Feb 2013
The lives of three police officers looked as if they might never return to normal after a suburban Adelaide shootout.
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Dec 2012
Her parents, Chris and Dianne, told 12 years ago how they nearly lost her to cancer, and now all three talk about the battle since then.
View issueOct 2012
Detective Sgt John Keane is about to retire with the images of 100-odd brutal murders in his head - and no way to erase them.
View issueAug 2012
Wife and mother Rika Mombers and two police officers tell how they survived an unprovoked, middle-of-the-night attack which left three dead.
View issueJun 2012
That-s how Snr Const 1C Jo Kruk scored a top finish in one of the world-s most punishing marathons.
View issueApr 2012
He might have enjoyed more than 10 years of retirement by now, so what keeps Detective Snr Sgt 1C Sid Thomas fighting crime?
View issueFeb 2012
This was how a father finally indicated to Major Crime detectives where they could find his only child, whom he had killed and dumped.
View issueDec 2011
He became the ultimate go-to man for anything to do with prosecuting offenders, and retired as an icon.
View issueOct 2011
Two police officers, set up and badly wounded by a gunman, recount a harrowing attack and its ire-raising aftermath.
View issueAug 2011
The Parafield Gardens -House of Horrors- case left police investigators with images none of them will ever forget.
View issueJun 2011
Because although this police officer's daughter had lost both her parents by the time she was eight, she had a 'really good upbringing'.
View issueApr 2011
Simon Plummer had to face up to stressful disputes with SAPOL as he tried to recover from major injuries he suffered in an on-duty car crash.
View issueFeb 2011
Had Detective Danni Smalbil not pursued this answer so relentlessly, and for so long, three victims would never have found out who raped them.
View issueDec 2010
He stood up for the fair go for police, and he helped bring brutal murderers to account. But best about his four-and-a-half decades in policing was "the generosity and substance of the cops he worked with, and the people he met along the way".
View issueOct 2010
It was a major crime which might have ended with the murder of victim Lily Do. She somehow survived, but has never told her story - until now.
View issueAug 2010
Instructor Darren Watkins wants his marksmen to think 'this round is the most important round they'll ever fire in their whole career'.
View issueJun 2010
Four secondary victims of murder explain not only what they have suffered but also the dynamics of their interaction with police.
View issueApr 2010
Just how dangerous does it get in the middle of the wildest public disorder incidents, in which fists, missiles and insults all fly at once?
View issueFeb 2010
Front-line police officers take a look back and tell the stories of the jobs they remember most from the 2000s.
View issueDec 2009
One murdered young SA police officer had so much to live for, as Mark Carroll told the Police Association annual conference, themed In Harm-s Way.
View issueOct 2009
-... there-s danger in CIB work, and people are kidding themselves if they think there-s not,- says one detective sergeant. And, says another: -... sometimes you just walk away and shake your head ...-
View issueAug 2009
One prosecutor shakes with nerves; another refuses to back down to a fuming magistrate. Of two others, one is exasperated by mind-changing victims, and the other is moved almost to tears.
View issueJun 2009
One cop takes a bullet to the chest; another takes one in the face. Of two other cops, one gets speared in the gut and another gets smashed in the face with a bottle. All four tell their compelling stories of survival.
View issueApr 2009
From what he has to say about people-management, Adelaide Crows coach Neil Craig sounds as if he would have made an excellent police boss.
View issueFeb 2009
Most commentary on operational police work comes from cops- employers or representatives - or the media. Now, three front-line police ofï¬cers tell their own stories.
View issueDec 2008
President Mark Carroll responded passionately at the Police Association annual conference to the ï¬ndings of the UniSA survey on police-ofï¬cer stress.
View issueOct 2008
So was there a clash of the sexes when Tina-Marie Hewkin turned up at the Dogs Operations Section as South Australia's first female police dog-handler?
View issueAug 2008
STAR Group brevet sergeant Brett Girardi always knew how to meet a challenge, but the one he faced last year could have cost him his life.
View issueJun 2008
Those close to new Police Association president Mark Carroll say he was destined from childhood for a role protecting others.
View issueApr 2008
Observers talk openly about outgoing Police Association president Peter Alexander and his unparalleled success as Australia's most senior police union official.
View issueFeb 2008
Police Association assistant secretary Mark Carroll details not only paid leave but also special leave without pay.
View issueDec 2007
Police Association president Peter Alexander and Commissioner Mal Hyde expressed their opposing views on how, why and when SAPOL should issue its front-line officers with semi-automatic handguns. One member of a panel of politicians - Deputy Premier Kevin Foley, Opposition leader Martin Hamilton-Smith, Police Minister Paul Holloway and MLC Terry Stephens - had something to say on the issue, too. Later, after association officials had reported to the conference, the hardworking delegates got down to some robust debate and firm decision-making.
View issueOct 2007
Band bound for Germany Long revered by its local audiences, the Band of the SA Police has scored an invitation to strut its stuff at a world-class annual event in Bremen.
View issueAug 2007
PASAweb a great convenience Apart from their user-friendliness, the Police Association websites continue to draw interest from around the globe.
View issueJun 2007
To the office of Deputy Commissioner, Gary Burns has brought his strong endorsement of teamwork.
View issueApr 2007
After a tour of this desolate landscape, Police Association assistant secretary Mark Carroll reflects on the difficult working conditions faced by members.
View issueFeb 2007
Police Association assistant secretary Mark Carroll asks why so many selection panels are choosing no candidate at all for promotion - and why no avenue for appeal.
View issueDec 2006
2006 Premier Mike Rann and a panel of other state political heavyweights attended this meeting, at which police numbers and the need for retention strategies emerged as key issues. The need for numbers, resources and legislation and Promote the job in schools, unis outline what the Premier and Opposition leader Iain Evans had to say. And Brett Williams reports on a hard-hitting address in which association president Peter Alexander left no doubt about what SA policing needs most (Retention a challenge as big as recruitment).
View issueOct 2006
Brett Williams was on the scene in Canberra to catch all the grandeur and emotion of the moving twilight ceremony that marked the memorial-s opening (Children reveal the agony behind lost police lives). He also looks at one officer-s tribute to his murdered workmate (Honouring a lost partner) and reports on a special gesture by a police unionist from abroad (Gift from US friend and supporter).
View issueAug 2006
Brett Williams takes at look at just what a grand event we can expect of the dedication ceremony for the soon-to-becompleted memorial in Canberra (Police throng headed for memorial dedication). He also outlines the events surrounding the tragic deaths of each one of South Australia-s fallen police officers, whose names will appear on the monument (Destined for the nation-s recognition).
View issueJun 2006
For one veteran officer, and a probationary constable, regular duty in a suburban police station turned into a life-threatening encounter.
View issueApr 2006
Now at the end of his career, a dog handler reflects on not only the joy but also the heartbreak his many dogs brought him.
View issueFeb 2006
Brett Williams presents his fourth round of interviews with two of four police officers he has tracked through their careers since they graduated in 1998.
View issueDec 2005
Few in SA have higher profiles than those of Premier Mike Rann, Opposition leader Rob Kerin and SANFL boss Leigh Whicker. So what did each of them have to say to the delegates?
View issueOct 2005
South Australia's first and highly publicized group of British police recruits now has more than three months' operational experience. Two officers reveal the toughest aspects of making the move down under, and say they will never return to the UK to live.
View issueAug 2005
A panel of judges has selected a design by a Brisbane architectural firm for the soon-to-be-built memorial in Canberra.
View issueJun 2005
This continuing series on the Lower Eyre Peninsula bushfire reveals the horror movie-like scenes at which two PASA members spent their entire shifts - and more.
View issueApr 2005
Police officers naturally swung into action on the day of the Eyre Peninsula bushfire. But, beyond their professional role, many of them had to confront overwhelming personal losses.
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