Page 1861 - Week 05 - Thursday, 10 May 2018
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Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1&2) In the current financial year-to-date, 8054 calls have been made to the ACT Crime Stoppers hotline, averaging 805 calls per month.
(3) Calls to Crime Stoppers are to provide confidential information rather than an immediate policing response. In the event that a Crime Stoppers call is not answered on first presentation, it is transferred to an automated message bank. In the current financial year to date, 2048 Crime Stoppers calls were not answered on first presentation. The community can have confidence these messages are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure the information is actioned in a timely manner.
(4&5) ACT Crime Stoppers, 131 444 and Triple Zero telephone calls are received by ACT Policing Operations. ACT Policing Operations operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On average, one team of two supervisors and eight team members are rostered as radio operators and/or call takers. Overlapping of teams occurs during peak periods, during which time up to four supervisors and 16 team members are rostered as radio operators and/or call takers.
ACT Policing—staffing
(Question No 1049)
Mrs Jones asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 23 March 2018:
How many sworn officers (FTE) were moved from ACT Policing to AFP National in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2016-17 and (g) 2017-18 to date.
Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
The ACT Government contracts the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to provide for a minimum number of FTEs.
As ACT Policing advises, resources fluctuate throughout the year due to mobility between ACT Policing and AFP National Operations. This occurs for a number of reasons including attrition and the timing and commencement of recruits. Mobility also helps develop and further the skills and knowledge of ACT Policing members.
I am also advised by ACT Policing that considering resources through the lens of frontline or sworn officers is not an accurate reflection of ACT Policing capabilities. For example, non-sworn members of ACT Policing support, direct and influence ACT Policing’s flexible and nimble responses to a range of complex issues; with a focus on prevention, disruption and response.
Additionally, Canberra is in a unique position because ACT Policing are able to call on resources from the broader AFP as operational requirements arise. This includes Specialist Response Group and K9 capabilities, which in the past have been included within FTE counts.
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