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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2016-06-07" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <endPage num="5844" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Police Training</name>
      <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000834">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Police Training</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4342" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-06-07">
            <name>Police Training</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000835">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4342">Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart)</by> (25 February 2016).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Transport and Infrastructure</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Housing and Urban Development</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-06-07">
            <name>Police Training</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000836">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development):</by>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000837">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;In January 2009, SAPOL adopted a range of initiatives emanating from the Mindframe program. A comprehensive training program is undertaken by all police recruits, spanning a broad range of topics relating to police dealing with people with mental health issues and police dealing with their own mental health management. This training was designed to capture new recruits since the adoption in 2009 of the Mindframe initiatives. This training also extends to managing communications with persons threatening suicide, particularly in high risk situations. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000838">
          <inserted>SAPOL does not release details of any police suicides unless there is critical reason to do so. This policy is in line with a nationally agreed position emanating from the October 2015 National Police Media Managers' Conference. This policy and procedure is included in all media training throughout SAPOL and has been since 2009.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000839">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;In addition to the training delivered on the approved Recruit Training Program, all appointed police officers receive additional suicide-related training when attending promotional and developmental training course.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000840">
          <inserted>Operational members are required to attend corporate training on a rotational basis. 'Suicide Awareness' and 'Prevention and Building Resilience' are compulsory subjects forming part of the corporate training cycle.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201606071614c1f5d4304fd0a0000841">
          <inserted>The current Advanced Diploma of Policing has an element on managing behavior in the workplace. From January 2017, the Advanced Diploma will have a Human Resource Management element relating to the management of employee welfare.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
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