Police Corporate Programs

In reply to the Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (20 September 2016).

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety):

I am advised that the following are approved SAPOL corporate programs:

Neighbourhood Watch – a community based crime prevention program aimed at minimising crime through community and police working together. Neighbourhood watch is also the peak body under which Business Watch, School Watch, Health Watch and Transit Watch fall.

Blue Light—a crime prevention initiative that began in 1982 to provide young people with safe and well-supervised activities. As well as discoes, the Blue Light Program includes the Blue Light Police Link Program and Living Skills Program.

Police Link involves officers visiting the Women's and Children's Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre and engaging with children.

The Living Skills Program is aimed at children between 12 and 14 identified as having a lack of social skills, are habitual truants or display low self-esteem or lack positive role models

Home Assist Program – a federally funded program aimed at improving home security and personal safety.

Safe Return Program – a joint initiative established between Alzheimer's Australia—South Australia (AASA) and SAPOL. The purpose of the program is to provide carers of people suffering from dementia or similar illnesses the ability to register the person with AASA and ensure a rapid return to their place of residence if they are located after being reported as a missing person, lost or disorientated.

School Programs—packages have been developed for the use of SAPOL members who are requested by a school to deliver topic based information sessions. The subject matter is developed in partnership with the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD).

ThinkUKnow Program—ThinkUKnow is a free, evidence-based cyber safety program that provides accessible cyber safety education to parents, carers and teachers through schools and organisations across Australia.

SAPOL Safer Journeys Road Safety Education Programs—The SAPOL Road Safety Section in partnership with the Motor Accident Commission (MAC) through the auspices of a Memorandum of Administrative Arrangement (MOAA) operates the 'Safer Journeys' Road Safety Education Program to provide 1,000 sessions to the public for each financial year.