A NEW policing model rolled out on Monday has seen the amalgamation of the Peel and South Metropolitan districts.
With a view to “getting back to basics”, the new model encompasses three main areas of responsibility, according to Peel officer in charge senior sergeant Dean Snashall.
These include response, local policing and investigations.
“The idea of the local policing teams is to get back to basics and spend more time interacting with the public to address issues that perhaps we didn’t have time to address before,” snr-sgt Snashall said.
On Tuesday, snr-sgt Snashall and officers from Mandurah’s local policing team met with businesses and key stakeholders at Mandurah Forum.
Snr-sgt Snashall said the shopping centre provided a “great opportunity for my staff to interact with a large cross-section of the community who are able to convey their own personal stories about policing issues in Mandurah and give the necessary advice”.
Similar public events will be conducted over the coming weeks with local policing teams encouraging people to make themselves known and interact with officers.
The new model has been rolled out on the heels of the South East Metro district which Police Commission Karl O’Callaghan said had been a success.
The six month trial of the Police Operating Model ran in South East Metropolitan District from November 4 to May 4, bringing the following results:
- 8.4% reduction in verified offences year to date (reduction of 2788 offences)
- 9.3% reduction in Computer Aided Dispatched tasks
- 47% reduction in response at the top 20 repeat attendance locations within each sub district
- 16.7% increase in prosecution briefs
- 7.2% improvement in average response times bringing the District to a comparable level to the Metropolitan average
- 87% public satisfaction with police contact (13% improvement)
Significant use of social media to directly advise, engage, inform and interact with the community. Kensington Police have 1100 Twitter followers.
Local Teams are directly contactable by their published mobile phone number
Lower sick leave taken than the Metropolitan average (source: WA Police.)
The new model will change the way policing is done in Mandurah, according to snr-sgt Snashall who said extra officers on the beat would result in a more visible police presence.
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