Page 517 - Week 02 - Thursday, 3 March 1994

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ATTORNEY-GENERAL-

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1162

Police in Schools Program

MR CORNWELL: asked the Attorney-General -

Has the police officer attached to the (a) Kaleen school catchment area; (b) Campbell/Ainslie catchment area been withdrawn and if so, why.

MR CONNOLLY: The answer to Mr Cornwell's question is as follows:

(a) Yes.

(b) Yes.

The Police in Schools Program was introduced into the ACT as a pilot program in October 1990 in Kaleen and Campbell High Schools and their feeder primary schools. Other schools had requested the Australian Federal Police ACT Region to introduce similar programs; but this was not possible due to the considerable resources involved. Consequently, the Chief Police Officer for the ACT, Assistant Commissioner Peter Dawson, decided to end the pilot program.

However, the ACT Region will be conducting a pilot program in the Kaleen and Campbell/Ainslie areas during 1994 to experiment with the concept of country town policing. The concept of country town policing involves dedicating a constable to a suburb to provide a country style police service.

The country town policing pilot will absorb the Police in Schools Program and enhance police relationships within broader sections of the community through the constable visiting such places as shops and other public areas, including schools, in the Kaleen and Campbell/Ainslie areas.

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