Oct 8, 2018
Hon. David Templeman
Minister for Local Government
Hon. David Templeman
Minister for Local Government
Cc David Wallace
President
Shire of York
Bcc Paul Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Shire of York
Your Ref:- SUNDAY TIMES- PAGE 26 "FLASHING CHARGES FOR SHIRE OFFICIAL" Exclusive Tony Barrass (below)
I draw your attention to the aforementioned article published in the Sunday Times of Sunday October 7, 2018, placing on the public record incidents which occurred nearly twelve (12) months ago at the Shire of York Offices.
Former Shire of York Executive Manager Infrastructure and Development Services, Paul Matthew Crewe, now faces seven (7) counts of Indecent Exposure apparently occurring between August 30 and October 11, 2017 against three (3) female employees, also one (1) count of Common Assault. (October 11, 2017, was just ten (10) days prior to the WA Local Government Elections.)
The act of wilful and indecent exposure in public is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code Sect: 203 with penalties of up to nine (9) months in prison and/ or a $9,000 fine as a Summary Conviction or two (2) years as a Criminal Conviction.
These alleged offences apparently occurred on seven occasions over a period of not less than five (5) weeks.
It could be reasonably argued that there are disturbing similarities between the current world-wide #MeToo campaign regarding the length of time that offences against women occur without any official, expedient and necessary intervention by any appropriate authority on behalf of the victims- and the suggested possibility that the victims, or fellow employees representing them, had to personally advise Police of the offences.
Such an extended time-frame has the potential to add to any emotional trauma suffered by the victims.
In the context of the content of the published article it is suggested that matters pertaining to the alleged offences were placed in the hands of the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA).
It is on public record that, in 2016, WALGA originally recommended to the Shire of York, Paul Crewe, as the ideal candidate for the position of Executive Manager Infrastructure and Development Services. Apparently after the alleged offenses were known to have occurred, Mr. Crewe was allowed to resign with all entitlements instead of being suspended, pending an investigation or summarily dismissed.
The article also suggests that the Police subpoenaed, from WALGA, documents relevant to the case, arguably to now assist in prosecuting this case.
As Minister for Local Government you were advised, in writing, of the case and the potential problems arising from it in October/November 2017.
The written response on your behalf, authored by one of your senior staff, suggested that you were fully conversant with the issue and you fully supported the actions taken by the Chief Executive Officer of the Shire of York, Paul Martin at that time.
You will note, in the article, that at the time of publication the Shire of York President, David Wallace, had refused to comment and the Chief Executive Officer was unavailable to make any comment.
Yours sincerely
David Taylor
Shire of York Ratepayer.
President
Shire of York
Bcc Paul Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Shire of York
Your Ref:- SUNDAY TIMES- PAGE 26 "FLASHING CHARGES FOR SHIRE OFFICIAL" Exclusive Tony Barrass (below)
I draw your attention to the aforementioned article published in the Sunday Times of Sunday October 7, 2018, placing on the public record incidents which occurred nearly twelve (12) months ago at the Shire of York Offices.
Former Shire of York Executive Manager Infrastructure and Development Services, Paul Matthew Crewe, now faces seven (7) counts of Indecent Exposure apparently occurring between August 30 and October 11, 2017 against three (3) female employees, also one (1) count of Common Assault. (October 11, 2017, was just ten (10) days prior to the WA Local Government Elections.)
The act of wilful and indecent exposure in public is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code Sect: 203 with penalties of up to nine (9) months in prison and/ or a $9,000 fine as a Summary Conviction or two (2) years as a Criminal Conviction.
These alleged offences apparently occurred on seven occasions over a period of not less than five (5) weeks.
It could be reasonably argued that there are disturbing similarities between the current world-wide #MeToo campaign regarding the length of time that offences against women occur without any official, expedient and necessary intervention by any appropriate authority on behalf of the victims- and the suggested possibility that the victims, or fellow employees representing them, had to personally advise Police of the offences.
Such an extended time-frame has the potential to add to any emotional trauma suffered by the victims.
In the context of the content of the published article it is suggested that matters pertaining to the alleged offences were placed in the hands of the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA).
It is on public record that, in 2016, WALGA originally recommended to the Shire of York, Paul Crewe, as the ideal candidate for the position of Executive Manager Infrastructure and Development Services. Apparently after the alleged offenses were known to have occurred, Mr. Crewe was allowed to resign with all entitlements instead of being suspended, pending an investigation or summarily dismissed.
The article also suggests that the Police subpoenaed, from WALGA, documents relevant to the case, arguably to now assist in prosecuting this case.
As Minister for Local Government you were advised, in writing, of the case and the potential problems arising from it in October/November 2017.
The written response on your behalf, authored by one of your senior staff, suggested that you were fully conversant with the issue and you fully supported the actions taken by the Chief Executive Officer of the Shire of York, Paul Martin at that time.
You will note, in the article, that at the time of publication the Shire of York President, David Wallace, had refused to comment and the Chief Executive Officer was unavailable to make any comment.
Yours sincerely
David Taylor
Shire of York Ratepayer.
Supposedly got off because the offences committed were not in a public place.
ReplyDeleteBy definition Indecent Exposure in a public place includes a school, a police station- and the workplace.
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