❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about convictions resulting from police surveillance warrants and the number of warrants where records were destroyed. The Police Commissioner declined to provide the data due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 351Legislative Council
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(1) Since 1 July 2005, what is the number of convictions achieved as a result of records or reports obtained by use of a surveillance device under a warrant to a member of the police?
(2) For how many of the 174 surveillance device warrants issued to a member of the police since 1 July 2005 have all records and reports been destroyed pursuant to section 41(1)(b) of the Act?
(2) For how many of the 174 surveillance device warrants issued to a member of the police since 1 July 2005 have all records and reports been destroyed pursuant to section 41(1)(b) of the Act?
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Answered
31 March 2009
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Police
Response time
21 days
(1-2) There is no central record of the information requested and to obtain such data would require each case file to be located, retrieved from archive, evaluated by a suitably qualified investigator, and collated.
The responses required for these questions would take a significant amount of time to collate therefore the Commissioner of Police has advised he is not prepared to divert valuable resources away from core policing activities to obtain the data .
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The responses required for these questions would take a significant amount of time to collate therefore the Commissioner of Police has advised he is not prepared to divert valuable resources away from core policing activities to obtain the data .
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