The Latest Breaking News from SA Police

Police officer stabbed at Crystal Brook discharged from hospital, other showing 'positive progress' following surgery

One of two police officers attacked and stabbed in SA's Mid North has been discharged from hospital while the other is showing "positive progress" following surgery for critical injuries last night, the state's police commissioner says.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

What we know about the stabbing of two police officers at Crystal Brook in South Australia

Two country police officers were responding to a complaint about a minor disturbance at a local supermarket in Crystal Brook in South Australia's Mid North when they were stabbed by a man named Sean Ferris. Here's what we know so far.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Secrecy continues around police misconduct in South Australia, as MP calls for mandatory proactive disclosure

Mid-level officers breached the SAPOL Code of Conduct 32 times in a three-year period, documents provided to the ABC reveal, but details about the misconduct remain wrapped in secrecy.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Body of murder victim Geoffrey McLean was kept at home of twin brothers, court told

The body of murder victim Geoffrey McLean was kept at the home of twin brothers in Adelaide's northern suburbs for two weeks before his torso was put in a neighbour's bin, a court hears.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Teen escapes injury after losing control of car and landing on tree stump

SA Police issue a warning as the long weekend wraps after an 18-year-old Clare man lost control of his vehicle, which then landed on a tree stump.

ABC News · Apr 10, 2023

Boy, 16, dies after car crashes into tree at Lake Plains on Easter Sunday

SA Police say a 16-year-old boy died when the car he was driving struck a tree at Lake Plains in the early hours of Sunday morning.

ABC News · Apr 9, 2023

Data of thousands of TAFE SA students stolen in breach spanning over five years

TAFE SA says the stolen documents were uncovered during an unrelated SA Police investigation and included copies of driver's licences, proof of age cards, tax file numbers and passports.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

SA Police search Uleybury rubbish dump in Adelaide's north for remains of Geoffrey McLean

Police are searching a landfill site in Adelaide's northern suburbs in the hopes of finding more remains of alleged murder victim Geoffrey McLean.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2023

SA Premier confronted by protesters opposed to urban development on Adelaide parklands

Protesters opposed to a proposed relocation of SA Police's Mounted Operations Unit take their concerns directly to Peter Malinauskas, heckling him as he arrived at a public function.

ABC News · Apr 1, 2023

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens won't release details about officers in misconduct matters, despite SA ombudsman's request

SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens agrees to release some of the information requested in the ABC's original Freedom of Information application, but does not approve the release of officers' ages and genders.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023