5037 Tas Police Annual Report
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Contents Who We Are 2 Appendix B Crime Statistics 114 Our Priorities 4 Appendix C Traffic Statistics 122 Our Performance - a Snapshot 5 Appendix D Human Resource Statistics 124 Foreword 6 Appendix E Superannuation 127 Corporate Governance 8 Appendix F Firearms 127 Organisational Chart 10 Appendix G Consultancies and Contracts 128 Organisational Profile 12 Appendix H National Commitments 24 Location of Departmental Offices and Contact Numbers 130 State Priorities 30 Appendix I OUTPUT GROUP 1 Community Safety 34 Documents and Publications Produced, Appeal/Review Process, OUTPUT GROUP 2 Crime 40 Administrative Decisions, Legislative Program, Statutory Boards 132 OUTPUT GROUP 3 Appendix J Freedom of Information 133 Traffic Law Enforcement and Road Safety 46 Appendix K OUTPUT GROUP 4 Emergency Management 50 Information Available Outside of Freedom of Information 134 Professionalism and Accountability 54 Appendix L Deaths in Custody 135 Managing our People 58 Appendix M Acronyms 136 Managing Support Services and our Assets 64 Appendix N Key Performance Measures 68 Compliance Index to Disclosure Requirements 137 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 77 INDEX 138 Appendix A Awards and Commendations 110 Letter to David Llewellyn Hon D Llewellyn MHA Minister for Police and Public Safety Parliament House Hobart Dear Minister In accordance with Section 36 (1) of the Tasmanian State Service Act 2000 and Section 27 of the Financial Management and Audit Act 1990, I have pleasure in submitting the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Department of Police and Public Safety for the financial year 2002-03. Yours sincerely Richard McCreadie Secretary Department of Police and Public Safety 17 November 2003 Annual Report 2002 - 2003 1 Who we are As at June 2003 the Department What Services we Provide employed 1117 police officers and 430 State Service and State Emergency This year the Department, which has Service personnel. It utilises the services undergone some structural changes to of approximately 600 emergency service comply with revised national security OUR VISION IS: volunteers statewide. requirements, is reporting on the services it provides under four major to be widely recognised as a premier police organisation. The Department is a core State Service Output Groups, as shown below. Other agency, funded by the Tasmanian departmental information includes: Government with a budget of $125.135 million (2002-03). • A summary of performance statistics (Key Performance Measures); OUR MISSION IS: • Current Human Resource issues and activities (Managing our People); and to ensure that Tasmania is the safest state in the nation. • Support services provided to operational policing (Managing Support Services and our Assets). Activities relevant to achieving Tasmania Together outcomes, detailed in the State Priorities chapter, are identified throughout the report by the Tasmania Together logo. 2 Department of Police and Public Safety Annual Report 2002 - 2003 3 Outcomes We Seek To Achieve: OUTPUT GROUP: OUTPUTS: By focusing on our mission and delivery 1. Community Safety Policing Support to the Community of services we will strive to achieve the Tasmania Together goal of having a 2. Crime Crime Detection and Investigation community where people feel safe, Support to Judicial Services and are safe, in all aspects of their lives. Protection of Primary Industry and Fisheries Resources 3. Traffic Law Enforcement Traffic Law Enforcement and Road Safety and Road Safety 4. Emergency Management State Emergency Service State Security Unit Search and Rescue 2 Department of Police and Public Safety Annual Report 2002 - 2003 3 Our Priorities During 2002 - 2003 the following were Maintain the reduction in the incidence identified as key priorities to meet of motor vehicle theft and burglary and community and policing needs: increase prevention efforts in order to reduce victimisation. Identify and implement early intervention strategies to support ‘at- Maintain targeted traffic-policing risk’ young people and their families. activities in order to reduce the number of serious injury motor vehicle crashes. Increase community safety, with a particular focus on reducing assaults Continue to enhance community in public places and making travel on safety through innovative emergency public transport safer. management strategies. Extend Project Samaritan to business Develop an on-line interactive premises as well as private residences capability to improve service delivery, in order to further reduce the incidence organisational knowledge and and effect of burglary in the community. awareness of corporate directions and priorities. 4 Department of Police and Public Safety Annual Report 2002 - 2003 5 Our Performance - A Snapshot • Tasmanians continued to value their on public transport: • The number of domestic violence • The Department remained within its police service. 79% thought police 59% (day) 29% (night). incidents attended by police increased allocated budget. were honest, 72% were satisfied with from 1630 to 2300. the service provided by police, 71% • Total recorded offences decreased by • The number of fatalities on Tasmanian The data sources for these statistics felt that they treated people fairly 7%, following a 12% decrease roads decreased from 44 to 33, a are departmental and Department of and equally, and 82% believed that the previous year. reduction of 25% from the previous Infrastructure, Energy and Resources police performed their job • The clearance rate for Offences Against year. The number of people seriously (DIER) databases, the Council of Australian professionally. These results were the Person improved by a further 4 injured in road accidents decreased Governments’ publication Report on consistently better than the percentage points to reach 89%. from 420 to 401, a decrease of 5% from Government Services 2003 and A C national average. However, Offences Against the Person the previous year Nielsen telephone surveys conducted with • The number of complaints made against increased by 4%, continuing an approximately 2500 Tasmanians between • 54,850 road safety camera infringement police decreased substantially this year upward trend. September 2002 and June 2003. notices were issued this year, and 940 to 89, the lowest rate since records • Offences Against Property decreased by red light violations. started in 1991. 7%, continuing the downward trend over • 57% of Tasmanians indicated they had • Tasmanians felt safer at home, in public the past five years. The clearance rate driven at more than 10 kph above the places and, particularly, when travelling for Offences Against Property was 26%, speed limit. Tasmanians recorded above on public transport this year: an improvement of 5 percentage points from the previous year. the national average in admitting to: Feeling safe – • A downward trend in the number of - driving when they were possibly over at home alone: burglaries of buildings continued, with the 0.05% blood alcohol limit; and 94% (day); 84% (night) a 14% decrease. The number of motor - not wearing a seat belt when driving or in public places: vehicles stolen decreased by 9%. a passenger. 89% (day) 45% (night) 4 Department of Police and Public Safety Annual Report 2002 - 2003 5 Foreword The past year has been a challenging clear-up and road accident injuries. For yet successful one for this Department. the first time we are below the national As demonstrated by the achievement of average in all nine national offence key benchmarks, districts have identified categories. Our rates of personal and their operational and management property crime remain low by national priorities, and, in substantial measure, standards and our crash injury rates have addressed them effectively. have also continued to decline. Although This has required an even greater the most recent community attitude commitment and adherence to the surveys reveal a steady improvement in principles of responsiveness to change, Tasmanians’ perception of safety and as well as imagination and creativity in their attitude towards their police service, their approach to the challenges they there is still room for improvement. face. Their work has been underpinned A recognition that there exist clear by enhancements to DNA profiling linkages between community processes, improved targeting of crime connectedness, crime reduction and hot-spots and of criminals, as well as improvement in community safety the investigation of cases, advances also drove a number of key initiatives. in E-crime detection and greater This Department has been a leader in accountability in corporate reporting. developing early preventive strategies, As an organisation we have achieved particularly in relation to young people some outstanding results, particularly and families ‘at risk’. Our determination in the areas of crime reduction, crime to work closely with young people, 6 Department of Police and Public Safety Annual Report 2002 - 2003 7 to keep them out of the criminal justice Our partnership with the University in which to live, work and visit. I believe for ‘the best strategic policy proposal’ system, and to better manage incidents of of Tasmania has continued to grow. that the Strategic Directions Framework developed for the Police Executive family violence has resulted in reviews of Significant numbers of staff are studying will provide the basis as well as the Leadership Program at the Australian our strategies, and additional resources for Bachelor degrees as well as post- opportunity to achieve