NT deployment for SA Police officers
Channel: SA Police News
Date: 2024-04-06

South Australia Police will send two deployments of officers to Alice Springs following a request by the Northern Territory Police Force.

Two rotations of ten SA Police officers will be sent to Alice Springs to assist local police.

The 20 officers will be drawn from State Operations Support Branch, and their deployment will not impact on metropolitan or regional response policing.

The first week-long rotation will leave Adelaide on Wednesday 10 April and be sworn in as officers of the Northern Territory Police Force.

South Australia Police officers have previously been deployed both interstate and overseas to assist local police with natural disasters, major public events and large security and policing operations.

Chief Superintendent John De Candia said, "The deployment of SA police officers to other jurisdictions is nothing new.  Recent examples of this happening include the Christchurch earthquake and CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting), to name a few."