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  <date date="2018-12-06" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Police Tasers</name>
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          <heading>Police Tasers</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4335" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr ODENWALDER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Elizabeth</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-12-06">
            <name>Police Tasers</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4335">Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth)</by> (13 November 2018).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Gibson</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2018-12-06">
            <name>Police Tasers</name>
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        <text id="201812063ad7be6f477b45fc90001231">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing):</by>
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          <inserted>The Commissioner of Police has advised me:</inserted>
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          <inserted>South Australia Police (SAPOL) tasers are allocated to patrol officers on a shift to shift basis. All police officers who are trained and qualified in the use of tasers have access to patrol base equipment, which includes tasers. SAPOL policies and procedures direct that one Electronic Control Device (taser) will be worn by a member of each patrol crew per shift (including patrol crews that have one member working solo).</inserted>
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