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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): In relation to the supplementary question regarding secondary student driver training, the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and a program called North on Target, and advise whether they are part of SAPOL's corporate programs, I advise:

Secondary Student Driver Training:

Road Safety Section (RSS), through its partnership with the Motor Accident Commission, deliver school based presentations as part of the SAPOL Safer JourneysRoad Safety Education Programs. These presentations include:

'A guide to obtaining your L's and P's'

'The Fatal Five—speeding, inattention, seatbelts, dangerous drivers, drink and drug driving

'Getting home safely'.

The Duke of Edinburgh Program:

The Duke of Edinburgh program is not and has never been a SAPOL program. The ethos behind the award is that it equips young people for life and work. Participants design their own unique program that challenges them to set goals while forging qualities of regular engagement, planning, resolve and commitment.

This program is a very worthwhile initiative that aids with youth development. Blue Light Activities are complementary to some key components of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Applicants for the award are welcome to participate and assist with Blue Light Activities in order to get credit toward achieving it. Some Blue Light Branches have provided financial support to applicants. This arrangement is not formal and is ongoing.

The North on Target Program:

The North on Target program is not a SAPOL corporate program but is a crime prevention initiative of the Elizabeth LSA Drug Action Team supported by the City of Salisbury.

This program is based on the Right on Target program, developed and implemented in the Riverland region in 2001. It was an informal peer based education program implemented within the local primary school cluster.

The North on Target program was developed as a result of a research and feasibility study undertaken in 2004. The Northern Regional Crime Prevention Steering Committee decided to implement a modified version of this program in the northern region following extensive research and a regional forum.

The program was developed as an early intervention peer education program designed to reduce the commencement of substance abuse by young people at an early age.

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