| Western Australia Police Force | |
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 Badge of the Western Australia Police | |
 Flag of the Western Australia Police | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 January 1834 |
| Employees | 9,481 (30 June 2023)[1]: 154–155 |
| Annual budget | A$1.48 billion (2020-21)[2]: 167 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction |  Western Australia, Australia |
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| Western Australia Police jurisdiction | |
| Size | 2,626,399 km2 |
| Population | 2,660,026[3] |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| Governing body | Government of Western Australia |
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| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 2 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, Western Australia 31°57′41″S 115°52′43″E / 31.9613°S 115.8787°E |
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| Units | List
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 159[2]: 8–9 |
| Patrol cars | >1,000[5] |
| Website | |
| www.police.wa.gov.au | |
The Western Australia Police Force, colloquially WAPOL, provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia, an area of 2.61 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction, with a population of 2.66 million,[3] of which 2.11 million reside in the Perth Metropolitan Region.[6]
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- ^ a b "Western Australia, 2021 Census All persons QuickStats".
- ^ "Premier of Western Australia & Cabinet Ministers". Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Cops in bid for high-tech dashcams to live stream pursuits". The West Australian. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Greater Perth, 2021 Census All persons QuickStats". Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.