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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2020-09-08" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>South Australia Police</name>
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          <heading>South Australia Police</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4335" kind="question">
        <name>Mr ODENWALDER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Elizabeth</electorate>
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          <question date="2020-09-09" qonNum="204">
            <name>South Australia Police</name>
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          <inserted>204 <by role="member" id="4335">Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth)</by> (9 September 2020).  Can the minister provide information pertaining to SAPOL's use of drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or similar), including:</inserted>
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          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;The number of drones owned and operated by SAPOL?</inserted>
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        <text id="2020090807e9ee90ef524210a0001672">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;The number of drones acquired by SAPOL on a lease-type basis?</inserted>
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        <text id="2020090807e9ee90ef524210a0001673">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;A breakdown of which sections or units within SAPOL have control of these drones?</inserted>
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        <text id="2020090807e9ee90ef524210a0001674">
          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;A breakdown of when, where and how these drones were used in each calendar year from 2016?</inserted>
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        <text id="2020090807e9ee90ef524210a0001675">
          <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;Any general orders or policies relating to the use or deployment of drones?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4840" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. TARZIA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Police</name>
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          <question date="2020-09-09" qonNum="204">
            <name>South Australia Police</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4840">The Hon. V.A. TARZIA (Hartley—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services):</by>  I am advised by South Australia Police (SAPOL) the following:</inserted>
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          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;SAPOL has a number of remote piloted aircraft systems. For operational reasons SAPOL does not comment on capability.</inserted>
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          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;Nil.</inserted>
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          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;Special Tasks and Rescue Group.</inserted>
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          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;For operational reasons SAPOL does not comment on the locations or number of deployments.</inserted>
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        <text id="2020090807e9ee90ef524210a0001681">
          <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;SAPOL complies with CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) Regulation—CASR Part 101.</inserted>
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