Legislative Council: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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POLICE STATIONS, NEW

The Hon. A. BRESSINGTON (14:56): Can the minister give the number of police that will actually be manning the Munno Para police station?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning) (14:56): As I said, these are shopfront police offices. I will get the specific—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: What I can say is that there has been a massive increase in police numbers under this government: we now have over 4,200 officers. There are additional police. I will get the information for the honourable member which states how many police officers there are in the whole area compared to six years ago. I am happy to do that.