❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details about the Police Rail Unit (PRU) and the Southern Rail Unit (SRU), including staffing levels, operational structure, and base locations. The Minister provides specific answers to each question.
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POLICE OFFICERS - PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM 644. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN to the minister representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services: Further to my question without notice 620 asked on 28 August 2007 - (1) How many police officers are allocated to the police rail unit and the southern rail unit respectively? (2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE
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On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
POLICE OFFICERS - PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Further to my question without notice 620 asked on 28 August 2007 - (1) How many police officers are allocated to the police rail unit and the southern rail unit respectively? (2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(1) How many police officers are allocated to the police rail unit and the southern rail unit respectively? (2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
POLICE OFFICERS - PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Further to my question without notice 620 asked on 28 August 2007 - (1) How many police officers are allocated to the police rail unit and the southern rail unit respectively? (2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(1) How many police officers are allocated to the police rail unit and the southern rail unit respectively? (2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(2) Are the PRU and SRU intended to operate as separate or integrated operational and administrative units? (3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(3) What was the staffing level of the PRU prior to the creation of the SRU? (4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(4) When was the SRU created? (5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(5) Where are the PRU and SRU based? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
On behalf of the Minister for Regional Development, I thank the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition for providing some notice of the question. (1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(1) There are 50 police officers in each unit. (2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(2) The PRU and SRU come within the metropolitan regional support division, with line management being to a single inspector under the divisional superintendent. The units otherwise operate as separate operational units, each managed by a senior sergeant as the officer in charge. (3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(3) There were 50 police officers. (4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(4) The southern police rail unit commenced operations from Monday, 13 August 2007, providing general duties, front-line support and targeted operations in the south metropolitan police district prior to the Perth-Mandurah rail network opening later in the year. (5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
(5) The Perth rail unit is based at the Perth railway station. The southern police rail unit is currently in leased premises situated diagonally opposite the Rockingham Police Station at 85 McNicholl Street on the corner of Chalgrove Avenue, Rockingham. The SRU will move to its new accommodation at the Rockingham railway station on the completion of that building.
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