In 2023, almost 60 percent of cases reported to police were abandoned. 

In total, police received 962,521 emergency calls and reports – 572,037 were abandoned and nearly 180,000 were closed without any investigation at all.  

Police Minister Mark Mitchell tells Mike Hosking the numbers reflect the growing demand for police support and services but that a lot of what is reported is not actually deemed as police work.  

Mitchell says police should be focused on their core role. 

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