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WA police lock down stations

Police have upped the ante in their pay dispute with the West Australian government, locking stations, turning off the lights and promising to respond only to emergencies.

The police union has been at loggerheads with Alan Carpenter's government for months over a claim, by officers, for a 20 per cent rise over two years.

Police began working to rule in July and last month 2,000 officers rallied outside parliament house in Perth in support of the claim.

Union president Mike Dean said a new phase of industrial action had begun with stations closed for two hours, between 5pm and 7pm WST.

The state's 500 police have been told, by the union, to close the doors and turn off the lights and remain in their stations - unless required for an emergency incident, Mr Dean said.

They have been told not to patrol, not to make arrests, except in emergencies, and not to do administrative work.

Mr Dean said the union had no choice but to order this industrial action because the Carpenter government had restated its "meagre" offer of 4.5 per cent, four per cent and another four per cent over three years.

"While Mr Carpenter has accepted a $13,000 annual increase in his salary package, he has offered constables on the base rate just 99 cents an hour extra," Mr Dean said.

"This insulting offer is to workers who face a one-in-four chance each year of being assaulted in the course of their work."

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WA police lock down stations

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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
04 September 2006