Aus News 11: WA crime rate on the slide

The latest crime statistics shows that the overall reported rate of crime in the West Australia is declining, which is a decrease of 12.7 per cent in the last financial year. According to Mr. Porter, the Attorney General who announced the statistics today, said that the reported offences had continued a downward trend in the past 18 months. The government sees tackling crimes and anti-social behaviours as their major priority. The collaborative efforts among the WA Police, Corrective Services and all other relevant agencies and arms of government have resulted in this pleasant outcome. They have put more police patrolling the street, introduced a series of legislative measures to target particular kinds of offending, seen a more stringent approach to parole, taken more serious offenders off the streets and significantly expanded the delivery of rehabilitative programs in their jails. However, they claim that there are still rooms for improvement and that tackling crimes will always be put in precedence. The Police Commissioner, Karl O’Callaghan was proud that his staff were playing excellent roles in tackling crimes. He also claimed that a number of policing and justice initiatives, as well as environmental factors had contributed to the cut in crimes.

This is indeed a pleasant news to hear of. The commitment of West Australian authorities in tackling crimes should be learned and followed by all other countries. Perhaps Malaysian government should also consider to adopt to a more effective approach, for instance, increase the effectiveness of police forces, reinforce the legislative rules, etc, so that to create a crimes-free society one day later. It seems hard, but it is never impossible if we really have the determination to achieve it!