The SAPOL Risk and Performance Committee meet to provide timely, independent and objective advice to the Commissioner to assist in discharging his responsibilities as they relate to SAPOL’s Audit and Risk Management Systems. The committee reports on internal audit controls, including financial, ensuring corporate risks have been identified and addressed, while fostering an ethical and accountable environment within SAPOL. The committee meet on a regular basis reporting to the Commissioner as required. During 2021-22 this committee met on five occasions.
Category/nature of fraud | Number of instances |
|---|---|
Theft by Deception (fraud) offences | 0 |
Note: Fraud reported includes actual and reasonably suspected incidents of fraud.
Ongoing comprehensive audit practices detect any fraudulent behaviour.
An overarching SAPOL Risk and Performance Committee comprising of SAPOL Executive and two independent external members act as a coordinated corporate committee working across SAPOL to ensure risks have been identified and foster an ethical and accountable environment. The Committee advises the Commissioner on matters of accountability and internal control affecting operations of SAPOL.
A dedicated Audit and Risk Management Section (ARMS) maintain the strategic oversight of fraud and corruption related matters that are reported to the Internal Investigation Section and Anti-Corruption Section, within Ethical and Professional Standards Branch. In addition, they perform targeted random audits of critical SAPOL service areas such as property management, operational equipment, police cells, police stations and financial management.
Data for previous years is available at:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/annual-reporting-data
Number of occasions on which public interest information has been disclosed to a responsible officer of the agency under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018:
25
Data for previous years is available at:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/annual-reporting-data
Note: Disclosure of public interest information was previously reported under the Whistleblowers Protection Act 1993 and repealed by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 on 1/7/2019.
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