❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding CrimeStoppers reports, arrests, and rewards from 2017-2020. The Police provided data on reports received, arrests resulting from reports, and financial rewards issued, but declined to provide data on multiple reports related to the same information due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 6441Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Crimestoppers and ask for each of the past four years: (a) how many reports were received; (b) how many multiple reports were received related to the same information report; (c) how many reports received later led to arrests; and (d) how many times has a member of the public received a financial reward for information that led to an arrest?
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Answered
19 November 2020
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
15 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
(a)
2017
2018
2019
2020*
52 360
54 498
57 657
43 549
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(b) This figure is not easily extracted and involves a manual search based upon the subject of each report, requiring a large commitment of research time. Police have determined it is not an effective use of police resources to source this information.
(c)
2020*
2019
2018
2017
2 568
5 586
7 377
5 493
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(d) A reward relates to a legal outcome.
2017
2018
2019
2020*
10
3
4
4
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(a)
2017
2018
2019
2020*
52 360
54 498
57 657
43 549
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(b) This figure is not easily extracted and involves a manual search based upon the subject of each report, requiring a large commitment of research time. Police have determined it is not an effective use of police resources to source this information.
(c)
2020*
2019
2018
2017
2 568
5 586
7 377
5 493
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
(d) A reward relates to a legal outcome.
2017
2018
2019
2020*
10
3
4
4
* 1 January to 30 September 2020.
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