The South Australia Police Service Medal was established in 1998 to recognize long and diligent service to the
South Australia Police.
Criteria
The medal may be awarded to sworn and unsworn employees who have completed a period of ten years continuous, diligent and ethical service to the South Australia Police after 14 February 1975.
The award consists of a medal, miniature, and ribbon bar. Employees who have completed additional ten-year increments are awarded twenty, thirty, and forty year clasps.
Description and Use
The South Australia Police Service Medal is a circular silver medal, 38 mm in diameter, surmounted with
St Edward's Crown. The obverse displays the
piping shrike The badge on the Flag of South Australia depicts the rising sun, and a Piping Shrike standing on a branch of a gum tree. The Piping Shrike is more commonly known as a White-backed Magpie.
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(''gymnorhina tibicen leuconota'') emblem of the Government of South Australia, surrounded by the words 'DILIGENT AND ETHICAL SERVICE' and 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE'.
The medal is suspended by a ribbon coloured in vertical blue and white stripes in an inverse colour pattern to the
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal that had previously been issued to Australian Police.
This ribbon is shared with the Tasmania Police Medal,
Victoria Police Medal, and
Western Australia Police Medal
The Western Australia Police Medal was established to recognise Western Australia Police personnel who have completed sustained diligent and ethical service to the Western Australia Police.
Criteria
The medal is awarded to Western Australia Polic ...
.
The blank reverse is engraved at its center with the recipient's surname and initials.
According to SAPOL instructions, serving members should wear their medal on the right breast on all occasions when full size orders, decorations, and medals are worn.
Presentations
The
Government of South Australia
The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government, SA Government or more formally, His Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of South Australia. It is modelled o ...
and the South Australia Police conduct regular presentation ceremonies for this award. They are usually held at
Fort Largs
Fort Largs is a historic defence site in the coastal suburb of Taperoo near Port Adelaide, South Australia, approximately north west of Adelaide's city centre.
Fort Largs was built as a coastal battery installment in 1885, responsible for A ...
Police Academy.
See also
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Australian Honours Order of Precedence
References
''South Australia Police Service Medal'', undated pamphlet, Rewards and Recognition Clerk, SAPOL.
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Civil awards and decorations of Australia
Awards and honours of Australian law enforcement agencies
1998 establishments in Australia
Awards established in 1998
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