❓ Question regarding the number of assaults on Public Transport Authority transit officers on train lines in 2017-18 and 2018-19, with a provided answer detailing total assaults from 2013-14 to 2018-19 and officer numbers.
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l refer to reported assaults on Public Transport Authority transit officers on train lines, and I ask: (a) In 2017-18 how many physical assaults, assaults involving spitting and assaults with weapons occurred in each category; and (b) In 2018-19 how many physical assaults, assaults involving spitting and assaults with weapons occurred in each category?
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Answered
29 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
9 days
(a)-(b)
Total physical assaults, assaults involving spitting and assaults with weapons:
2013-14: 121
2014-15: 119
2015-16: 120
2016-17: 122
2017-18: 113
2018-19: 147
Note: Between 2013-14 to 2018-19, Transit Officer levels have increased from 250 to over 340 officers.
Total physical assaults, assaults involving spitting and assaults with weapons:
2013-14: 121
2014-15: 119
2015-16: 120
2016-17: 122
2017-18: 113
2018-19: 147
Note: Between 2013-14 to 2018-19, Transit Officer levels have increased from 250 to over 340 officers.
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