1964

Land purchase

The Police Journal reported that PASA had bought the “...block of land at the rear of association building” for £5,000.

Committee motion on overtime

PASA president, Dudley Noblett, raised the issue of “a minimum period of overtime being granted to members recalled to duty after completion of a shift”. Mr Gollan moved that “the secretary take the necessary steps concerning members being recalled to duty being given a minimum of two hours’ overtime plus reasonable travelling time”. Mr Carroll seconded the motion.

Three-hour minimum

Commissioner John McKinna wrote to PASA with advice of a proposed amendment to general order 32 (1) so that a member “...who is called from his home to perform extra duty will be allowed a minimum of two hours”, and, “for the time reasonably spent in travelling from and returning to his home, a total minimum of three hours”.

Vale

PASA expressed its deepest sympathy to the family of Cadet Brian Harry Davis.

Move to increase leave

PASA announced that it had “become necessary...to make an application for an amendment to regulation 87 (of the Police Regulation Act) to provide for recreation leave not exceeding 35 days for each year of service”. Annual leave for SA police had last been increased - from 21 days to 28 - in 1927.

Committee nominees

Nominees for positions on the PASA executive committee included:

• Sgt JS Carroll (City Watch House).
• Sgt EH Trotter (Instructional).
• Snr Const F Warner (Murray Bridge).
• Sgt HA Gollan (Port Adelaide CIB).
• Snr Const DW Nation (Port Adelaide).
• Sgt WR Teague (Peterborough).
• Sgt HM Treloar (Thebarton Barracks).
• Sgt LE Samuels (Port Adelaide).
• Sgt WA Williams (St Peters).
• Snr Const GH Huffa (Tea Tree Gully).
• Sgt KH Lamshed (Information Bureau).
• Snr Const DW Noblett (Thebarton Barracks).

1974

Recruitment campaign

The Police Journal reported that SAPOL was to conduct “an intensive campaign to recruit 165 cadets to commence training in 1975”. The campaign was to be “spearheaded” with an SA Film Corporation production called Not a job for everyone.

Single-men’s quarters

The journal reported that the PASA committee and the Commissioner had discussed improving facilities - such as personal showers and hand basins - in single men’s quarters. Also covered was the possibility of “relaxing...the present provisions” that restricted the entertainment of guests in the quarters.

Tenure

PASA announced that, in relation to “remaining at stations for longer than the five-year period, the department (was) prepared to look at each case on its merits”.

Port Augusta

Steps were being taken to increase both manpower and police housing at Port Augusta.

Headwear

The Commissioner hinted at the possibility of his deputy investigating the appropriateness of “soft-topped” caps for SA police.

Manpower shortages

PASA and the Commissioner agreed that association secretary, Ralph Tremethick, and the Deputy Commissioner should between them take up the issue of manpower shortages at police stations.

Police award

PASA reported that it had “filed an application in the Industrial Commission for variations to the present award in respect to salaries, motor mileage, uniform allowance, annual leave and annual leave loading”.

Pay claim

The Industrial Commission fixed Friday September 6 as “a preliminary hearing date for the Police Officers’ Award”.

Vale

The Police Journal reported on the deaths of police officers Owen Frederick Horsey (Sept 4) and Gerardus Johannes Van Loon (Sept 23). Mr Horsey, 58, had joined SAPOL in 1948 and died after a short illness. Mr Van Loon, 24, had joined in 1967 and also died after a short illness.

1984

Terrorism

Arpad Security Agency managing director, AL Bacskai, wrote of violence as “the ultimate aphrodisiac to the international terrorist” in an article called Terrorism (Police Journal, September).

Rank comparison

The Police Journal published a table that showed a breakdown into ranks of the police population of 1984 compared to that of 1980.

Rank	1980	1984
First Class Const	470	661
Snr Const	414	444
Snr Const 1G	368	529
Sgt	332	345
Snr Sgt	147	146

 

Industrial plan

PASA published its industrial plan, which it broke down into the areas of constable function, skill, service, responsibility, salary-and-wage administration.

Authoritarian management style

The Police Journal published the findings of a study into police-officer attitudes by former New York City police lieutenant, William F Walsh. He found that 40 per cent of officers “did not make a single felony arrest” during the period of the 12-month study.

He believed that such low productivity was “manifestation of dissatisfaction experienced by rank-and-file officers with the authoritarian style adopted by their superordinates.

“Clearly,” Walsh said, “the traditional managerial methods are not serving to motivate officers.”

1994

Horse and rider awarded

Constable LE Taylor on Police Horse Windemere won the award for the best turned-out horse and rider at the Royal Adelaide Show.

Obituary

The Police Journal published an obituary in honour of one of its former presidents, the late William “Scan” Sutherland, who died on September 6 at the age of 87. He had served as a police officer from July 1927 to June 1966, chiefly in the Port Adelaide area. A recipient of the Order of Australia Medal, Mr Sutherland had also served as a Woodville city councillor for 33 years.

Vale

PASA paid tribute to its former committee person and life member, the late Jack Walsh, who died on September 10. Eulogizers wrote of him as “a very colourful man”; a man “intensely interested in the welfare of the membership”; and a “hard-working member (of) the Police Club committee”, for which he “had always been an ambassador”.

Compensation claims

Changed legislation that affected workers’ compensation claims for injuries sustained during travel to or from work was considered unclear. Accordingly, PASA advised its members to contact the association in cases of rejected claims.

Direct debiting

PASA reiterated its intention to move to direct debiting of membership subscriptions.

Worthy programmes?

The Police Journal published On Troubled Waters - Promotion and Advancement in the 1990s, by US police psychologist, Ira Grossman, and San Diego police sergeant, Jack Doherty. They asserted that, “in this era of declining promotional opportunities”, programmes such as community-based policing and problem-oriented policing (POP) positively influenced officers’ self-worth.