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Samantha Lock

SA union unaware of Alice Springs police deployment

Grant Stevens agreed to send reinforcements to Alice Springs after an NT government request. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

South Australia Police says there's nothing new in sending its officers out of state after union officials demanded answers and claimed they weren't consulted ahead of the Alice Springs deployment.

Commissioner Grant Stevens said the force would send reinforcements to relieve officers in the outback town after the Northern Territory government asked for help in managing an ongoing youth curfew and an influx of people from the APY Lands.

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