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Aboriginal Affairs Action Plan

5 The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (24 March 2020). Since the launch of the Aboriginal Action Plan in December 2018, for each calendar month that has passed, how many:

1. Applications have been received by the South Australia Police (SAPOL) for community constable positions?

2. Interviews have been conducted for applicants to the role of community constable?

3. People have been successfully appointed to the role of community constable?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): The Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services has been advised:

South Australia Police (SAPOL) does not have data readily available on the number of applications received or interviews conducted per calendar month.

SAPOL can confirm that four community constables were appointed in 2019. These appointments followed five appointments in 2018 and 10 appointments in 2017.

As at 31 March 2020 there were 36.6 FTE community constables.