Ms Paula Hilman:

We are asked about the portal frequently. If we do not have a digital evidence management system, we cannot have that portal. We need that system. As the Commissioner said, it is part of the digital Bill. That will give us the capacity to receive and upload multiple reports coming in through various means, whether from people's phones or GoPros. It will be 2026 before the portal is live. In the intervening period, we will take a different approach to traffic watch, which we plan to update. We are committed to having the portal up. We hear about this from cyclist lobbies, which we meet regularly. They are understandably very anxious to have the portal up and running. Our chief information officer has met with them and has explained how the system needs to work. Many other police services we are compared to have a digital evidence management system, but we do not. It will be announced shortly that in the intervening period between now and the portal being established, we will be moving to an online reporting system. This will not be a portal but it is on our journey towards a portal. Traffic watch is currently a telephone call service. The public will be informed of these changes through a communications campaign. People will be able to report through our website as a stepping stone. We know it is not the portal but it is showing our commitment to what we can keep doing over the next year and a half, with our eye remaining focused on getting us to the portal.