Page 974 - Week 03 - Thursday, 30 March 2006
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(9) Yes. Police concerns for public safety and concerns expressed by members of the community, along with media coverage, were reasons for the establishment of Operation Globin.
(10) As mentioned at 8 (b) above, the Strategic Planning Retreat identified “response” as the key theme for ACT Policing in 2005-2006. Enforcement of road rules is considered an integral element of a broader policing response capability.
(11) As indicated in the footnote to table 2.27, Breath tests and positives by month 2004-2005, on p57 of the ACT Policing Annual Report, statistics for April 2005 were under-reported due to a technical error.
(12) While ACT Policing did not achieve its target for this measure in 2004-2005, there has subsequently been a substantial increase in people satisfied or very satisfied with police support for community programs. Between 1 July and 30 September 2005, 59.0% of people were satisfied or very satisfied with police support for community programs while between 1 October and 31 December 2005, 68.9% were satisfied or very satisfied, an increase of 9.9%.
This data is sourced from the AC Nielsen National Survey of Community Satisfaction with Policing and was based on the most recent summary report available (January 2005 – December 2005). Whilst the ACT has relatively low rates of persons satisfied or very satisfied with police support for community programs, it also has the highest rate of persons who are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied on this issue (24.8% responded neither satisfied nor dissatisfied while the jurisdictional average was 17.2%). This could indicate that a higher proportion of ACT residents have no opinion on this issue or have not had contact with community programs on which they can base an opinion.
The premise on which this data is based focuses on Neighbourhood Watch, Crime Stoppers and Blue Light Discos. These programs are not necessarily representative of the diversity of community programs and events that ACT Policing supports such as the Multicultural Festival, Springout, the Community Youth Alliance and the ACT Schools Crime Prevention Debate. ACT Policing has received positive feedback from the community in relation to these other programs.
ACT Policing continually seeks to support new community programs such as the recent involvement as mentors and sponsors for the 'On Track' program, a joint initiative of Gugan Gulwan and Narrabundah Primary School which offers a flexible alternative education program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
(13) The Coroner’s Office is part of ACT Policing, but can assist the AFP in other matters on a cost-recovery or cost-attribution basis.
(14) Refer to the response to Question 13.
(15) The ACT Coroner’s Office did not actually investigate 60 NSW deaths, but, as part of an arrangement between the two parties, assisted NSW Police and the NSW Coroner by organising the conduct of post mortems at the Kingston Forensic Medical Centre.
(16) In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the ACT Government is recompensed for work undertaken on Commonwealth matters.
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