Talk:Western Australia Police

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Should this not be moved to Western Australian Police? -- Ian ≡ talk 02:20, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I guess not, looking at South Australia Police and the two respective external links. -- Ian ≡ talk 08:11, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Western Australia Police is the official name of the organisation.--Hack 03:45, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Sidebox 2 Police Air Wing 3 Coordinates

[edit] Sidebox

I added the side box that appears on the QLD/NSW/VIC police pages, and filled in the relevant information, if someone could find out the WA police motto and ministry and fill that in, it would be appreciated, also if anyone could add in any info i have missed such as any missing major units..

I also added the WA police shield --Nirvana- 06:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Police Air Wing

I have added "The crash was the single biggest loss of police lives in West Australian history, and the first involving a police aircraft" based on [1] which references an article in The Australian newspaper. However I recall the Police Helicopter was involved in a spectacular crash landing at a local school with debris flying everywhere, including above school children gathered to watch it, perhaps in the late 80's or early 90's, but can't find an online ref for it. Nachoman-au 13:07, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Can't find a ref for that but as I recall there were only slight injuries from that crash.--Hack 03:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Found it and added to article. Nachoman-au 11:34, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coordinates

Why are we adding coordinates for police headquarter buildings to an encyclopedia? -- Longhair 06:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I suspect someone thought: "because we can". Removed as unencyclopaedic. —Moondyne 06:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

• I don't think it's necessarily unencyclopaedic. I think a link to an aerial photo of the police headquarters illustrates more precisely not only its location (particularly for those not from Perth), but its status as a distinctive "1960's curved building". We don't want to go overboard, but in this case it could be considered useful information. ;) - Gobeirne 08:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)