Working as a Community Constable

Community constables are valued members and play a crucial part of police operations by creating a safer and culturally responsive services to the community by:

• Providing advice on contemporary and historical cultural issues.
• Organising community-led activities to enhance police engagement.
• Supporting police in operational responses, including attending incidents, conducting enquiries and undertaking preliminary investigations.
• Performing directed policing activities to assist in preventing and detecting crime, maintaining law and order and supporting community safety.
• Proving advice and support to police and community assist in the safe resolution of incidents.
• Assisting police in the planning and conduct of operations and investigations by providing cultural advice.
• Engaging with local groups to support in prevention initiatives.
• Undertaking an active role in traffic policing and road safety campaigns.
• Supporting culturally informed policing through engagement with victims, offenders, youth justice processes and training activities.

Recruits will have the opportunity to build trust and respect within their local community to make a significantly positive contribution to their daily lives.

Working across various metropolitan and regional locations, community constables use their local knowledge and understanding of the cultural and social issues to strengthen the link between policing practices and the local community.

Recruits are expected to be strong and active leaders, and keen to be involved in running a wide range of programs to address the key issues affecting their local community. Through this work, community constables will make a positive contribution not only to the local people, but also to the police officers they work alongside.

A community constable with SA Police is paid a salary from day one that includes undertaking the Community Constable Development Program between the Academy and workplace.

Once the development program is complete, you'll continue building your skills and experience through structured reviews at 12 and 18 months. These reviews are part of the Community Police Progression Framework, which supports career development and progression opportunities.

After three years, you’ll be able to apply to be a senior community constable with future progressions thereafter.

• Full-time employment from day one
• Learn all aspects of your role and responsibilities through a culturally informed training program
• Six weeks of annual leave
• Culturally connected role
• 40-hour working week
• Overtime/ shift penalties
• Being part of a dedicated and close-knit team
• Being a positive role model in the community
• Supporting policing in both metropolitan and regional areas
• Access to a variety of physical and mental health and wellbeing initiatives, including SAPOL’s Fitness Passport, which provides community constables and their families discounted access to numerous health and wellbeing benefits.