❓ A parliamentary question regarding the number of transit guards employed by the Public Transit Authority, the number of unfilled positions, the use of private security personnel, and the powers exercised by private security personnel. The answer provides figures, compares them to previous governments, and clarifies the powers of private security.
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PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY — TRANSIT GUARDS 372. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure: (1) How many persons are employed as transit guards? (2) How many transit guard positions are not filled at this time? (3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT
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On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY — TRANSIT GUARDS
(1) How many persons are employed as transit guards? (2) How many transit guard positions are not filled at this time? (3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(2) How many transit guard positions are not filled at this time? (3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers?
(c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers?
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
[See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY — TRANSIT GUARDS
(1) How many persons are employed as transit guards? (2) How many transit guard positions are not filled at this time? (3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(2) How many transit guard positions are not filled at this time? (3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(3) How many private security personnel are utilised to supplement the transit guards? (4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(4) Are private security personnel exercising the powers of transit guards, including — (a) demanding names and addresses of passengers; (b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(b) detaining offenders; and (c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers?
(c) accessing the police database to record, verify or obtain details of passengers?
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, I thank Hon Simon O’Brien for some notice of this question, to which the minister has provided the following answer. (1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(1) Currently, 188 persons are employed by the Public Transport Authority as transit officers, of which 12 are supervisors and four are shift commanders. Another 27 persons are in training. This is 165 more Public Transport Authority security personnel with arrest powers than the coalition government employed and 69 more than they engaged in all, including their private contractors. The Public Transport Authority has advised that the comparative numbers at the end of the former government’s period in office—February 2001—were as follows. This part of the answer comprises a table. I seek leave to table the tabular part of the response, and to have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Leave granted. [See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
[See paper 3909.] The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
The following material was incorporated — Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Employer Numbers CLAIMED Numbers ACTUAL WAGR Special Constables 23 23 Chubb Special Constables 104 96 Chubb Revenue Protection 44 30 Chubb Station Security 20 20 WAGR Customer Service 30 30 Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
Hon SALLY TALBOT : The answer continues — (2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(2) Despite a very concerted recruiting campaign, which included extensive press and radio advertising, 106 positions are not filled at this time. Recruits are required to reach physical fitness standards and pass appropriate psychometric testing to ensure their suitability for the role. The number of positions not filled will reduce to 79 when the most recently recruited officers complete their training. (3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(3) Currently, there are 102 full-time private security personnel in the system. (4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(4) (a) Yes, for the purpose of issuing infringement notices for fare evasion only. (b) Private security personnel have no power under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 to detain offenders. (c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
(c) Private security personnel do not have access to the police database.
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