❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier about resource allocation for monitoring Bradley Pen Dragon upon release, expressing concern about the impact on existing services. The Premier defends the government's investment in police resources and assures close monitoring.
AnsweredQoN 401Legislative Assembly
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BRADLEY PEN DRAGON — RELEASE
401. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier has not actually been able to outline whether there are additional resources, so what assurances can he provide to
the people of Western Australia that this individual will be monitored and that the resources required will not impact existing services?
401. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier has not actually been able to outline whether there are additional resources, so what assurances can he provide to
the people of Western Australia that this individual will be monitored and that the resources required will not impact existing services?
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What I find with this opposition is
that it cannot process information. I just explained to the member that there have been 1 100 additional police recruited,
including 900 last year. Those police have been placed around the place .
There are a hundred in the city of Perth and various numbers in various
communities around the place, including in some of the operational teams that
manage all these sorts of issues. There are 1 100 additional police officers,
which is an increase in police staffing of around 15 or 20 per cent during the
time that we have been in office. That is a significant increase in resourcing.
The police commissioner, who is a fine
police commissioner and is about to go off and become the Governor of Western Australia,
has indicated that this person and these 62 conditions will be very closely
monitored, which is what the police do. I do not know whether the member
notices, but, constantly, people who breach bail or breach these conditions, when they are released under a dangerous
sex offender order or what have you, are sent back before the courts and imprisoned. I do not know whether
the member notices that, but that is what takes place, because they are
monitored. That is what is occurring in the case of this gentleman. I suspect,
knowing the record of this person, he will be very, very carefully and closely
monitored. But I am not going to start second-guessing our police or trying to
intervene in operational matters that the police are engaged in, particularly
at the urging of someone who cannot process basic information.
The
SPEAKER : The Premier was very
quick to his feet to answer that supplementary, but it was in fact a statement and two short questions. A supplementary should just be one short question.
that it cannot process information. I just explained to the member that there have been 1 100 additional police recruited,
including 900 last year. Those police have been placed around the place .
There are a hundred in the city of Perth and various numbers in various
communities around the place, including in some of the operational teams that
manage all these sorts of issues. There are 1 100 additional police officers,
which is an increase in police staffing of around 15 or 20 per cent during the
time that we have been in office. That is a significant increase in resourcing.
The police commissioner, who is a fine
police commissioner and is about to go off and become the Governor of Western Australia,
has indicated that this person and these 62 conditions will be very closely
monitored, which is what the police do. I do not know whether the member
notices, but, constantly, people who breach bail or breach these conditions, when they are released under a dangerous
sex offender order or what have you, are sent back before the courts and imprisoned. I do not know whether
the member notices that, but that is what takes place, because they are
monitored. That is what is occurring in the case of this gentleman. I suspect,
knowing the record of this person, he will be very, very carefully and closely
monitored. But I am not going to start second-guessing our police or trying to
intervene in operational matters that the police are engaged in, particularly
at the urging of someone who cannot process basic information.
The
SPEAKER : The Premier was very
quick to his feet to answer that supplementary, but it was in fact a statement and two short questions. A supplementary should just be one short question.
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