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((Short description|Police force of the Australian state of South Australia))
((Use Australian English|date=March 2018))
((Use dmy dates|date=August 2019))
((Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = South Australia Police
| badge             = Coat of arms of the South Australia Police.svg
| badgecaption      = Badge of the South Australia Police
| flag              = SAPoliceFlag.png
| flagcaption       = Flag of the South Australia Police
| image_size        = 
| motto             = Safer Communities
| formedyear        = 1838
| formedmonthday    = 28 April
| divtype           = State
| divname           = ((flag|South Australia))
| country           = Australia
| map               = South Australia in Australia.svg
| mapcaption        = South Australia Police jurisdiction
| sizearea          = ((convert|1043514|km2))
| sizepopulation    = 1,767,247 (2020)
| legaljuris        = opsjuris
| governingbody     = Government of South Australia
| constitution1    = ''Police Act 1998''
| police            = Yes
| local             = 
| overviewtype     = 
| overviewbody     =  [[Independent Commission Against Corruption (South Australia)|Independent Commission Against Corruption]]
| headquarters      = 100 Angas Street<br>Adelaide SA 5000<br /> ((Coord|34|55|36.07|S|138|36|3.25|E|display=inline|region:AU-SA_type:landmark))
| employees         = 6134 (2023)<ref>((cite web |last1=Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment |title=Workplace Information Report 2022-2023 |url=https://www.publicsector.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/955304/OCPSE-WIR2023.pdf |website=Public Sector SA |publisher=South Australian Government |access-date=4 March 2024))</ref>
| budget            = $1.1 billion (2022-2023)<ref>((cite web |last1=South Australia Police |title=Annual Report 2022-23 |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/annual-reporting/annual-report-2022-23 |website=SAPOL |access-date=10 March 2024))</ref>
| sworn             = 
| chief1name        = [[Grant Stevens (police officer)|Grant Stevens]], [[Australian Police Medal|APM]]
| chief1position    = [[Police Commissioner|Commissioner]]
| electeetype       = Minister
| minister1name     = [[Joe Szakacs]]
| minister1pfo      = Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services
| unitname          = ((Collapsible list|Major Crime Investigation Branch|[[Special Tasks and Rescue|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))
| website           = ((URL|https://www.police.sa.gov.au/|www.police.sa.gov.au))
| stations          = 138
))

'''South Australia Police''' ('''SAPOL''') is the [[police force]] of the Australian [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[South Australia]]. SAPOL is an independent statutory agency of the [[Government of South Australia]] directed by the Commissioner of Police, who reports to the Minister for Police. SAPOL provides [[Patrol|general duties]] policing, [[highway patrol]], [[criminal investigation]] and emergency coordination services throughout the state. SAPOL is also responsible for [[road safety]] advocacy and education, and maintains the '''South Australian Road Safety Centre'''.

((as of|November 2023)) the commissioner of police is [[Grant Stevens (police officer)|Grant Stevens]], who has been in the role since July 2015.

== History ==
[[File:South Australia Police Traffic Division Courtesy Patrol in 1959.jpg|thumb|1959 SAPOL Traffic Division Patrol Vehicle]]
[[File:South Australian Police in 1938.jpg|thumb|SAPOL Force in 1938]]
===Early years===
Formally established on 28 April 1838 under the command of Inspector [[Henry Inman (police commander)|Henry Inman]], the force is the oldest in [[Australasia]] and is the third oldest organised police force in the world. The first force in the [[colony of South Australia]] consisted of 10 mounted constables and 10 foot constables.<ref name="sapolicehistoricalsociety">((cite web | title=Milestones of South Australia Police History | website=South Australian Police Historical Society | url=https://southaustralianpolicehistoricalsociety.com/learn/ | access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
[[File:South Australia Mounted Police Barracks approx 1890.png|thumb|Mounted Police Barracks in 1890 with policemen on parade]]

In 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.<ref name="sapolicehistoricalsociety"/>

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 Australia|St John Ambulance Service]].<ref name="sapolicehistoricalsociety"/>

===Female officers===
In 1915, the first two female police officers, [[Kate Cocks]] and Annie Ross, were appointed.  This was six months after [[New South Wales Police Force|New South Wales]] commenced with two [[Lillian May Armfield|officers]].  It had been said "it is easier to get into heaven than to join the women police".<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96097205 |title=Miss Kate COCKS |newspaper=Recorder |issue=8,165 |location=South Australia |date=15 April 1925 |access-date=18 December 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref> Cocks retired in 1935, and was the officer in charge of the largest female detachment of all Australian state police departments of 14, which was double the size of the next-nearest of New South Wales.<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74109768 |title=The silent service |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] |location=South Australia |date=29 June 1934 |access-date=18 December 2021 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref>

In 1929, officer Daisy Curtis studied on a [[Catherine Helen Spence Memorial Scholarships|scholarship]] abroad to examine the 'methods of protecting women and children'.<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164871839 |title=Policewoman Daisy CURTIS |newspaper=Observer |volume=LXXXVI |issue=4,467 |location=South Australia |date=2 February 1929 |access-date=18 December 2021 |page=60 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref> This included travels to the jurisdictions of Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States of America, and New Zealand. ([[New Zealand Police#Female officers|New Zealand]] did not get its first female officer until 1941.)((cn|date=November 2022))

In 1999, SAPOL was the first Australian policing jurisdiction to appoint a female police officer, Senior Constable Jane Kluzek, to a tactical group.((cn|date=November 2022))

=== Timeline of initiatives ===
* 1893: Introduced bicycles for metropolitan and country foot police((cn|date=November 2022))
* 1893: Pioneered the fingerprint system in Australia((cn|date=November 2022))
* 1987: The first Australian police service to introduce videotaping of "suspect person" interviews((cn|date=November 2022))
* 1993: Introduced Operation Nomad, as a policing initiative to reduce the threat of bushfires((cn|date=November 2022))
* 1996: [[Crime Stoppers]] launched((cn|date=November 2022))
* 2000s: Established neighbourhood policing teams in various metropolitan areas((cn|date=November 2022))
* 2011: The first police jurisdiction in Australia to launch its own web platform connecting mobile phone users to the latest police news((cn|date=November 2022))

== Responsibilities ==
=== Commissioner ===
The commissioner of police, in addition to leading SAPOL, also serves as the State Emergency Coordinator and is responsible for major emergency response and command and control of major disasters,<ref>((cite web |title=State Emergency Management Plan |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/security-emergency-and-recovery-management/state-emergency-management-plan/State-Emergency-Management-Plan-2022.pdf |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref> including [[bushfire]]s, floods, and earthquakes. Under an emergency declaration, the commissioner has extraordinary authority to create rules and regulations that may be enforced by police, for a limited time. Due to these laws, Commissioner [[Grant Stevens (police officer)|Grant Stevens]] became a central figure in South Australia's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>((cite web |title=SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens looks back on the difficult decisions around the COVID-19 response |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-25/grant-stevens-looks-back-on-sa-pandemic-response/101097672 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=25 May 2022))</ref>
The powers of South Australia Police are defined in the ''Police Act 1998''.<ref>((cite web | title=Police Act 1998 | website=South Australian Legislation | date=22 November 2021 | url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz?path=%2FC%2FA%2FPolice%20Act%201998 | access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>

((as of|November 2023)) Stevens is still in the position.<ref>((cite web | title=SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens's son, Charlie Stevens, dies after alleged hit-and-run crash south of Adelaide | website=ABC News | date=18 November 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/grant-stevens-son-alleged-hit-and-run/103121954 | access-date=19 November 2023))</ref>

===SAPOL===
In addition to general law enforcement such as patrols and investigations, SAPOL is responsible for other services throughout the state. These include:<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are|title=Who we are|first=South Australia|last=Police|website=www.police.sa.gov.au))</ref>

* Operating emergency assistance call centres for police, [[000 (emergency telephone number)]]
* Non-urgent assistance call centres, 131 444 (non-emergency telephone number) 
* Coordinating and managing emergency disaster response
* Road safety advocacy and education
* Registration and licensing of firearms
* Liquor licensing enforcement
* Security of public buildings and officials
* Police prosecutions
* Victim support services

== Organisation ==
SAPOL's structure consists of various units. Through the [[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.<ref name="sapoliceservices">((cite web |title = South Australia Police – Structure |url = http://www.police.sa.gov.au/sapol/about_us/structure.jsp |publisher = South Australia Police |access-date = 9 June 2011))</ref><ref name="sapoliceservicesmap">((cite web |title = South Australia Police – Services Structure |url = http://www.police.sa.gov.au/public/download.jsp?id=20865 |publisher = South Australia Police |access-date = 9 June 2011))</ref>

Services within metropolitan Adelaide are based on four different districts: North, East West and South. Each district has its own localised branch that provides specialised services or assistance, such as [[Criminal Investigation Branch]] (CIB), family violence, and intelligence sections. There are seven local service areas (LSAs) for remote and country areas within the remainder of the state.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/365503/Organisational-Reform-District-Policing-Model.pdf | title=District Policing: a more visible, responsive police service for metropolitan Adelaide | publisher=Government of South Australia))</ref>

=== Districts and local service areas ===
[[File:ADG Gawler Police Station.jpg|Gawler Police Station|thumb]]
[[File:HamleyBridgePoliceStation.JPG|Hamley Bridge Police Station|thumb]]
[[File:ADH Stirling police.jpg|Stirling Police Station|thumb]]
Districts and LSAs are the main organisational unit to provide policing services to the public. A district and local service area contains a number of police stations, as well as specialist services to support frontline police such as [[detective]]s, [[forensic science|crime scene investigators]] and [[highway patrol|traffic]] police.<ref name="ealsa">((cite web |title = Eastern Adelaide LSA |url = http://www.sapolice.sa.gov.au/sapol/about_us/structure/southern_operation_service/eastern_adelaide_local_service_area.jsp |publisher = South Australia Police |quote = ''The LSA provides a range of services including Operations, Traffic, CIB, Intelligence and Crime Prevention.'' |access-date = 10 June 2011))</ref> 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.

Metropolitan districts and LSAs are divided into the Metropolitan Operations Service and the State Operations Service, which each have their own coordination branch and some other additional functions.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>

==== Metropolitan Districts (Metropolitan Operations Service) ====
* Eastern District
* Northern District
* Southern District
* Western District
* Metropolitan Operations Service Coordination Branch
* Public Transport Safety Section<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/transit-police/transit-police |title=Public Transport Safety Branch |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 August 2014 |website=police.sa.gov.au |publisher=South Australia Police |access-date=19 August 2016 ))</ref>

==== Local Service Areas (State Operations Service) ====
* Barossa LSA
* Eyre and Western LSA
* Far North LSA
* Hills Fleurieu LSA
* Limestone Coast LSA
* Murray Mallee LSA
* Yorke Mid North LSA
* State Operations Service Coordination Branch
* State Operations Support Branch
* Traffic Services Branch (Highway Patrol)

=== Security and Emergency Management Service===
Security and Emergency Management is led by an Assistant Commissioner.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* Security and Emergency Management Service Coordination Branch
* Communications Group
* Police Security Services Branch
* Security Advice Section
* [[Special Tasks and Rescue|Special Tasks and Rescue Group (STAR Group)]]
** STAR Group [[Police Tactical Group]]
** Dog Operations Unit
** Mounted Operations Unit
** Water Operations Unit
** PolAir
** Bomb Squad
** Negotiators
* [[Security Response Section]]<ref name="Wingard1July"/>
* State Protective Security Branch (Police Security Officers)<ref>((cite web | title=Achievemore - Protective Security Officer Careers | website=SAPOL - Home | date=13 April 2017 | url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/join-us/achievemore/protective-security-officer-careers | access-date=8 July 2020))</ref>

=== Operations Support Service===
Operations Support is led by an Assistant Commissioner.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* Operations Support Service Coordination Branch
* Firearms Branch
* Forensic Services Branch
* Licensing Enforcement Branch
* Prosecution Services Branch
* State Intelligence Branch

=== Crime Service ===
Crime Service is led by an Assistant Commissioner, usually a former Detective.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* Serious Crime Coordination Branch
* Financial and Cybercrime Investigation Branch
* Investigation Support Branch
* Major Crime Investigation Branch
* Public Protection Branch
* Serious and Organised Crime Branch

=== Governance and Capability Service ===
Governance and Capability is led by an Assistant Commissioner.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* Governance and Capability Service
* Coordination Branch
* Commissioner’s Support Branch
* Communication and Engagement Branch
* Ethical and Professional Standards Branch
* Office of the General Counsel

=== Other services ===
Each administrative service is led by a civilian Executive Director.<ref>((cite web |title=South Australia Police - Organisational structure |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/948632/SAPOL-ORG-CHART-March-2021.pdf |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* Business Service
* Information Systems and Technology Service
* People Culture and Wellbeing

== Ranking and structure ==

=== Police Officers ===
((See also|Australian police ranks))

[[File:South Australia Police officers at a protest.jpg|thumb|A group of SA police officers on scene]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+<div style="text-align:left">'''Constables and non-commissioned officers'''<ref name="sapolice">((cite web |title=South Australia Police – Rank Insignia |url=https://www.uniforminsignia.net/south-australia-police-sapol.html |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia |publisher=The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia Around the World))</ref></div>
|-
|<small>Police Cadet</small>||<small>Constable</small>||<small>Senior <br /> Constable</small>||<small>Senior Constable<br /> First Class</small>||<small>Brevet<br /> Sergeant</small>||<small>[[Sergeant]]</small>||<small>Senior<br />Sergeant</small>||<small>Senior Sergeant<br /> First Class</small>
|-
|||[[File:Sa-police-constable.png|frameless|116x116px]]
|[[File:sa-police-first-class-constable.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-senior-constable.png|50px]]||[[File:Sa-police-brevet-sergeant.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-sergeant.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-senior-sergeant1.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-senior-sergeant-first-class.png|50px]]
|}

[[File:South Australia Police Service Medal.jpg|thumb|100px|[[South Australia Police Medal]]]]
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 the second in charge of a team and it can be 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), and traditionally does more administrative work than active patrol duties.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+<div style="text-align:left">'''Officers of Police'''<ref name="sapolice" /></div>
|-
|<small>[[Inspector]]</small>||<small>Chief<br /> Inspector</small>||<small>[[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]]</small>||<small>Chief<br /> Superintendent</small>||<small>Commander</small>||<small>Assistant<br /> Commissioner</small>||<small>Deputy<br /> Commissioner</small>||<small>Commissioner</small>
|-
|[[File:sa-police-inspector.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-chief-inspector.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-superintendent.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-chief-superintendent.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-commander.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-assistant-commissioner.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-deputy-commissioner.png|50px]]||[[File:sa-police-commissioner.png|50px]]
|}

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 LSAs 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 organisation.

=== Police Security Officers ===
'''Police Security Officers (PSOs)''' (formerly Protective Security Officers) are armed [[security police]] officers originally employed by SAPOL to perform security functions at government properties, to provide security to protected persons (such as the [[Governor of South Australia]]) and to monitor metropolitan CCTV cameras.<ref>((cite web |last1=Police |first1=South Australia |title=Police Security Officer Careers |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/join-us/achievemore/protective-security-officer-careers |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |language=en-au))</ref> PSOs functions and duties have over time increased to include duties traditionally performed by sworn Police Officers.<ref>((cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=Nigel |title=Change of policing roles plan to alleviate cop resource crisis |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/change-of-policing-roles-plan-to-alleviate-cop-resource-crisis/news-story/25ada70a02e051fd8d189ccd0e29db78 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corp |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref> PSOs normally have limited powers and are limited to using those power in prescribed circumstances or locations, however, under current legislation passed in 2022, PSOs duties may be extended by the Commissioner of Police and they may be granted full police powers and immunities in the performance of those duties.<ref>((cite web |title=STATUTES AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (BUDGET MEASURES) ACT 2021 |url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz?path=%2FV%2FA%2F2021%2FStatutes%20Amendment%20and%20Repeal%20(Budget%20Measures)%20Act%202021_5 |website=South Australian Legislation |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=en-AU |date=22 November 2021))</ref> PSOs were utilised in the states response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. PSOs have their own rank structure.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+<div style="text-align:left">'''PSO Ranks'''<ref>((cite web |last1=Police |first1=South Australia |title=Working as a Police Security Officer |url=https://www.police.sa.gov.au/join-us/achievemore/protective-security-officer-careers/working-as-a-protective-security-officer |website=www.police.sa.gov.au |language=en-au))</ref></div>
|-
| Police security <br> officer trainee || Police security <br> officer first class || Police security <br> officer supervisor
|-
| [[File:Sa-police-probationary-PSO.png|50px]] || [[File:Sa-police-PSO1stC.png|50px]] || [[File:Sa-police-PSO-Supervisor.png|50px]]
|}

== Uniform and equipment ==

=== Uniforms ===

[[File:Police Conversation (13233550634).jpg|alt=|thumb|Police officers in the standard uniform of dark navy blue. Country staff still have the choice of wearing khaki pants]]
SAPOL issues uniforms to sworn police officers. Police officers working in non-specialised areas generally wear a 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. PSOs (Police Security Officers) wear slightly different shirts. The shirts and slacks are also navy blue, but they have golden markings and PSO markings. 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.<ref name="South Australian police uniform gets an update">((cite web|title=South Australian police uniform gets an update|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/long-arm-of-the-law-gets-the-blues/story-fndo471r-1226487577717|publisher=Herald Sun|access-date=5 October 2012))</ref> 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. SAPOL has implemented the use of stab-resistant vests for all patrol officers, PSOs and Police dogs.<ref>((cite web |title=SA Police to be given stab-proof vests as part of new $8.5 million budget spend |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-police-3000-stab-proof-vests-to-be-worn/920b1685-c3f8-434c-9baa-87dcdfdbf0af |website=www.9news.com.au|date=November 2020 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=SA Police dogs get stab-proof vests |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-28/sa-police-dogs-vest-up-for-protection/8753540 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=28 July 2017))</ref>

===Equipment and weaponry ===

Standard equipment issued to almost all officers are:
* [[Smith & Wesson M&P]] [[.40 S&W]] semi-automatic pistol
* [[Pepper spray]] 
* [[Club (law enforcement)#Expandable baton|ASP Extendable Baton]]
* [[Handcuffs]]
* [[Taser]]
* Light ballistic vest<ref>((cite web |title=SA Police to be given stab-proof vests as part of new $8.5 million budget spend |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-police-3000-stab-proof-vests-to-be-worn/920b1685-c3f8-434c-9baa-87dcdfdbf0af |website=www.9news.com.au|date=November 2020 ))</ref>
* [[Bodycam]]<ref>[https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/body-worn-video-coming-to-a-police-officer-near-you#.WQ7lDYh96Uk SAPOL bodycam announcement]</ref>

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.((Citation needed|date=July 2020)) 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.<ref>((Cite web|title=Smith & Wesson to Equip South Australia Police Force|url=https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/press-releases/smith-wesson-to-equip-south-australia-police-force-J2fMY6XukEPRcDSo/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Police1|language=en))</ref>

[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|Drone]]s have been used for surveillance since June 2013.<ref>((cite web | last1=Crouch | first1=Brad | last2=Hunt | first2=Nigel | title=Police to use drones to spy from sky | website=Adelaide Now | date=29 June 2013 | url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/news/sa-police-to-use-unmanned-drones-to-spy-on-criminals/news-story/e2d0b77f7da3950aa158770c537dfa02 | access-date=8 July 2020))</ref>

In July 2020, a new rapid response armed unit the [[Security Response Section]] consisting of 48 officers who carry [[semi-automatic rifle]]s became operational.<ref name="Wingard1July">((cite press release |author1=Minister for Police Corey Wingard |title=SA Police launch new Security Response Section to keep South Australia safe |url=https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/news/media-releases/news/sa-police-launch-new-security-response-section-to-keep-south-australia-safe |website=Premier of South Australia |access-date=17 July 2020 |date=1 July 2020))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=SA Police deployment of 'highly visible' heavily armed unit prompts public backlash |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-03/sa-police-defend-heavily-armed-new-unit-after-backlash/12421132 |access-date=17 July 2020 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=3 July 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web |author1=Minister for Police Corey Wingard |title=House of Assembly answer to question - Security Response Section |url=http://hansardpublic.parliament.sa.gov.au/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-11-37529 |website=Hansard |publisher=Parliament South Australia |access-date=17 July 2020 |date=3 March 2020))</ref>

== Transport ==

=== Vehicles ===
SAPOL officers use a number of vehicles in day-to-day duties. For much of its history SAPOL has used the Holden Commodore as its primary vehicle. Since the phasing out of the Holden Commodore SAPOL has recently switched to the [[Kia Sorento]] and [[Toyota RAV4|Toyota RAV 4]] as general duties vehicles.<ref>((Cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=Trial of new SA Police vehicles |url=https://www.miragenews.com/trial-of-new-sa-police-vehicles/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Mirage News |language=en-AU))</ref> 

The Volkswagen Tiguan has recently been introduced primarily for traffic related duties. SAPOL also uses vehicles including the [[Toyota Kluger]], [[Mitsubishi Outlander]] and [[Toyota Camry]]. Also used are [[VW Transporter]], [[Toyota Hilux]], [[Holden Colorado]], [[Isuzu D-Max|Isuzu D-MAX]] caged vehicles for prisoner transport and the 2-Door [[Ford Ranger]] with canopy for the Dog Operations Unit. In remote country areas, [[Toyota Land Cruiser]]s 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.
High Ranking Commissioned Officers are issued unmarked top of the range vehicles. ((cn|date=March 2023))
In the past it has been the Holden Calais and Holden Acadia LTZ-V SUV and currently the [[Kia Sorento]] SUV and [[Toyota Kluger SUV ]]((cn|date=March 2023))

Members of the State Traffic Enforcement Section ride marked and unmarked [[Honda]] and [[BMW]] motorcycles for traffic, escort, and other duties.((cn|date=April 2022))

<gallery class="center" widths="220px" heights="147px" style="text-align:center">
File:SAPOL RoadPolicingSection.jpg| A state traffic services [[Kia Sorento]]
File:Police Lead The March - cropped (2).jpg| A local traffic enforcement [[Holden ZB Commodore]]
File:SA Police at Lourdes.jpg|A General Duties car
</gallery>

=== Specialised vehicles ===

SAPOL utilise specialised 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 Post|command posts]] at [[search and rescue]]s, or other incidents such as siege or hostage situations. STAR Group also possess a [[Lenco BearCat]] [[SWAT vehicle|armoured vehicle]] available for use in a siege or terrorist situations.<ref name="bearcat">((cite web |title = SAPOL's latest security weapon |url = http://www.sapolicenews.com.au/more-news/1834-sapols-latest-weapon-for-emergency-response-and-counter-terrorism.html |publisher = SA Police News |access-date = 9 June 2011))</ref>

=== Watercraft ===
The SAPOL Water Operations Unit uses a number of [[watercraft]] including boats and [[Jet Ski]]s to police coastal and inland waterways.<ref>((cite journal |title=Investment in new assests pays dividends |journal=Blueprint Magazine |date=3 May 2022 |issue=1 |pages=21 |url=https://issuu.com/southaustraliapolice/docs/sapol_blueprint_magazine_2022_1_-_final |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref><ref>((cite web  |title=SA Police launches new jet skis to patron SA's waterways |url=https://www.miragenews.com/sa-police-launches-new-jet-skis-to-patron-sa-s-waterways/ |website=Mirage News |language=en-AU |date=6 October 2020))</ref>

=== Mounted branch ===
[[File:Police greys, Adelaide.jpg|400px|center]]
For ceremonial activities, crowd control and patrol duties, the SAPOL Mounted Operations Unit use [[grey horse]]s. They are bred and trained at the [[Thebarton Police Barracks]], in [[Park 27]] of the [[Adelaide Park Lands]], just northeast 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.<ref name="STAR">((cite web |title = Special Tasks and Rescue Group |url = http://www.sapolice.sa.gov.au/sapol/about_us/structure/operations_support_service/special_tasks_rescue_group.jsp |publisher = South Australia Police |access-date = 10 June 2011))</ref> The Thebarton Police Barracks will be under the South Australian Governments plan to replace the current [[Women's and Children's Hospital]] and replaced with a new facility. <ref>((cite web |title=Look back at the heritage buildings of Adelaide that have disappeared like the Thebarton Police Barracks will soon |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-25/buildings-of-adelaide-that-have-disappeared-like-police-barracks/101956678 |website=ABC News |access-date=25 February 2023 |language=en-AU |date=24 February 2023))</ref>

=== Aircraft ===
Members of STAR Group and Transit Services Branch act as crew members on a modified [[Bell 412]] Helicopter (callsign PolAir 53) which features an array of thermal and imaging sensors and is marked in a SAPOL livery.<ref>((cite journal |title=Investment in new assets pays dividends |journal=Blueprint Magazine |date=3 May 2022 |issue=1 |pages=21 |url=https://issuu.com/southaustraliapolice/docs/sapol_blueprint_magazine_2022_1_-_final |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref> SAPOL also use a [[Pilatus PC-12]] aircraft which is used to convey Police and prisoners across the state.<ref>((Cite web  |date=2019-07-03 |title=SAPOL aircraft featured in photo shoot over Adelaide |url=https://www.miragenews.com/sapol-aircraft-featured-in-photo-shoot-over-adelaide/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Mirage News |language=en-AU))</ref>
<gallery class="center" widths="220px" heights="147px" style="text-align:center">
File:South Australia Police (VH-HIG) Pilatus PC-12-47E parked at Wagga Wagga Airport (1).jpg|Pilatus PC-12/47E of South Australia Police
</gallery>

== 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). The CDP is broken down into five phases, which includes training at the Police Academy and field experience at metropolitan LSAs. 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.<ref name="academytraining">((cite web |title = Achieve More |url = http://achievemore.com.au/officer/the-academy.html |publisher = South Australia Police Recruiting Section |access-date = 13 June 2011))</ref> 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.((cn|date=November 2022))

=== 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. 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. 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 attending the Probationary Constable Assessment Workshop to determine whether they are suitable to progress to the rank of [[constable]]. Upon completion of the probationary period, officers receive a Diploma of Public Safety (Policing) and are appointed to the rank of Constable.<ref name="probtraining">((cite web |title = Achieve More |url = http://achievemore.com.au/officer/probationary-constable.html |publisher = South Australia Police Recruiting Section |access-date = 13 June 2011))</ref>

Training is ongoing and further courses are available for officers to attend, should they wish to progress their policing career further.((cn|date=November 2022))

SAPOL Protective Security Officers also undergo training at this location. The duration of this training course is only 12 weeks.((cn|date=November 2022))

== Radio communications ==
((refimprove|section|date=November 2022))
SAPOL refers to the communications operation as "VKA". At 0400 hours (4am) on Tuesday 10 December 2002, SAPOL officially switched from standard 64 UHF channels to the SA Government Radio Network (SAGRN). This utilised 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, hearing. 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.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sascan.net.au/?page=infPages/infPolice|title=SA Scan – South Australian Scanner Monitoring|website=www.sascan.net.au))</ref>

=== 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.((cn|date=November 2022))

Examples:
* A unit in Holden Hill could be Holden Hill 16. 
* Traffic Services place a zero (0) before the number, for example, 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.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sascan.net.au/?page=infPages/policeCallsigns|title=SA Scan – South Australian Scanner Monitoring|website=www.sascan.net.au))</ref>

== Notable incidents ==

In 1988, Detective Chief Inspector Barry Moyse - formerly in charge of the drug squad - was himself convicted of trafficking heroin and other drugs that he had seized from dealers, and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment, of which he served ten years before being paroled. He died in 2010 at the age of 65.<ref>((cite news |title=Disgraced ex-drug squad boss dies |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-02/disgraced-ex-drug-squad-boss-dies/2245446 |access-date=24 December 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Commission |date=2 September 2010))</ref>

In 1994, [[National Crime Authority#Murder of Geoffrey Bowen|a bombing]] at the [[National Crime Authority]] Adelaide offices killed Western Australian Police Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Bowen and severely injured others. The bomb was concealed in a parcel that was addressed to Bowen. Domenic Perre, who had been identified as a person of interest shortly after the bombing and a known crime figure was convicted of the bombing in 2022.<ref>((cite web |last1=Hayman |first1=Dion |title=NCA bomber to be sentenced, likely to die in jail |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/10/07/nca-bomber-to-be-sentenced-likely-to-die-in-jail/ |website=[[InDaily]] |language=en |date=6 October 2022))</ref><ref>((cite web |title='Today's verdict will allow us to move forward': Family, friends of NCA bombing victims praise Perre conviction |first=Meagan |last=Dillon|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-30/domenic-perre-found-guilty-of-1994-nca-bombing/101195866 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=30 June 2022))</ref>

During the [[2016 South Australian blackout]], SAPOL Commissioner Grant Stevens declared a major incident under the ''Emergency Management Act 2004''. During the incident, police officers who were not responding to distress calls were ordered to undertake traffic control duties in the stormy conditions due to all traffic lights around the state becoming inoperable.<ref>((cite web |title=Power 'gradually' returning after SA plunged into darkness |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-28/sa-weather-south-australia-without-power-as-storm-hits/7885930 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=28 September 2016))</ref>

On 16 November 2023, Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig was shot and killed and another officer wounded on a rural property north of [[Bordertown, South Australia|Bordertown]], after responding with two other officers to a report of someone shooting a dog. Police returned fire, resulting in the perpetrator, a 26 year old male, receiving life-threatening gunshot wounds.<ref>((cite web | title=SA Police officer shot dead at Senior, near Bordertown | website=7NEWS | date=16 November 2023 | url=https://7news.com.au/news/sa/sa-police-officer-dies-in-shooting-in-senior-near-victorian-border-c-12582683 | access-date=19 November 2023))</ref> The death of Jason took the number of SA officers killed in the line of duty to 62.<ref>  ((Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Death of South Australian police officer marks grim milestone for the state |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/shooting-incident-in-rural-south-australia-leaves-two-people-injured/ea96313b-f360-4ea9-8ec4-c5b4ea9376dd |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=www.9news.com.au))</ref> Less than two months later, a female police officer died on duty at the Port Adelaide police station.<ref>https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-sa%2Facting-police-commissioner-linda-williams-tells-abc-cops-face-new-challenges-in-social-media-age%2Fnews-story%2F6f8f0e12a00adae857ba9370419d356d&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE</ref> <ref>((Cite news |date=2024-01-08 |title=Inquiry launched after female police officer found dead at Port Adelaide station |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-09/inquiry-after-sudden-death-of-officer-adelaide-police-station/103296896 |access-date=2024-02-08 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU))</ref>

==List of commissioners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank || Name || Post-nominals || Term began || Term ended || Time in appointment || Notes
|-
| Inspector (Commander) || ((sortname|Henry|Inman|dab=police officer)) || ||align=right| ((dts|28 April 1838)) ||align=right| ((dts|18 May 1840)) || ((ayd|1838|4|28|1840|5|18)) || <ref group=note >Position titled 'Officer in Charge of the South Australia Police Force'.</ref><ref>Max Slee [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36918700?q&versionId=47932463 ''Inman : first commander of the South Australia Police''], Seaview Press (Adelaide 2010) ((ISBN|978-1-74008-559-5)).</ref>
|-
| Commissioner (Major) || ((sortname|Thomas Shuldham|O'Halloran)) || ||align=right| ((dts|8 June 1840)) ||align=right| ((dts|3 April 1843)) || ((ayd|1840|6|8|1843|4|3)) || <ref group=note >First to be titled 'Commissioner'. Resigned in order to serve as Police Magistrate.</ref><ref>((cite web|first= D.|last= Bruce Ross|title=Finniss, Boyle Travers (1807–1893)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ohalloran-thomas-shuldham-2523|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=17 March 2015|date=1967))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Boyle Travers|Finniss)) || ||align=right| ((dts|13 April 1843)) ||align=right| ((dts|12 May 1847)) || ((ayd|1843|4|13|1847|5|12)) || <ref group=note >Later the first [[Premier of South Australia]].</ref><ref>((cite web|title=Finniss, Boyle Travers (1807–1893)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/finniss-boyle-travers-2044/text2529|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=17 March 2015|date=1966))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|George Frederick|Dashwood)) || ||align=right| ((dts|12 May 1847)) ||align=right| ((dts|31 December 1851)) || ((ayd|1847|5|12|1851|12|31)) || <ref group=note >Member of Legislative Council</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Alexander|Tolmer)) || ||align=right| ((dts|28 January 1852)) ||align=right| ((dts|29 November 1853)) || ((ayd|1852|1|28|1853|11|29)) || <ref group=note >A veteran of the Portuguese [[Liberal Wars]] (1828–1834), Tolmer had been awarded by Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] with the Knight of the [[Order of the Tower and Sword]].</ref>
|-
| Commissioner (Colonel) || ((sortname|Peter|Warburton))  || ||align=right| ((dts|29 November 1853)) ||align=right| ((dts|13 February 1867)) || ((ayd|1853|11|29|1867|2|13)) || <ref group=note >Dismissed from office.</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|George|Hamilton|dab=South Australian police)) || ||align=right| ((dts|13 February 1867)) ||align=right| ((dts|24 May 1882)) || ((ayd|1867|2|13|1882|5|24)) || <ref>((cite web|author= J. H. Love|title=Hamilton, George (1812–1883)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hamilton-george-12961|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=17 March 2015|date=2005))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|William John|Peterswald)) || ||align=right| ((dts|3 May 1882)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 August 1896)) || ((ayd|1882|5|3|1896|8|30)) || <ref group=note >Died in office.</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Lewis George|Madley)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|ISO|VD)) ||align=right| ((dts|9 September 1896)) ||align=right| ((dts|31 December 1909)) || ((ayd|1896|9|9|1909|12|31)) ||
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|William Henry|Raymond)) || ||align=right| ((dts|1 January 1910)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1917)) || ((ayd|1910|1|1|1917|6|30)) ||
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Thomas|Edwards|dab=police officer)) || ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1917)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1920)) || ((ayd|1917|6|30|1920|6|30)) ||
|-
| Commissioner (Brigadier General) || ((sortname|Sir Raymond|Leane|Raymond Leane)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO1|MC|VD)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 July 1920)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1944)) || ((ayd|1920|7|1|1944|6|30)) || <ref group=note >Crushed the [[Port Adelaide]] wharf strike of 1928. Knighted in 1945.</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|William Francis|Johns)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CBE)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 July 1944)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 July 1950)) || ((ayd|1944|7|1|1950|7|1)) || <ref>((cite web|title=JOHNS, William Francis – Commander of the Order of the British Empire|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1065371|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|date=1 January 1946|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Ivor Bren|Green)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|LVO)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 July 1950)) ||align=right| ((dts|10 April 1957)) || ((ayd|1950|7|1|1957|4|10)) || <ref group=note >Died in office.</ref><ref>((cite web|title=GREEN, Ivor Bren – Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1106619|website=It's an honour database|quote=In recognition of service during the 1954 Royal Visit|date=27 April 1954|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner (Brigadier) || ((sortname|John|McKinna)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CMG|CBE|DSO|LVO|ED)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 July 1957)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 June 1972)) || ((ayd|1957|7|1|1972|6|1)) ||
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Harold|Salisbury)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|QPM)) ||align=right| ((dts|1 June 1972)) ||align=right| ((dts|17 January 1978)) || ((ayd|1972|6|1|1978|1|17)) || <ref group=note >Dismissed by Premier [[Don Dunstan]] for misleading parliament about the existence of the Special Branch and the information it had collected, particularly on [[Australian Labor Party]] politicians and the 'pink files' on known homosexuals.</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|Laurence|Draper)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|QPM)) ||align=right| ((dts|19 January 1978)) ||align=right| ((dts|27 May 1982)) || ((ayd|1978|1|19|1982|5|27)) || <ref>((cite web|title=DRAPER, Laurence Desmond – Queen's Police Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1111563|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
|-
| Commissioner || ((sortname|John Bryan|Giles)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|GM|BEM|QPM)) ||align=right| ((dts|27 May 1982)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1983)) || ((ayd|1982|5|27|1983|6|30)) || <ref>((cite web|title=GILES, John Bryan – Officer of the Order of Australia|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885615|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote=    For public service in the South Australian Police Force|date= 26 January 1984|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=GILES, John Bryan – George Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1073906|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote= South Australia Police: Apprehend an armed man|date=29 July 1952|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=GILES, John Bryan – British Empire Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1060549|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote=GALLANTRY:SA Police: Disarm deranged man|date= 25 September 1962|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=GILES, John Bryan – Queen's Police Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1111678|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|date=1 January 1968|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
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| Commissioner || ((sortname|David|Hunt|dab=police officer)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|QPM)) ||align=right| ((dts|30 June 1983)) ||align=right| ((dts|31 December 1996)) || ((ayd|1983|6|30|1996|12|31)) || <ref>((cite news|title=Former SA police commissioner dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-11/former-sa-police-commissioner-dies/2293040|access-date=17 March 2015|agency=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 October 2010))</ref><ref>((cite web|title= HUNT, David Alexander – Officer of the Order of Australia|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885518|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote=    For service to the South Australian Police Department and to the community.|date=10 June 1994|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=HUNT, David Alexander – Queen's Police Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1111641|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|date= 31 December 1980|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
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| Commissioner || ((sortname|Malcolm|Hyde)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|APM)) ||align=right| ((dts|10 February 1997)) ||align=right| ((dts|20 July 2012)) || ((ayd|1997|2|10|2012|7|20)) || <ref>((cite news|last1=AAP|title=SA's top cop Mal Hyde to retire|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/sas-top-cop-mal-hyde-to-retire/story-fn6bfkm6-1226290942239|access-date=17 March 2015|agency=Herald Sun|date=7 March 2012))</ref><ref>((cite web|title= HYDE, Malcolm Arthur – Officer of the Order of Australia|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1138601|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote=For service to policing and law enforcement as Commissioner of Police in South Australia, particularly through the development of improved service delivery methods, to the detection and prevention of illicit drug use and electronic crime, and through contributions to national law enforcement policies.|date=9 June 2008|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=HYDE, Malcolm Arthur – Australian Police Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/867956|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|date=26 January 1995|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
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| Commissioner || ((sortname|Gary|Burns|dab=police officer)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|BM|APM)) ||align=right| ((dts|20 July 2012)) ||align=right| ((dts|20 July 2015)) || ((ayd|2012|7|20|2015|7|20)) || <ref>((cite news|last1=AAP|title=Gary Burns is new SA police chief|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/gary-burns-is-new-sa-police-chief/story-fn3dxiwe-1226408905983|access-date=17 March 2015|agency=The Australian|date=2 August 2012))</ref><ref>((cite web|title= BURNS, Gary Thomas – Bravery Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/865815|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|quote=Rescued elderly women from burning flats|date=16 September 1977|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|title= BURNS, Gary Thomas – Australian Police Medal|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1042516|website=It's an honour database|publisher=Australian Government|date= 26 January 2003|access-date=17 March 2015))</ref>
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| Commissioner || ((sortname|Grant|Stevens|dab=police officer)) || ((post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM)) ||align=right| ((dts|21 July 2015)) ||align=center| ''Incumbent'' || ((ayd|2015|7|21)) ||
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== See also ==

* [[South Australia Police Historical Society]] 
* [[Law enforcement in Australia]]

== Notes ==
((reflist|group=note))

== References ==
((Reflist|2))

== Further reading ==
* Clyne, Robert (1987), ''Colonial Blue: A history of the South Australian Police Force, 1836–1916'', [[Wakefield Press (Australia)|Wakefield Press]]

== External links ==
* ((official|https://www.police.sa.gov.au/))
* ((official|https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/justice-system |SA Attorney-General's Department))

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