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SAPOL commissioner rejects outback police shortage plan
Key takeaways
- Coober Pedy, about 645km south of Alice Springs, and about 850km north of Adelaide, is experiencing police staffing shortages and retention issues.
- South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has rejected non-binding recommendations from the Employment Tribunal to attract more officers to the understaffed Coober Pedy station.
- The station is continuing to struggle with staffing issues, previously operating "with less than half its required manpower".
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Coober Pedy, about 645km south of Alice Springs, and about 850km north of Adelaide, is experiencing police staffing shortages and retention issues. (ABC News: Haidarr Jones)
South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has rejected non-binding recommendations from the Employment Tribunal to attract more officers to the understaffed Coober Pedy station.
The station is continuing to struggle with staffing issues, previously operating "with less than half its required manpower".
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