Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2024-03-19 Daily Xml

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South Australia Police

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:39): Supplementary to the Attorney-General's mention of the number of officers that SAPOL has: can the Attorney-General or the minister provide details covering the amounts of overtime that has been paid to South Australian police officers for the period from January 2022 to February 2024 to cover deficiencies in personnel and resources at various events?

The PRESIDENT: The Attorney did touch on police officers.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:40): I am happy to take that on notice and refer it to my colleague the Minister for Police in another place to the extent that it can be answered. I will see if it can be answered. Of course, any overtime pay would be applied to quite a large cohort of people, given we have more sworn police officers, according to the Report on Government Services, per capita than any place in Australia.