❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Police about the low sanction rate for home burglaries in the metropolitan area, citing a significant decrease since 2008. The Minister acknowledges the need for improvement and attributes part of the problem to lenient sentencing by the courts.
AnsweredQoN 165Legislative Assembly
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HOME BURGLARIES — POLICE RESPONSE
165. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I have a
supplementary question. Is it not the case, with a sanction rate of just 8.5 per
cent in the metropolitan area, down from 17 per cent in 2008, that over nine
out of 10 burglars are not being caught or punished at all by the government?
165. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the
Minister for Police:
I have a
supplementary question. Is it not the case, with a sanction rate of just 8.5 per
cent in the metropolitan area, down from 17 per cent in 2008, that over nine
out of 10 burglars are not being caught or punished at all by the government?
AnswerView source ↗
As I said, I do not
have the annual report with me to verify the information provided by the member
for Midland. If I take the member for Midland's figures as stated, I
say again that we acknowledge there needs to be an improvement in this space.
One of the problems we have is that it is very demoralising for police officers
when they have rounded up offenders and taken them to court and they are not
given a sentence.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the third
time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Our plan is for more police officers, more
detectives and stronger penalties. When that is taken all together as a
strategy, it has to go some way to driving down those home burglary figures in
Western Australia. That is what the government is on about over here. I do not
know what members opposite are on about over there.
have the annual report with me to verify the information provided by the member
for Midland. If I take the member for Midland's figures as stated, I
say again that we acknowledge there needs to be an improvement in this space.
One of the problems we have is that it is very demoralising for police officers
when they have rounded up offenders and taken them to court and they are not
given a sentence.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the third
time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Our plan is for more police officers, more
detectives and stronger penalties. When that is taken all together as a
strategy, it has to go some way to driving down those home burglary figures in
Western Australia. That is what the government is on about over here. I do not
know what members opposite are on about over there.
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