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Evidence of ACT Policing being sufficiently resourced to respond to crime is its history of achieving good results against the performance measures in the Purchase Agreement and when compared to other jurisdictions. Canberrans also report high satisfaction levels with ACT Policing and feel safe in the community.
b) The ACT is growing and changing, and the Government and community’s expectations of ACT Policing continue to evolve. That is why in 2017-18 the Government invested $2.1 million to support ACT Policing’s Futures Program to review ACT Policing’s operating model and infrastructure. Insights gained through the review are informing the development of an enhanced service delivery model and how ACT Government can best support ACT Policing into the future, including enhancing technology and the mobility of our police officers.
In 2018-19, the ACT Government invested $2.6 million to recruit four, new specialist positions to expand ACT Policing’s strategic analysis capability, helping to identify and target emerging crime trends and $5.6 million to provide new smartphone equipment to all police officers to improve the secure capture, transmission and sharing of data and radio communications. These devices allow police officers to be more mobile so they can spend more time in the community.
Children and young people—care and protection
(Question No 2338)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Children, Youth and Families, upon notice, on 22 February 2019:
(1) Did the Minister state in question time on 20 February 2019 that “We already have a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care in stable placements, sixty per cent of them living with extended family and kin. We are not about to disrupt those placements”; if so, (a) what are the reasons that inform this commitment to maintaining a stable placement including known benefits of maintaining a stable placement for a child or young person who is in out-of-home care and known risks of disrupting a stable placement for a child or young person who is in out-of-home care.
(2) Does the length of time that a stable placement has been in effect impact on either benefits or risks; if so, in what way/s.
(3) Does any attachment that the child has formed with carers impact either benefits or risks; if so, in what way/s.
(4) In relation to answers to parts (1)(a) to (3), are there any circumstances in which the ACT Government would choose to disrupt a stable placement; if so, what circumstances would warrant such a decision.
(5) What principles or guidelines would determine that it is in the best interest of a child to disrupt a stable placement.
(6) How would the attachment of the child to her or his carers be taken into consideration in the case of a decision to disrupt a stable placement.
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