❓ The Minister details the cityNEX camera surveillance system trial in Mirrabooka as an example of the government modernising policing through technology, highlighting its potential to deter and solve crimes. The response also addresses interjections and criticisms from opposition members.
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Can the minister inform the House of ways the Government is modernising policing through the use of technology? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question and for her interest in crime. I was very pleased this morning to be in the Mirrabooka district with the members for Girrawheen, Innaloo and Kalgoorlie. This morning I launched the cityNEX camera surveillance system, which is part of the Government’s crackdown on crime. CityNEX is a revolutionary new technology that will target crime hot spots; they are places in which a lot of crime occurs in the Mirrabooka region. It has the potential to play a major role in the fight against crime. CityNEX can track, analyse and record a crime while it is taking place. This technology can save police time and provide our officers with relevant and accurate information to help solve crimes. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question and for her interest in crime. I was very pleased this morning to be in the Mirrabooka district with the members for Girrawheen, Innaloo and Kalgoorlie. This morning I launched the cityNEX camera surveillance system, which is part of the Government’s crackdown on crime. CityNEX is a revolutionary new technology that will target crime hot spots; they are places in which a lot of crime occurs in the Mirrabooka region. It has the potential to play a major role in the fight against crime. CityNEX can track, analyse and record a crime while it is taking place. This technology can save police time and provide our officers with relevant and accurate information to help solve crimes. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question and for her interest in crime. I was very pleased this morning to be in the Mirrabooka district with the members for Girrawheen, Innaloo and Kalgoorlie. This morning I launched the cityNEX camera surveillance system, which is part of the Government’s crackdown on crime. CityNEX is a revolutionary new technology that will target crime hot spots; they are places in which a lot of crime occurs in the Mirrabooka region. It has the potential to play a major role in the fight against crime. CityNEX can track, analyse and record a crime while it is taking place. This technology can save police time and provide our officers with relevant and accurate information to help solve crimes. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question and for her interest in crime. I was very pleased this morning to be in the Mirrabooka district with the members for Girrawheen, Innaloo and Kalgoorlie. This morning I launched the cityNEX camera surveillance system, which is part of the Government’s crackdown on crime. CityNEX is a revolutionary new technology that will target crime hot spots; they are places in which a lot of crime occurs in the Mirrabooka region. It has the potential to play a major role in the fight against crime. CityNEX can track, analyse and record a crime while it is taking place. This technology can save police time and provide our officers with relevant and accurate information to help solve crimes. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question and for her interest in crime. I was very pleased this morning to be in the Mirrabooka district with the members for Girrawheen, Innaloo and Kalgoorlie. This morning I launched the cityNEX camera surveillance system, which is part of the Government’s crackdown on crime. CityNEX is a revolutionary new technology that will target crime hot spots; they are places in which a lot of crime occurs in the Mirrabooka region. It has the potential to play a major role in the fight against crime. CityNEX can track, analyse and record a crime while it is taking place. This technology can save police time and provide our officers with relevant and accurate information to help solve crimes. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Some members opposite want to make cheap and smart remarks. This is a major advance. The Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company so that we can trial the new technology in the Mirrabooka district over the next two years. We are providing a set of electronic eyes that can operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deter crime and to alert police to a crime while it is in progress. It is another example of our Government embracing new technology and making our Police Service smarter and faster. The two-year trial of the system in Mirrabooka is in conjunction with the Western Australia Police Service. Negotiations are well advanced with the City of Stirling to locate cameras in a number of locations throughout its area, but already the cameras are up and operating in Osborne Park. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member for Kalgoorlie wants to knock the system after telling the proponents this morning that he supported it. This is another key example of a partnership by this Government to combat crime. Members can hear what the member for Kalgoorlie is saying. He is saying that our Government is not putting a cent into it. I will tell him what we are putting into it. We are putting into it the expertise of our police officers over a two-year period. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Members opposite can laugh if they like. They put no value on the expertise of our police officers. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Our police officers are working in a partnership arrangement with a company that is working on cutting-edge, world-leading technology. This system is not in place anywhere else in Australia or in the world. The member for Kalgoorlie asks why we do not just buy it from the company. He is suggesting that we buy from the company untried technology that is not in place anywhere else in the world. Deputy Commissioner Brennan has signed, on behalf of the Police Service, a memorandum of understanding that will see us work in a partnership relationship on what could well be the best technology available to surveil communities and to provide police with an amazing resource. In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
In working with police in a real situation such as in the Mirrabooka region, we are providing this company with an opportunity it has not been provided with anywhere else - an opportunity to trial and develop its technology in a real policing situation. This will have huge advantages for the city of Stirling area. I understand that other local governments are looking at trialling it in their areas. This technology could put Western Australia at the forefront of combating crime and is something that other States and other places around the world may seek to replicate. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Nedlands, Kingsley, Kalgoorlie and Warren-Blackwood.
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