❓ Question on Notice regarding phone reports to police about specific driving offences in several suburbs. The response details the number of 'Traffic Breach' calls received and attended, but notes limitations in data specificity and resource constraints.
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(1) Can the Minister please advise the number of phone reports received by police concerning alleged offences under section 60 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 for the financial year 2014–2015 for each of the following suburbs: (a) Marangaroo; (b) Warwick; (c) Girrawheen; (d) Darch; (e) Madeley; and (f) Landsdale? (2) Can the Minister please advise the number of phone reports received by police concerning alleged offences under section 61 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 for the financial year 2014–2015 for each of the following suburbs: (a) Marangaroo; (b) Warwick; (c) Girrawheen; (d) Darch; (e) Madeley; and (f) Landsdale? (3) Can the Minister please advise the number of phone reports received by police concerning alleged offences under section 62 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 for the financial year 2014–2015 for each of the following suburbs: (a) Marangaroo; (b) Warwick; (c) Girrawheen; (d) Darch; (e) Madeley; and (f) Landsdale? (4) Can the Minister please advise the number of phone reports received by police concerning alleged offences under section 62A of the Road Traffic Act 1974 for the financial year 2014–2015 for each of the following suburbs: (a) Marangaroo; (b) Warwick; (c) Girrawheen; (d) Darch; (e) Madeley; and (f) Landsdale? (5) In relation to the reports referred to in (1)-(4) can you advise the number of cases where callers were instead asked to submit information to police online? (6) In relation to reports (1-4) can you advise in how many cases police actually attended the scene of the alleged offence or spoke to the complainant?
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Answered
16 February 2016
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
118 days
(1) – (4)
WA Police record phone reports concerning alleged offences for Reckless Driving (Section 60), Dangerous Driving (Section 61), Careless Driving (Section 62), and Causing Excessive Noise or Smoke from Vehicle’s Tyres (Section 62A) on the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system as a ‘Traffic Breach’. CAD does not record these offences to the specificity requested in the question.
The number of Traffic Breach calls received by WA Police for 2014-15 Financial Year for the requested suburbs are:
Location
Number of Calls
Darch
35
Girrawheen
206
Landsdale
91
Madeley
44
Marangaroo
60
Warwick
54
Notes: Statistics are for Traffic Breach calls with job priority 2, 3, 4, or 7 (look out to be kept for – LOTBKF). Where a traffic breach is currently in progress or the vehicle is still in the vicinity, a priority of 2, 3, or 4 is allocated to the CAD task; whereas if the vehicle has left the scene of the alleged offence then a LOTBKF is allocated to the CAD task.
(5) The response required for this question would take a significant amount of time and resources to collate and process. It is therefore not possible for WA Police to obtain this information without significantly compromising other core policing activities.
(6) Number of Traffic Breach Calls for 2014-15 Financial Year for which police attended the scene of the alleged offence or spoke to the complainant are:
Location
Number of Calls Attended
Darch
18
Girrawheen
133
Landsdale
58
Madeley
29
Marangaroo
40
Warwick
37
WA Police record phone reports concerning alleged offences for Reckless Driving (Section 60), Dangerous Driving (Section 61), Careless Driving (Section 62), and Causing Excessive Noise or Smoke from Vehicle’s Tyres (Section 62A) on the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system as a ‘Traffic Breach’. CAD does not record these offences to the specificity requested in the question.
The number of Traffic Breach calls received by WA Police for 2014-15 Financial Year for the requested suburbs are:
Location
Number of Calls
Darch
35
Girrawheen
206
Landsdale
91
Madeley
44
Marangaroo
60
Warwick
54
Notes: Statistics are for Traffic Breach calls with job priority 2, 3, 4, or 7 (look out to be kept for – LOTBKF). Where a traffic breach is currently in progress or the vehicle is still in the vicinity, a priority of 2, 3, or 4 is allocated to the CAD task; whereas if the vehicle has left the scene of the alleged offence then a LOTBKF is allocated to the CAD task.
(5) The response required for this question would take a significant amount of time and resources to collate and process. It is therefore not possible for WA Police to obtain this information without significantly compromising other core policing activities.
(6) Number of Traffic Breach Calls for 2014-15 Financial Year for which police attended the scene of the alleged offence or spoke to the complainant are:
Location
Number of Calls Attended
Darch
18
Girrawheen
133
Landsdale
58
Madeley
29
Marangaroo
40
Warwick
37
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