SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE 2019-20 Annual Report SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE 100 Angas Street, Adelaide SA 5000 GPO Box 1539, Adelaide SA 5001 www.police.sa.gov.au Contact phone number: (08) 7322 3556 Contact email:
[email protected] ISSN: 1833-850X Date presented to Minister: 30 September 2020 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE To: Hon. Vincent Tarzia Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services This annual report will be presented to Parliament to meet the statutory reporting requirements of the PoliceAct 1998, Police Regulations 2014 and Public Sector Act 2009 and the requirements of Premier and Cabinet Circular PC013 Annual Reporting. This report is verified to be accurate for the purposes of annual reporting to the Parliament of South Australia. Submitted on behalf of the South Australia Police by: Grant Stevens APM LEM COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Date-- Z7---+-,/�, q4---- Signatu,., £__ _ 21Page 2019-20 ANNUAL REPORT for the SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE From the Chief Executive The financial year 2019-20 has been a very different year for police, in responding to major bushfires over the summer period, followed by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Late November saw major bushfires in the Lower Yorke Peninsula, followed by devastating fires in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in December and then January. The State Emergency Centre was activated in November 2019, December 2019 and again on 2 January 2020. Lives were lost, homes were destroyed and so many businesses were forced to the brink. The community of South Australia (SA) were rallying to support affected communities as the world started talking about a novel coronavirus.