❓ A parliamentary question regarding the criteria used by Broome police to confiscate and destroy alcohol from people drinking in public and whether these criteria are applied equally. The answer provides some justification and refers to equal opportunity training.
AnsweredQoN 3745Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to a newspaper article titled, ‘Police use new powers to confiscate, destroy liquor’, on page 2 of the
Broome Advertiser,
dated Thursday 10th March 2011, and ask -
(1) What criteria are the Police in Broome using to determine whether to confiscate or destroy alcohol from people drinking in public?
(2) What criteria are the Police in Broome using when determining whether people who are drinking in public places are likely to commit an antisocial offence?
(3) What evidence is there that the criteria are being applied equally to all people who are found to be drinking in public places?
Broome Advertiser,
dated Thursday 10th March 2011, and ask -
(1) What criteria are the Police in Broome using to determine whether to confiscate or destroy alcohol from people drinking in public?
(2) What criteria are the Police in Broome using when determining whether people who are drinking in public places are likely to commit an antisocial offence?
(3) What evidence is there that the criteria are being applied equally to all people who are found to be drinking in public places?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 May 2011
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Police
Response time
56 days
(1) The criteria used to determine whether to confiscate is determined by the need to prevent a continuation of the offence.
(2) The fact that the subject person has already or is committing anti-social behaviour is used as legal justification to destroy unopened liquor.
The examples in Broome include static public drinking, in a group, accompanied with littering and anti-social or threatening behaviour as the consumers become intoxicated.
(3) Police are regularly trained in, and supervised so they comply with the provisions of the
Equal Opportunity Act 1984
.
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(2) The fact that the subject person has already or is committing anti-social behaviour is used as legal justification to destroy unopened liquor.
The examples in Broome include static public drinking, in a group, accompanied with littering and anti-social or threatening behaviour as the consumers become intoxicated.
(3) Police are regularly trained in, and supervised so they comply with the provisions of the
Equal Opportunity Act 1984
.
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