Thursday, 6 February 2025

 Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:54): (1351) My question is to the Minister for Police, and I ask: Minister, since the most common location for criminal offences to occur in the City of Casey remains in homes – for example, 10,530 were recorded at the end of the fiscal year in June 2024, which is a 5 per cent increase – what action is being taken by you and this government to ensure that the residents of Casey are going to be adequately protected, because by the end of 2024 the City of Casey had seen an 11.3 per cent overall spike in recorded offences. Last year Victoria Police’s acting deputy commissioner of regional operations said the reality is, ‘Behind every statistic is a victim of crime.’ This is what this government fails to recognise. These statistics are real people in trouble, and the government just continues to ignore my calls, Victoria Police’s calls and the community’s call for help.