House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-09-27 Daily Xml

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Police Ombudsman Annual Report

Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (15:07): My question is to the Minister for Police. What actions has the minister taken against the accusations that were raised in the Police Ombudsman's 2016-17 annual report?

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:07): As the member stated, the Police Ombudsman's report was tabled yesterday. It is the last report by the Police Ombudsman because that position has obviously been abolished with the changes that were made by the Attorney's legislation in regard to police complaints. In the future, this process will be managed by the ICAC Commissioner and that, I think, is going to be an improvement on the process.

In regard to the specifics of the report, I have read the report. It did make some recommendations to government about how—

Mr Duluk interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Davenport is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: It did make recommendations about how the police complaints process could be further improved in the future, and I look forward to investigating that further and talking to the Attorney and the police commissioner.