The WA Police is committed to ensuring people with disabilities, their families and carers are able to fully access departmental services and facilities. This includes consulting people with disabilities, their families and carers and where required, disability organisations, to ensure that barriers to access are addressed appropriately.
We aim to:
- Be responsive and adaptable in addressing the barriers experienced by people due to various disabilities, including physical, sensory, cognitive and psychiatric disabilities.
- Be responsive to addressing the barriers experienced by the families and carers of people with disabilities.
- Ensure that all policies and practices governing departmental facilities and services are consistent with the WA Police policy on access and inclusion.
WA Police Crime Prevention & Community Diversity Officers in each police district are responsible for:
- Identifying barriers that local people with disabilities, their families and carers experience in accessing Western Australia Police facilities and services.
- Consulting at a local level to ensure that any disability issues are identified and dealt with.
Accessible information
WA Police ensures that information about police functions and services is available in alternative formats upon request. Contact the Community Diversity Unit on (08) 9301 9675.
Language and communication services
If you do not speak English, your English is limited, or you have a hearing impairment, an interpreter will be provided for you free of charge.
You can also contact a Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450 or the WA Deaf Society on (08) 9441 2677 (TTY: (08) 9441 2655) to discuss a policing matter with an interpreter.
Customer feedback
If you have any suggestions or feedback about how we can provide quality services to people with disabilities, please let us know by completing our Customer Feedback Form (MWord doc, 47kb).
Where to get help
Anyone with concerns, should firstly contact their local Diversity Officer for assistance via local police on 131 444.
Contact the Community Diversity Unit if you do not wish to make a formal complaint but just feel like talking through an issue. All contact is dealt with discreetly.
Community Diversity Unit
3rd Floor
WA Police Headquarters
2 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
Tel: (08) 9222 1510, (08) 9222 1576
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