❓ Mr. Ripper questions the Minister for Education, Dr. Constable, on the progress of the 2008 election commitment to reinstate school-based police officers. Dr. Constable's response lacks specific details and deflects responsibility, highlighting inter-agency collaboration challenges.
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SCHOOL-BASED POLICE OFFICERS
I refer to the minister’s 2008 election commitment to reinstate school-based police officers in consultation with school communities. (1) How many WA police officers are currently based at schools in Western Australia? (2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE
I refer to the minister’s 2008 election commitment to reinstate school-based police officers in consultation with school communities. (1) How many WA police officers are currently based at schools in Western Australia? (2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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(1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(1) How many WA police officers are currently based at schools in Western Australia? (2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(1) How many WA police officers are currently based at schools in Western Australia? (2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(2) Which schools currently have school-based police officers? (3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(3) Given that during the estimates process in May the minister did not have details on how the six-month trial at Gilmore College, which commenced in August 2009, had gone, can she now provide any details on this trial? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
(1)–(3) It certainly was the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are a member of the government. Do you accept responsibility to deliver on that promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : By way of introduction, it was part of the Liberal Party’s policy coming into government that there would be school-based police officers. As recently as three weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Minister for Police and the Commissioner of Police and we discussed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Wow! That’s an advance. Two years and she has had a conversation. Fantastic! The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, member for Midland. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Prior to that there was the trial at Gilmore College, which was concluded after six months. The Commissioner of Police is very keen to see, I understand—perhaps the question should have been directed to the Minister for Police because he would have more information on this than I would — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is about schools. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is something that we have to work on together. It is not something that I can possibly do alone. Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Mr E.S. Ripper : This is a schools policy. Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It was a policy coming into government, and it crosses more than one agency and one department and certainly involves more than one minister. I understand that the Commissioner of Police is very keen to continue to pursue the issue of the police and citizens youth clubs being involved in schools, and work is being done on that. I would agree that this has progressed quite slowly, but the presence of police in schools is a serious matter. We have taken the step of placing a police sergeant in the department itself to provide advice, particularly to staff and principals when they face very difficult situations in the schools. I would hope to see some progress with the PCYCs in the not too distant future. That is a matter for the Commissioner of Police, not the director general of the Department of Education, and it is a matter of them working together.
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