❓ Hon Giz Watson asks about the process police follow to find responsible adults for children, especially when children are held in lock-ups away from their community. The Minister details the steps taken, including contacting family, community groups, and relevant organisations.
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BAIL — CHILDREN AND JUVENILES 201. Hon GIZ WATSON to the minister representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services: I refer to the answer given to question without notice 45. (1) What process is followed by police to seek a responsible adult for the child? (2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
I refer to the answer given to question without notice 45. (1) What process is followed by police to seek a responsible adult for the child? (2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(1) What process is followed by police to seek a responsible adult for the child? (2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
I refer to the answer given to question without notice 45. (1) What process is followed by police to seek a responsible adult for the child? (2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(1) What process is followed by police to seek a responsible adult for the child? (2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(2) What process do the police follow to seek a responsible adult from a child’s particular community for children who are conveyed to lock-ups at different locations from the child’s community? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
I thank Hon Giz Watson for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer. (1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
(1)-(2) Police establish what group or circle of adults the juvenile has, including family groups, relatives, employer, a neighbour or a church group. Police establish the contact details of any proposed responsible adult and will telephone them to come to a location to take responsible care of the juvenile. If telephone contact is not possible, police will attend a nominated address and perform a notification to collect the juvenile, or, if the responsible adult has transport difficulties, the child will be delivered to the adult’s address. When it is not possible to locate a responsible adult, police will make contact with other organisations, such as the Department for Child Protection, the Aboriginal visitors scheme, contact persons and the Aboriginal Legal Service, to place a juvenile into responsible care. Additionally, officers are encouraged to contact Killara, which may be able to assist with a responsible adult’s details for a particular child. Police will conduct checks of nominated responsible adults to ensure, as much as reasonably possible, that the adult does not pose a risk to the juvenile, and is capable of ensuring both supervision and care. Police will make every effort to place a juvenile into responsible care, but if all efforts have been unsuccessful, police will not detain a juvenile longer than is necessary to make inquiries, and will convey the person to a facility such as Rangeview, where inquiries will continue to locate a responsible adult.
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