❓ A parliamentary question seeks detailed historical data on police staffing levels (sworn officers, auxiliary, detectives, forensic) in the Great Southern District. The response provides some planned vs. actual strength data but declines to provide specific detective and forensic numbers due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 1628Legislative Assembly
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I refer to police numbers in the Great Southern District, and ask: (a) as at 31 October 2013, how many sworn police officers (provide by full-time equivalent (FTE) and actual head-count) were employed in this District; (b) as at 31 October for each year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, how many sworn police officers (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District; (c) as at 31 October 2013, how many auxiliary officers (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District; (d) as at 31 October 2013, how many detectives (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District; (e) as at 31 October for each year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, how many detectives (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District; (f) as at 31 October 2012, how many forensic officers (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District; and (g) as at 31 October for each year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, how many forensic officers (provide by FTE and actual head-count) were employed in this District?
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Answered
3 February 2014
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
60 days
(a)-(g)
The table below represents the planned and actual strengths for the Great Southern District as at 31 October each nominated year.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Planned Strength
181
187
188
189
190
Actual Strength
171
182
165
180
185
Planned Auxiliary
-
-
-
-
3
Actual Auxiliary
-
-
-
-
3
Planned Detectives
8
8.5
8
8
10
Planned Forensic
2
2
2
2
2
The Actual Strength number includes officers on Leave Without Pay.
The reduced Actual Strength in 2011 is due to staff relocation for CHOGM.
The response required for parts of questions (d)-(g) relating to the actual officers undertaking detective and forensic roles in the districts would take a significant amount of time and resources to collate and process. It is therefore not possible for Police to obtain this information without significantly compromising other core activities.
The table below represents the planned and actual strengths for the Great Southern District as at 31 October each nominated year.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Planned Strength
181
187
188
189
190
Actual Strength
171
182
165
180
185
Planned Auxiliary
-
-
-
-
3
Actual Auxiliary
-
-
-
-
3
Planned Detectives
8
8.5
8
8
10
Planned Forensic
2
2
2
2
2
The Actual Strength number includes officers on Leave Without Pay.
The reduced Actual Strength in 2011 is due to staff relocation for CHOGM.
The response required for parts of questions (d)-(g) relating to the actual officers undertaking detective and forensic roles in the districts would take a significant amount of time and resources to collate and process. It is therefore not possible for Police to obtain this information without significantly compromising other core activities.
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