❓ The Minister details initiatives undertaken by police and local government to prevent crime in Gosnells, including e-watch, increased patrols, specialist units, and community liaison. She urges businesses to engage with police programs, noting a decrease in reported crime.
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Local businesses in the Gosnells district have called on the State Government for more police resources to fight crime. Can the minister detail what initiatives the police and the local government are undertaking to prevent crime in the area? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The member’s commitment to his electorate is outstanding. The redevelopment of Gosnells and its efforts in fighting crime are certainly a credit to him. I also take the opportunity to commend him and the member for Roleystone for their efforts today in supporting the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia by one having his head shaved and the other his hair coloured. I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
I report that the Government, with both the police and local government, has been proactive in addressing crime-fighting programs in the Gosnells area. Recently, together with Mayor Pat Morris, I launched an e-watch program, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to help reduce crime in the Gosnells area. Further, the local senior sergeant has advised me that the police have embarked on a very focused campaign to increase patrols in the business area, which is in line with the Government’s commitment to highly visible policing. Gosnells police have expanded both foot and bicycle patrols and also are targeting non-hot spots in the Gosnells central business district. Over the past three months there has been half a dozen mounted patrols in the CBD and surrounding areas. Specialist units also have been deployed in the Gosnells area, including the district support group, the major incident group and the investigations unit. Indigenous community liaison officers also have been paying particular attention to the CBD region. Those initiatives are having an impact. Recent police statistics suggest that reported crime in the Gosnells business area is decreasing, particularly for burglary and damage. Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Another success story in the Gosnells area is the partnership between local government and police, particularly with the indigenous community police liaison officer patrols, something for which the member for Southern River can take some credit because he secured additional state government funding for it. It has been a great success in helping to reduce crime in that city centre over the past 12 months. The fight against crime hinges on a partnership between police and the local community. For more than two years, police have been attempting to create a business watch program to assist in fighting crime. I am told that local police door knocked 100 businesses in the Gosnells central business district recently and invited all of them to a breakfast paid for by the City of Gosnells to talk about crime issues affecting businesses in the Gosnells CBD. Unfortunately, only two of those businesses attended the breakfast with the shire and the police. I urge those businesses to take a more proactive role with the police. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
The SPEAKER: Member for Warren-Blackwood! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The Opposition should join the Government in encouraging the community to work with the police. Police have offered free security appraisals to every business within the Gosnells CBD. This is proactive policing at its best and something that the Government welcomes. I hope that the Opposition will join the Government in encouraging those local businesses to work with the local police, who I think are running a number of outstanding programs to focus on crime. I hope it will also join the City of Gosnells and Mayor, Pat Morris, in some of the excellent programs it has implemented.
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