Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the deployment of body-worn cameras to WA Police, broken down by region. The answer provides current deployment numbers and projected totals for Metropolitan and Regional WA.

AnsweredQoN 2698Legislative Council
Asked
19 November 2019
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to Legislative Council question without notice 1248 in relation
to the State Government’s commitment to deploy 4,200 body cameras to frontline
police officers, and I ask: (a) how many body cameras have been deployed to date by Police region; and (b) what will be the total number deployed by Police region?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
4 December 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Response time
9 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
4 254 body worn cameras are being purchased of which 44 will be held in reserve.
(a)
Metropolitan Region   798
Regional Western Australia 420
375 body worn cameras have also been deployed to other areas, and a further 369 will be rolled out in coming days.
(b)
Metropolitan Region   2 355
Regional Western Australia 1 377

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