Rowville electorate
Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:43): (1307) My question is to the Minister for Police. Minister, when will the government ensure our police are properly resourced and supported to not only provide for their own safety on the job but help bring under control the current violent crime crisis? Following the past two weeks, in which Victoria Police has honoured and mourned two of its finest who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, Rowville electorate residents are seriously concerned about the ongoing chronic under-resourcing of Victoria Police, which sees the number of frontline police currently down by around 2000, and want to know what measures are being taken to support our police and increase frontline services. As a former police minister, on behalf of my Rowville electorate constituents I wish to extend our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the two slain police officers. Their tragic deaths in the line of duty on 26 August are a profound loss to the Victorian community they so bravely served.