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(2) How many complaints via other means of contact to ACT Policing were made concerning speeding and road safety concerns at Kerrigan Street, Dunlop for the years (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19 (to date).

(3) How often is Kerrigan Street monitored by ACT Policing for speeding, dangerous driving behaviour and other road safety concerns and what measures are undertaken by ACT Policing as part of this monitoring.

Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) ACT Policing have received the following numbers of reports of speeding and other road safety concerns on Kerrigan Street, Dunlop:

a. 2016-17 – 10 reports

b. 2017-18 – 14 reports

c. 2018-19 (as at 18 February 2019) – 6 reports

(2) ACT Policing continue works with and encourages the community to identify and report traffic offenders, particularly those engage in dangerous and/or reckless behaviour on our roads. Reports of this nature are encouraged to be submitted through standardised reporting channels such as phone calls to Police Operations or Crime Stoppers which ensure accurate recording of reports. Where particular incidents or offences are identified and reported, these incidents are recorded on the Police Records Online Management Information System (PROMIS) as reported above at the response to question 1.

Policing, by its community focussed nature, requires proactive engagement with the community by other means outside of these standardised reporting channels. This contact may include face to face interactions (both ad-hoc and planned engagement events), written correspondence to office holders, Station Sergeants or individual officers, or verbal contact with any member of ACT Policing.

These interactions occur on a daily basis and cannot be definitively and accurately collated and reported within the terms of the question posed.

(3) ACT Policing undertake routine patrols and target specific driving offences in response to operational priorities, reported concerns, developing trends, and the 2018-2019 Road Safety Calendar. Direct community engagement, high-visibility deterrence, enforcement of road laws and proactive policing are cornerstones of community policing and important components of reducing road trauma.

While ACT Policing can provide the number of individual reports received regarding a location [see above at Question 1], the fluid nature of the community policing environment precludes the identification of how many times police have attended a particular street for community engagement, high-visibility patrols, or community policing patrol.

ACT Policing advises the following number of Traffic Infringement Notices and Cautions were issued on Kerrigan Street, Dunlop:

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