Feb 2001 Volume 82 Number 2
"serving the protectors"
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Special events
South Australian police have a long history of unfailing service to Adelaide’s many special events. For the Grand Prix, football finals, ethnic festivals such as Glendi and the Schutzenfest, the Royal Adelaide Show, V8 Supercars and Le Mans, SA police officers have made themselves available around the clock. And that can sometimes mean cancelled leave, altered days off and less time with families.
Officers’ most recent special-event contribution was to the Tour Down Under last month. This event – as with the others – could not have been an outstanding success without a police presence. In fact, without the police, organizers could not even stage events such as the Tour Down Under.
The SA community is indeed fortunate that its police respond so competently to the call.
The State Government should acknowledge officers’ efforts, especially those made at the recent Schutzenfest and Tour Down Under, where police worked in searing heat for days at a time.
And, more important, how are the police funded to cover special events? Of the government we ask: is there a budget “top-up” for this purpose, or are police – as has become the trend – doing more with less?
Pay
Under Operation Argyle, police officers – over a period of days – recently monitored and dealt with outlaw motorcycle gang behaviour in the state’s south east. Gang members had embarked on a days-long New Year’s “run”.
SAPOL was to pay the officers for their work, but under the conditions of a declared field operation instead of the Police Officers Award.
PASA intervened and the Commissioner has since agreed to rescind that declaration and pay the police involved according to normal Police Officers Award conditions.
The Police Association advised its members and invited them to call its office for help with any “unresolved queries regarding remuneration”.
Officers’ instant response was acknowledged on this occasion.
Another sportsperson
Peta Squire showed great courage to join the police force and, at the same time, stay committed to a fiercely competitive sport at its highest level. And she is only one of many SA police officers who have – or had – distinguished records in sport.
Nonetheless, as her coach explained in Thunderbird Cop, her record with the Adelaide Thunderbirds is exemplary.
The Police Journal congratulates her on her achievements in netball and wishes her well in her police career.
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