Thursday, 2 May 2019

Drug driving

In reply to Mr LIMBRICK (South Eastern Metropolitan) (30 April 2019)

Ms PULFORD (Western Victoria—Minister for Roads, Minister for Road Safety and the TAC, Minister for Fishing and Boating):

The TAC’s Enhanced Enforcement Program provides funding to boost the capacity of Victoria Police to undertake additional enforcement activities across the state. Additional enforcement activities include drug testing, mobile speed cameras and random breath tests. The TAC has provided around $12 million over the past three years to Victoria Police to undertake these activities.

In relation to your supplementary question regarding the training of Victoria Police members and the metric of drug impairment assessments undertaken, these matters fall within the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.

The Minister for Police and Emergency Services advises me that there are currently 804 serving police members who are trained. The Drug Impairment Assessment (DIA) training commenced in 2000.

Drug impaired assessments done:

2016—179

2017—192

2018—133

2019—34 (to 30/04)