Matters Referred to the Auditor-General Pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Information Act cont… (v) preserve order in the event of an emergency; (vi) promote awareness of rights, responsibilities, duties or entitlements; (vii) encourage of, or familiarity with, government products or services; (b) the purpose of the information is to do any of the following: (i) report on performance in relation to government undertakings; (ii) communicate functions of government (for example, education campaigns, recruitment, community engagement, expressions of interest, future plans); (iii) communicate on matters of social cohesion, pride, community spirit or tolerance. The content of the email contravenes Section 3 of the Public Information Regulations. In addition, I have listed below some specific elements from the referred email content that I have determined have contravened the provisions of the Act and/or the Regulations. Element Determination will help Contravention of Public Information Act Section 6(2)(c) in “Program ‘SerPro’ support frontline police officers that this element is not clearly distinguished as a by significantly improving statement of or a statement of comments. There are access to police records no facts presented or referenced within the email to digitally across the substantiate the comment that the introduction of the new Territory in real time, system will result in officers spending less time at desks regardless of location and and more time on the streets. enable use on mobile devices. This will result in officers spending less time at desks and more time on the streets to better enable them to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.”
Matters Referred to the Auditor-General Pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Information Act cont… (v) preserve order in the event of an emergency; (vi) promote awareness of rights, responsibilities, duties or entitlements; (vii) encourage of, or familiarity with, government products or services; (b) the purpose of the information is to do any of the following: (i) report on performance in relation to government undertakings; (ii) communicate functions of government (for example, education campaigns, recruitment, community engagement, expressions of interest, future plans); (iii) communicate on matters of social cohesion, pride, community spirit or tolerance. The content of the email contravenes Section 3 of the Public Information Regulations. In addition, I have listed below some specific elements from the referred email content that I have determined have contravened the provisions of the Act and/or the Regulations. Element Determination “Program ‘SerPro’ will help support frontline police officers by significantly improving access to police records digitally across the Territory in real time, regardless of location and enable use on mobile devices. This will result in officers spending less time at desks and more time on the streets to better enable them to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.” Contravention of Public Information Act Section 6(2)(c) in that this element is not clearly distinguished as a statement of or a statement of comments. There are no facts presented or referenced within the email to substantiate the comment that the introduction of the new system will result in officers spending less time at desks and more time on the streets.
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