❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister for Police regarding the arrest of Guy Cramp, a serial domestic violence offender, specifically concerning the date of arrest and the use of electronic monitoring. The Minister avoids directly answering the questions, accusing the member of misinformation and conflating issues.
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Guy Cramp
176. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Police:
I refer to the
minister's answer last Thursday regarding serial domestic violence offender Guy
Cramp.
(1) Can the minister confirm that police arrested Guy
Cramp on Tuesday 10 March, as he stated, and not Wednesday 11 March, when he
handed himself in to court?
(2) Did police locate Guy Cramp via electronic
monitoring with information from the Department of Justice team that is co-located
with police in the State Operations Command Centre?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
176. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Police:
I refer to the
minister's answer last Thursday regarding serial domestic violence offender Guy
Cramp.
(1) Can the minister confirm that police arrested Guy
Cramp on Tuesday 10 March, as he stated, and not Wednesday 11 March, when he
handed himself in to court?
(2) Did police locate Guy Cramp via electronic
monitoring with information from the Department of Justice team that is co-located
with police in the State Operations Command Centre?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) I thank the member. This is
another opportunity to clear up some misinformation coming from the other side.
The member for Vasse raised this a couple of times last week—uninformed
speculation and assumptions—and then raced off to social media and
continued to misinform the public and conflate issues. There is no doubt that
this certain individual has been accused of a very serious horrendous crime,
and it is to be dealt with extraordinarily seriously. But to conflate other
issues and to make political points is very unfortunate.
Mr Adam Hort: Was it Wednesday or Thursday?
Mr Reece Whitby: I will give members the timeline.
This was a matter in which the accused was required to present in court, and
the accused did not make the court time. The magistrate at the time issued a
bench warrant for that individual to be arrested. The member brought up the
issue of electronic monitoring. At no time was there a breach. There was no
breach.
Ms Libby Mettam: That's not the question.
The Speaker: Member for Vasse—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, this is not
your question. Member for Vasse, you have asked the question. The minister is
responding.
Mr Reece Whitby: There was no electronic monitoring
breach. There was no alarm at the SOCC. There was no need for intervention.
There was no entry to an exclusion zone. There was no breach.
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
Mr Reece Whitby: Here we go.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda! The minister is
still responding to the question. If you keep interjecting, you will not get the
chance for a supplementary.
Mr Reece Whitby: This individual called the courthouse
and said that they were at work and asked could they come to the courthouse on
the day that they were supposed to appear. The court told that individual that
the hearings and the listing session had concluded. They were put in touch with
adult community corrections at Midland that day. The police were informed on
that day that adult community corrections was handling the case and was in
touch with the individual. That individual presented at Midland Police Station,
where he was formally arrested.
another opportunity to clear up some misinformation coming from the other side.
The member for Vasse raised this a couple of times last week—uninformed
speculation and assumptions—and then raced off to social media and
continued to misinform the public and conflate issues. There is no doubt that
this certain individual has been accused of a very serious horrendous crime,
and it is to be dealt with extraordinarily seriously. But to conflate other
issues and to make political points is very unfortunate.
Mr Adam Hort: Was it Wednesday or Thursday?
Mr Reece Whitby: I will give members the timeline.
This was a matter in which the accused was required to present in court, and
the accused did not make the court time. The magistrate at the time issued a
bench warrant for that individual to be arrested. The member brought up the
issue of electronic monitoring. At no time was there a breach. There was no
breach.
Ms Libby Mettam: That's not the question.
The Speaker: Member for Vasse—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, this is not
your question. Member for Vasse, you have asked the question. The minister is
responding.
Mr Reece Whitby: There was no electronic monitoring
breach. There was no alarm at the SOCC. There was no need for intervention.
There was no entry to an exclusion zone. There was no breach.
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
Mr Reece Whitby: Here we go.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda! The minister is
still responding to the question. If you keep interjecting, you will not get the
chance for a supplementary.
Mr Reece Whitby: This individual called the courthouse
and said that they were at work and asked could they come to the courthouse on
the day that they were supposed to appear. The court told that individual that
the hearings and the listing session had concluded. They were put in touch with
adult community corrections at Midland that day. The police were informed on
that day that adult community corrections was handling the case and was in
touch with the individual. That individual presented at Midland Police Station,
where he was formally arrested.
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