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3990 - POLICE RESPONSE TIME

Hornery, Sonia to the Attorney General, and Minister for Justice representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter, and Vice-President of the Executive Council
  1. What is the NSW standard time considered appropriate for responding to crimes?
  2. What is the average response time for the:
    1. Newcastle City Local Area Command;
    2. Lake Macquarie Local Area Command?
Answer -

The NSW Police Force has advised me that the NSW statewide target is for a response to 80 per cent of urgent calls for service within 12 minutes.

I am advised that both Newcastle City and Lake Macquarie Local Area Command's average response times from 1 July 2012 to 29 May 2013 were within the respective targets for those Commands.

Question asked on 21 May 2013 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 155
Answer received on 25 June 2013 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 164

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