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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-08-19T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>South Australia Police</name>
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          <heading>South Australia Police</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4362" referenceid="9196416ed01f41d0801ce030b03cd39a" uid="f04f6cdbf7754a06bacbfbb5366b91b9" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-08-19T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>South Australia Police</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-08-20T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="4362" referenceid="9196416ed01f41d0801ce030b03cd39a" uid="f04f6cdbf7754a06bacbfbb5366b91b9">the Hon. J.S. LEE </by>().4 June 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="b1ff3ef9e91848cdb6831c7148b54979" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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          <question date="2025-08-19T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>South Australia Police</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="b1ff3ef9e91848cdb6831c7148b54979">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Police has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;A commissioner's inquiry is only held following major police incidents, and examines the application of policies, procedures and training to assess whether improvements are required, or if failures occurred, in any of those elements.</inserted>
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          <inserted>An inquiry examines the use of force by the attending police officers and if any racial bias is identified during the police interaction, that will be referred to the SAPOL Internal Investigation Section. </inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;There are currently no grounds to suspend the officers involved. If anything is identified during the inquiry indicating it is necessary to change the duties of any officer involved, it will be addressed at that time.</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Incidents of this nature are subject to multiple layers of internal and external scrutiny to ensure community trust and confidence in police.</inserted>
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        <text id="202508190daa8cf6ee104638b0000909">
          <inserted>Any unlawful conduct identified from the incident will be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions. This matter is also subject to a police complaint investigation by Internal Investigation Section into any potential breaches of the code of conduct. The complaint investigation is overseen by the Office of Public Integrity.</inserted>
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