❓ Question regarding the number of Protective Services Officers (PSOs) stationed at the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct, including future reductions. The answer details PSO numbers during specific sitting weeks and outlines future deployment strategies.
AnsweredQoN 2792Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Western Australia Police Protective Services Officers (PSOs) and ask: (a) How many PSOs were stationed to protect the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct (i.e. Dumas/Hale Houses) in the sitting week of 15-17 August 2017; (b) How many PSOs were stationed to protect the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct in the sitting week of 28-30 November 2017; (c) How many PSOs were stationed to protect the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct in the sitting week of 13-15 February 2018; and (d) Noting the recent media that number of PSOs is forecast to be reduced from 40 officers to 14, how many will be stationed to protect the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct after this reduction?
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Answered
9 May 2018
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
8 days
(a) There were between fifteen and sixteen officers per day who undertook static and roving patrols of Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct (including the area around Parliament House and Dumas/Hale Houses), spread across two shifts.
(b) There were sixteen officers per day who undertook static and roving patrols of Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct, spread across two shifts.
(c) There were between fifteen and sixteen officers per day who undertook static and roving patrols of Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct, spread across two shifts.
(d) Under the Protective Service Officer realignment, Protective Service Officers will be assigned to Parliament House only on sittings days, working both day and afternoon shifts and will remain on duty until Parliament finishes for the day.
A minimum number of fourteen Protective Service Officers and two supervisors will be assigned protective security duties to cover both shifts.
On non-sitting days, Parliament House and the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct will be patrolled by Protective Service Officers in a random patrol cycle which will include police sites.
(b) There were sixteen officers per day who undertook static and roving patrols of Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct, spread across two shifts.
(c) There were between fifteen and sixteen officers per day who undertook static and roving patrols of Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct, spread across two shifts.
(d) Under the Protective Service Officer realignment, Protective Service Officers will be assigned to Parliament House only on sittings days, working both day and afternoon shifts and will remain on duty until Parliament finishes for the day.
A minimum number of fourteen Protective Service Officers and two supervisors will be assigned protective security duties to cover both shifts.
On non-sitting days, Parliament House and the Parliamentary and Executive Government Precinct will be patrolled by Protective Service Officers in a random patrol cycle which will include police sites.
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