❓ Hon Kate Doust asks about the costs associated with the Pilbara drug investigation operation "Redwater", and whether further deployments are planned for mine sites. WA Police provides cost breakdowns for each phase, confirms all costs were met from the WA Police budget, and declines to comment on future deployments for operational security reasons.
AnsweredQoN 3415Legislative Council
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I refer to the deployment of police officers and drug detection dogs as part of the Pilbara drug investigation operation "Redwater", and I ask: (a) what was the cost of each of the three phases of this operation; (b) for each of the deployments, how much of this cost was met by: (i) local police; (ii) Western Australia Police budget, not including local police funding; and (iii) other funding sources (please specify); and (c) are further deployments of this nature planned for mine sites?
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Answered
20 October 2015
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
Response time
34 days
(a) The additional costs incurred for Operation "Redwater":
Redwater 1
Redwater 2
Redwater 3
$16,074.86
$26,263.71
$13,774.99
(b)
(i) - (iii) All costs were met from within the WA Police budget.
(c) For operational security WA Police cannot comment on future deployments.
Redwater 1
Redwater 2
Redwater 3
$16,074.86
$26,263.71
$13,774.99
(b)
(i) - (iii) All costs were met from within the WA Police budget.
(c) For operational security WA Police cannot comment on future deployments.
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