A Western Australian parliamentary question on notice requests information regarding police officer allocation, stationing, operational availability, and patrol vehicle deployment within the West Metropolitan Police District. The response provides figures for officer numbers but declines to disclose patrol vehicle data due to operational sensitivities.

AnsweredQoN 881Legislative Council
Asked
18 October 2011
Portfolio
Police

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WEST METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT — POLICE OFFICERS
Some notice has been given of the question. I refer to the west metropolitan police district. (1) How many police officers are allocated to this district? (2) How many police officers are actually stationed in the district? (3) Of the officers stationed in the district, how many are available for operational duties? (4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
I refer to the west metropolitan police district. (1) How many police officers are allocated to this district? (2) How many police officers are actually stationed in the district? (3) Of the officers stationed in the district, how many are available for operational duties? (4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(1) How many police officers are allocated to this district? (2) How many police officers are actually stationed in the district? (3) Of the officers stationed in the district, how many are available for operational duties? (4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(2) How many police officers are actually stationed in the district? (3) Of the officers stationed in the district, how many are available for operational duties? (4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(3) Of the officers stationed in the district, how many are available for operational duties? (4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(4) For each shift on each day of October to date, how many police vehicles were on the road for patrols? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(1) There are 290.5. (2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(2) There are 294.4. (3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(3) There are 270.9 available. (4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.
(4) Due to operational sensitivities, Western Australia Police cannot disclose this information.

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