it incredibly well.
Police; I am the Minister for Police. I take great pride in that role. I will
continue to advocate within government and in the community on behalf of the Western
Australia Police Force, because I think it has done an incredible job throughout
the five years that we have been in office, and particularly during the
COVID-19 pandemic. I will not be telling the commissioner where to put his
officers. I will not tell him where he should apply his efforts or resources. I
will take his advice. What the government does is to ensure that it resources
the police force properly. We encourage a strategy around responding to
policing measures, but we do not tell the police how to do their job. That is
the commissioner's role, and he does it incredibly well.
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