WA Police Commisioner Karl O'Callaghan. Picture: Justin Benson-Cooper Source: PerthNow
ON-CALL detectives have been told they can't take work cars home any more and have to find their own way back to the office before attending serious crimes such as sex assaults or homicides.
WA Police Union president George Tilbury said detectives were wasting precious police time waiting for a taxi or using public transport to return to work to collect a vehicle before attending a crime.
Mr Tilbury said it had always been standard practice for on-call detectives to take vehicles home so they could go straight to a crime scene if required.
He wanted the "nonsensical" directive to be scrapped immediately.
"This directive from the agency makes absolutely no sense," Mr Tilbury said.
"Surely, it would be more logical for the on-call officer to take a vehicle home and attend matters direct from his/her current location."
Mr Tilbury said the policy was hindering the work of detectives and their ability to "respond to the community in a timely manner".
Opposition police spokeswoman Michelle Roberts said the directive was clearly about trying to save money.
"The Government can try to dress this up whichever way it likes, but officers at the front line know the facts," she said.
A spokeswoman for Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said the vehicle policy had not changed, but was simply being enforced.
"It recently came to the attention of the senior executive that the policy wasn't being adhered to and an instruction was issued for officers to comply," she said.
"On-call detectives can remotely provide advice and instruction to attending officers or make arrangements to return to duty in the case of a major incident. However, other 24/7 police resources are also available for additional support."
The policy states officers can take a vehicle home if they are on "close call", which requires them to stay at home.
"The issue is that nobody is ever placed on 'close call', meaning nobody has been taking a vehicle home," Mr Tilbury said.
"Cars are available and because of internal policy by the agency, it won't let detectives take cars home even though they might have to return to duty."
Police Minister Liza Harvey said the policy was introduced under the Labor government.
"The Police Commissioner has advised me that police are enforcing their vehicle commuting policy, which was introduced under the previous Labor government," she said.
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