South Australia Police

The South Australia Police (SAPOL) is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. It is an agency of the Government of South Australia within the South Australian Department of Justice. SAPOL is directed by the Commissioner of Police, who reports to the Minister for Police. As of 30 June 2017, South Australia Police had 4948 active sworn members, including 339 cadets in training and 132 protective services officers, as well as approximately 920 civilian staff operating across 28 metropolitan and 110 regional police stations.[1][2]

South Australia Police
Badge of the South Australia Police
Flag of the South Australia Police
Motto	Keeping SA Safe
Agency overview
Formed	28 April, 1838
Employees	5869 (June 2017)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	South Australia, Australia
South Australia Police jurisdiction
Governing body	Government of South Australia
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	100 Angas Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 34°55′36.07″S 138°36′3.25″E
Sworn members	4948 (June 2017)[1]
Minister responsible	Vincent Tarzia, Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services
Agency executive	Grant Stevens, APM, Commissioner
Units	List Major Crime Investigation Branch Special Tasks & Rescue Group Security Response Section Operations Section Water Operations Unit Dog Operations Unit Mounted Operations Unit Traffic Services Support Branch Forensic Services Branch
Facilities
Stations	138[2]
Website
www.police.sa.gov.au

History

Formally established in 1838 under Henry Inman,[3] the force is the oldest in Australasia and it is the third oldest organised police force in the world. Unlike other Australian police forces, which originally employed soldiers or former convicts, the South Australia Police enlisted only volunteers. This occurred because South Australia was the only free colony on the continent.[3]

The early stages of the force

Mounted Police Barracks in 1890 with policemen on parade

In the early stages of the force, the staffing team consisted of ten mounted constables and ten foot constables under the command of the Inspector Henry Inman.

By 1840, Major Thomas Shouldham O'Halloran was appointed as the first official Commissioner of Police. At this time, SAPOL consisted of one Superintendent, two Inspectors, three Sergeants and 47 Constables divided into foot and mounted sections.

From 1848 to 1867, SAPOL also served as the state fire and rescue service, until the precursor of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service was formed. They also supplied the Civil Ambulance Service from 1880 to 1954, when it was taken over by the St John Ambulance Service.

Commissioners

Rank	Name	Post-nominals	Term began	Term ended	Time in appointment	Notes
Inspector (Commander)	Henry Inman		28 April 1838	18 May 1840	2 years, 20 days	[4][5]
Commissioner (Major)	Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran		8 June 1840	3 April 1843	2 years, 299 days	[6][7]
Commissioner	Boyle Travers Finniss		13 April 1843	12 May 1847	4 years, 29 days	[8][9]
Commissioner	George Frederick Dashwood		12 May 1847	31 December 1851	4 years, 233 days	[10]
Commissioner	Alexander Tolmer		28 January 1852	29 November 1853	1 year, 305 days	[11]
Commissioner (Colonel)	Peter Warburton		29 November 1853	13 February 1867	13 years, 76 days	[12]
Commissioner	George Hamilton		13 February 1867	24 May 1882	15 years, 100 days	[13]
Commissioner	William John Peterswald		3 May 1882	30 August 1896	14 years, 119 days	[14]
Commissioner	Lewis George Madley	ISO, VD	9 September 1896	31 December 1909	13 years, 113 days
Commissioner	William Henry Raymond		1 January 1910	30 June 1917	7 years, 180 days
Commissioner	Thomas Edwards		30 June 1917	30 June 1920	3 years, 0 days
Commissioner (Brigadier General)	Sir Raymond Leane	CB, CMG, DSO & Bar, MC, VD	1 July 1920	30 June 1944	23 years, 365 days	[15]
Commissioner	William Francis Johns	CBE	1 July 1944	1 July 1950	6 years, 0 days	[16]
Commissioner	Ivor Bren Green	LVO	1 July 1950	10 April 1957	6 years, 283 days	[14][17]
Commissioner (Brigadier)	John McKinna	CMG, CBE, DSO, LVO, ED	1 July 1957	1 June 1972	14 years, 336 days
Commissioner	Harold Salisbury	QPM	1 June 1972	17 January 1978	5 years, 230 days	[18]
Commissioner	Laurence Draper	QPM	19 January 1978	27 May 1982	4 years, 128 days	[19]
Commissioner	John Bryan Giles	AO, GM, BEM, QPM	27 May 1982	30 June 1983	1 year, 34 days	[20][21][22][23]
Commissioner	David Hunt	AO, QPM	30 June 1983	31 December 1996	13 years, 184 days	[24][25][26]
Commissioner	Malcolm Hyde	AO, APM	10 February 1997	20 July 2012	15 years, 161 days	[27][28][29]
Commissioner	Gary Burns	BM, APM	20 July 2012	20 July 2015	3 years, 0 days	[30][31][32]
Commissioner	Grant Stevens	APM	21 July 2015	Incumbent	2 years, 570 days

Mission and authority

Gawler Police Station

Hamley Bridge Police Station

Stirling Police Station

1959 SAPOL Traffic Division Patrol Vehicle

SAPOL Force in 1938

Core services

• Emergency assistance on 000
• Non-urgent assistance on 131 444
• Crime prevention
• Child protection
• Coordinating and managing emergency response
• Responding to domestic violence
• Undertaking police checks
• Preventing vehicle crashes
• Regulating road use
• Registration and licensing of firearms
• Administering expiation notices
• Liquor licensing enforcement
• Statewide security
• Upholding the law.

Services and actions for the state

• Advocacy
• Education
• Community engagement
• Incident response
• Investigation
• Law enforcement
• Prosecution
• Victim support.[33]

Significant changes SAPOL has made to policing

• 1893: Introduced bicycles for metropolitan and country foot police.
• 1893: Pioneered the fingerprint system in Australia.
• 1915: Appointed the first women police in the British Commonwealth – Kate Cocks and Annie Ross
• 1987: The first Australian police service to introduce videotaping of 'suspect person' interviews.
• 1993: Introduced Operation Nomad, as a policing initiative to reduce the threat of bushfires.
• 1996: Crime Stoppers launched.
• 1999: The first Australian policing jurisdiction to appoint a female police officer, Senior Sergeant Jane Kluzek, to a tactical group.
• 2000s: Established Neighbourhood Policing Teams in various metropolitan areas.
• 2011: The first police jurisdiction in Australia to launch its own web platform connecting mobile phone users to the latest police news.

Organisation

SAPOL's structure consists of various units. Through chain of command, all units are accountable to the Commissioner. Services are the largest units, and are headed by a sworn Assistant Commissioner, or for areas which are not policing specific, such as information technology, a civilian Director. Services are directly accountable to either the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner.[34][35]

Services are based on Local Service Areas (LSA) which provide operational policing services,[36] and Branches, which provide other specialised services or assistance.[37] These areas are further broken down into Sections. Larger sections may be divided into a number of Teams.

Local service areas in South Australia

Local Service Areas are the main organisational unit to provide policing services to the public. A local service area contains a number of police stations, and specialist services to support frontline police such as Detectives, Crime Scene Investigators and Traffic police.[38]

Northern Operations Service[39]	Southern Operations Service[40]
Barossa LSA	Eastern Adelaide LSA
Elizabeth LSA	Hills Fleurieu LSA
Eyre and Western LSA	Limestone Coast LSA
Far North LSA	Murray Mallee LSA
Holden Hill LSA	South Coast LSA
Yorke Mid-North LSA	Sturt LSA
Western Adelaide LSA

Each LSA has a designated office known as a 'Complex' where majority of operations in the area start. The LSA then have smaller community police stations for quick policing access.

Divisions and sectors

SAPOL has specific divisions to handle different roles within the organisation. All members of these units are specifically trained for the roles that accompany their division.

• General Operations—Handles all general policing operations.
• Traffic Services—Handles traffic related operations.
• Major Crime Investigations Branch—Investigation and detective unit.
• Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR Group)—Police tactical unit that handles specialised operations that require heavily armed police.
• Water Operations Unit—Handles operations in water.
• Dog Operations Unit—Handles operations that require dog assistance.
• Mounted Operations Unit—Operations utilising horses.
• Forensic Services Branch—Handles forensics and investigative services.
• Band of the South Australia Police – Provides Musical support to corporate and State functions.
• Public Transport Safety Branch – Handles offences that occur on Public Transport services operating in the Adelaide Metropolitan area[41]
• Protective Security Officers (PSOs) — "Maintain the security of government facilities, public officials and the community".[42]
• Security Response Section — Rapid response armed unit for high-risk incidents including terrorist.[43]

Ranking and structure

Police officers in the standard uniform of dark navy blue. Country staff still have the choice of wearing khaki pants

South Australia Police Medal

See also: Australian police ranks

Constables and Non-Commissioned Officers[44]

Probationary Constable	Constable	Constable	Senior Constable	Senior Constable First Class	Brevet Sergeant	Sergeant	Senior Sergeant	Senior Sergeant First Class

All grades of Constable perform the same basic range of duties, with the rank only reflecting experience. The rank of Probationary Constable is held for the first fifteen months of service. A Constable with one stripe is qualified for promotion to Senior Constable. A Senior Constable First Class is either an officer qualified for promotion to Sergeant/Senior Sergeant or has won a Senior Constable First Class position on merit. A Brevet Sergeant is a temporary designation for an officer in a particular position which would require specialised skills, such as a Detective,

A Sergeant normally manages a team during a shift. A Sergeant may also manage a small country station. A Detective Sergeant is normally in charge of a team in an investigations section. As with a Sergeant, a Detective Sergeant may be the officer in charge of a country CIB unit. A Senior Sergeant is the officer in charge of a section, including traffic, criminal investigation, and operations (uniform). A Senior Sergeant traditionally does more administrative work than active patrol duties.

Officers of Police[44]

Inspector	Chief Inspector	Superintendent	Chief Superintendent	Commander	Assistant Commissioner	Deputy Commissioner	Commissioner

Officers of Police were formerly known as Commissioned Officers. This name was changed as SAPOL Officers no longer receive a Queen's Commission. Officers of Police act primarily as managers and generally do not partake in operational policing. An Inspector is in charge of a section. A Detective Inspector is normally in charge of the whole station CIB. A uniform Inspector is normally in charge of the station's operations.

A Chief Inspector commands a department at station level. A uniform Chief Inspector is in charge of all uniformed officers, regardless of their attachments to assigned areas (e.g. general duties, traffic duties etc.). Some country LSA's have Chief Inspectors as the Regional Commander. A Detective Chief Inspector is in charge of all CIB related matters.

Superintendents, Chief Superintendents and Commanders may be the manager of a Local Service Area or Branch, such as the Major Crime Branch. An LSA Commander is generally a Superintendent. A Chief Superintendent may be the manager of a specialised area, such as a Service Coordination Branch. Few Commanders are appointed. The Industrial Relations Branch has a Commander as its officer in charge.

An Assistant Commissioner is the manager of a Service, such as Northern Operations Service or Crime Service.

The Deputy Commissioner is the assistant to the Commissioner, who commands the force.

Uniform and equipment

Old South Australia Police patch

Uniform worn by sworn officers of SAPOL

SAPOL issues uniforms to sworn police officers. Police officers working in non-specialised areas generally wear standard uniform, which consists of a navy blue collared shirt with attached police badges and navy blue slacks. Short and long sleeve shirts are worn as preferred. Police officers can choose between either a dark blue peaked hat, or an Akubra wide brimmed hat and are not required to wear a tie. Baseball caps are worn in specialist areas, including STAR Group, Crime Scene, State Traffic Enforcement Section, and by Operational Safety Trainers. Officers in northern country areas wear khaki uniforms instead of blue. PSO (Police Security Officers) wear a slightly different shirt. The shirts and slacks are also navy blue, but they have golden marking and PSO badges. In the past, the shirt was white. This was changed at the end of 2019.

In 2010 SAPOL started consultations on a new darker uniform reminiscent of those worn by officers of the NYPD and LAPD. In 2012 SAPOL announced the new uniform would be introduced in mid October 2012 and would be rolled out over 18 months.[45] The only visible change from the consultation period was to the Peaked cap. The white peak was changed to the same dark blue as the shirt and pants, which is called ink blue. The STAR group officers uniforms were not changed.

Equipment & Weaponry used by officers

Standard equipment issued to almost all officers are:

• Smith & Wesson M&P .40 S&W Semi Automatic Pistol
• Pepper spray
• ASP Extendable Baton
• Handcuffs
• Taser
• Bodycam[46]
• Drones have been used for surveillance since June 2013.[47]

Criminal Investigation Officers are issued with the compact version of the semi-automatic pistol (M&Pc). Specialised units such as Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR Group) use other equipment suited to the nature of their duties. SA Police were among the last to carry revolvers as a duty weapon. They carried Smith & Wesson Model 66 (a variant of the Model 19) revolvers in .357 Magnum until the switch to the Smith & Wesson M&P semi automatic in 2009.[48]

In July 2020, a new rapid response armed unit the Security Response Section consisting of 48 officers who carry semi-automatic rifles became operational.[43][49][50]

Vehicles and transportation

Two SA Police vehicles at a march. Old livery (left), new livery (right)

Pilatus PC-12/47E of South Australia Police

SAPOL officers use a number of vehicles in day-to-day duties. The primary vehicles that are used by patrol members is the Holden Commodore and the Kia Sorento. Also used are VW Transporter, Ford, Toyota Camry, Toyota Hilux, Toyota Kluger and Holden Colorado caged vehicles for prisoner transport. In remote country areas, Toyota Land Cruisers and Troop Carriers are used as primary patrol vehicles. Patrol cars are used in both marked and unmarked variants, with the latter being a bit more extensive in its vehicle composition. SAPOL have also, in previous years, used high performance vehicles such as Holden's SS Commodore for traffic operations, However, in recent years they have only maintained a fleet of distinctly marked base model Holdens to perform traffic duties.

Members of the State Traffic Enforcement Section ride marked and unmarked Honda and BMW motorcycles for traffic, escort, and other duties.

Usage of police vehicles

SAPOL have the use of several Police Operations Vehicles which are used in a wide variety of ways, for example, as a mobile police station/unit at a large public function, or as forward command posts at search and rescues, or other incidents such as siege or hostage situations. STAR Group also possess a Lenco BearCat armoured vehicle available for use in siege or terrorist situations.[51]

Specialised operational vehicles

The SAPOL Water Operations Unit uses a number of watercraft to police coastal and inland waterways. Members of STAR Group and Transit Services Branch act as crew members on a Eurocopter EC130 helicopter operated by the Motor Accident Commission Rescue Helicopter Service.[52] Officers also crew other helicopters operated by the MAC Rescue Helicopter Service dependent on the mission. Helicopters are multi-role and are used for search and rescue operations, crime prevention and police pursuits.[52] The SAPOL also use a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.[53]

For ceremonial activities, crowd control and patrol duties, the SAPOL Mounted Operations Unit use grey horses. They are bred and trained at the Thebarton Police Barracks, in Park 27 of the Adelaide Park Lands, just north-east of the Adelaide city centre. These Police 'Greys' as they are known, are ideal for Police work as the light grey tones make the horse highly visible at night. They are also highly recognisable in the community and are often involved in community events such as leading the annual Credit Union Christmas Pageant and ANZAC day parade.[54]<

Training and education

Recruit training is conducted at the SAPOL Police Academy located adjacent to the old barracks adjacent to Fort Largs in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Taperoo. Cadets undergo a 52-week course, called the 'Constable Development Program' (CDP).[55] The CDP is broken down into 5 phases, which includes training at the Police Academy and field experience at metropolitan LSAs.[55] Police cadets learn law, about investigations and police procedures. During recruit training, non-officers (police staff and volunteers) assist with various duties, such as cadet assessment, role playing and general administration. Cadets also undertake operational safety training, including self-defence and the use of firearms. Practical role-playing and assessments are part of the course.[55] Training with police dogs and police horses is offered at the Thebarton Police Barracks. Earlier, training was being held at the older Academy located next to the present one.

Graduation and aftermath for new officers

Cadets graduate with the rank of probationary constable and are subject to a 15-month period of on-the-job training.[56] Probationary Constables are required to work with a Field Tutor for the first 6 months of the probationary period whilst they complete a Personal Learning Portfolio.[56] Probationary Constables also undertake a range of duties to enhance their learning, including traffic, prisoner management, and general duties. For the following 6 months, probationary constables continue to collect evidence of their workplace competency before attended the Probationary Constable Assessment Workshop to determine whether they are suitable to progress to the rank of Constable.[56] Upon completion of the probationary period, officers receive a Diploma of Public Safety (Policing) and are appointed to the rank of Constable.[56]

Training is ongoing and further courses are available for officers to attend, should they wish to progress their policing career further.

SAPOL Protective Security Officers also undergo training at this location. The duration of this training course is only 12 weeks.

Radio communications

SAPOL refers to the communications operation as VKA. At 0400 hours (or 4am) on Tuesday 10 December 2002, SAPOL officially switched from standard 64 UHF channels to the SAGRN. This utilized digital encrypted radio transmissions meaning that scanners could not listen to police communications. While at first there seemed to be technical issues with the new system, they were quickly resolved and the department now has full trust in the system.

SAPOL still have UHF licences and it is plausible they are available as back-up communication channels. SAPOL uses three primary devices for voice communication over the network. They are Spectra W7 mobile, XTS 5000 portable and Spectra W3 mobile. These can be controlled via the RCH3000 desktop controller, used in fixed locations generally by trained operators.

These devices have a number of features that are regularly used in patrols. These features include private call, page alert and telephone interconnect.

Private call allows units to directly talk to another unit without dispatch, or other users in the talkgroup to hear. However, this comes with the inability for dispatch to contact either unit. Page function alerts another radio that someone else is attempting to contact them. Telephone interconnect enables units to make and answer calls through the system. However, only supervisors have the ability to make and answer to any number, general patrols are restricted to only a list of certified SAPOL numbers. Each LSA has two assigned 'talkgroups'.

COMCEN (Communications) have assigned talkgroup IDs, allowing them to pair an LSA's primary and secondary talkgroups together allowing control to manage two channels at once. The Secondary channel is often used for local/chat, dispatch lowers the volume of the secondary channel, which enables them to monitor the channels and talk to all units on duty in the LSA.[57]

Call signs and unit designation identification system

SAPOL use location-based call signs. Units are called in by stating the station they come from followed by a designated number.

Examples:

• A unit in Holden Hill could be Holden Hill 16.
• Traffic Services place a zero (0) before the number. E.g. Holden Hill 016 would be a traffic patrol in Holden Hill with the call sign 16.
• Higher-ranked officers have a different prefix. This is followed after the station name, and before the unit number:
  • Sergeant = Vixen
  • Senior Sergeant = Mitre
  • Inspector / Chief Inspector = Trojan
  • Superintendent / Chief Superintendent = Baron
  • Example: Holden Hill Mitre 10 is a Senior Sergeant in Holden Hill with the unit number 10.[58]

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Further reading

• Clyne, Robert (1987), Colonial Blue: A history of the South Australian Police Force, 1836–1916, Wakefield Press

External links

• South Australia Police
• South Australian Police Historical Society
• Government of South Australia. Attorney-General's Department