House of Assembly: Thursday, October 29, 2015

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South Australia Police

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:25): Supplementary: given that the minister identifies that this is a matter for the commissioner to deal with, the case in question having been dealt with by the previous police commissioner, will the police minister, if he has not already, seek a meeting with the new police commissioner to discuss this matter and request a review?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:25): As I have just said, I have the utmost confidence in the police to handle those matters. As I have said to the inquiry I received, I thought the comments made by the officer were inappropriate and certainly not something I would endorse. If I was to then seek to second-guess what a commissioner should do in the future, I would be interfering with his role as a commissioner of police to handle his staff. Certainly, if there are matters that the commissioner thinks he needs to bring to my attention, he will do so.


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