House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-05-22 Daily Xml

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Police Recruitment

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:57): Supplementary question: given that the minister says that he has been advised that it is on track, can the minister explain his answer, given that official SAPOL documents obtained under freedom of information reveal that as at 30 June 2017, seven years after promising 300 additional police officers, the government is only expected to have recruited 79 additional sworn police officers, leaving 221 to be recruited in the last 12 months?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:58): I thank the honourable member for his question and I just reaffirm my earlier answer. I will seek clarification.