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Police recruitment taskforce holds first meeting
A state government taskforce has met to address SA Police resourcing issues for the next 10 to 15 years.
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A state government taskforce has met to address SA Police resourcing issues for the next 10 to 15 years.
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A truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving after a collision at Para Hills left a car driver critically injured, while a man has died after a crash between a ute and a truck in the South East.
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An MP has told State Parliament that an aspiring SA Police employee was rejected because they were unable to provide personal information about their mother, who is a member of the Stolen Generations – an allegation police have refuted as “abhorrent”.
SA Police will cover the cost of a TAFE test for recruitment candidates but say it’s no longer a required part of a joining application as the force grapples with a staffing shortage.
Rates of crime in South Australia remain below pre-pandemic levels despite a recent increase in aggravated robberies and shop thefts, new statistics show.
A rift between the SA police union and SAPOL’s top brass has escalated amid a public stoush over continuing COVID vaccine mandates.
UPDATED | SAPOL is in a “full-blown staffing crisis”, with a combination of vaccination mandates, emergency quarantine directions and redeployment to “COVID-related duties” taking hundreds of officers off the frontline and undermining police capacity to “wield effective control over crime”, their union says.
