The WA government is having to spend tens of millions of dollars bolstering staffing for a key family and domestic violence policy. It comes after the ABC revealed issues with the rollout of mandatory electronic monitoring for serious repeat offenders.
00:00In the months after one of the WA government's flagship domestic violence policies took effect,
00:07cracks started to show.
00:09The idea was for serious repeat family and domestic violence offenders to be subject to GPS tracking.
00:15But in April, the Justice Department told a Bunbury court electronic monitoring of offenders was not possible outside of Perth.
00:22Obviously in any regional setting we are challenged in the way that this technology can be deployed.
00:28Concerns around staffing emerged including police saying officers were being sent to change batteries on devices in regional areas when Justice Department staff weren't available.
00:38But the government played down suggestions of staffing shortages.
00:42There are some technical limitations to the electronic monitoring system.
00:46What is technical? It's simple. Staff or black spots? Which is it?
00:51Well I'm advised that it's black spots.
00:53Well, months later, millions of dollars in the budget would suggest that there was a very big problem.
00:58The opposition highlighting $23 million added to this year's budget for an extra 38 staff to support electronic monitoring.
01:05Twelve will work for the Justice Department, some supporting victim survivors through the court process.
01:11Six will be community corrections officers based in the regions.
01:15This is an admission that regional electronic monitoring was undercooked, understaffed and didn't have the resources that it needed from the beginning.
01:24WA Police will employ the remaining 26 staff.
01:27The Justice Department said its request for extra money was a result of reviewing the implementation of the laws,
01:33while the Police Minister has said the force's request for more money came well before any issues were made public.
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