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The Last Shift MARTIN BAZELEY JOHN BESSELL GEOFF CAPPER (1) PETER “CHOOK” FOULIS (2) BRIAN FORRESTER JOHN GRAETZ (3) PETER MIRUS GRAHAM PHILLIPS GREG PILL (4) MICHAEL RICHARDSON (5) KERIN SAVA (6) RAYMOND SPARROW (7) ANDREW SPECK (8) GREG TURNER (9) DAVID WARDROP (10) GRAHAM WASLEY (11) MARK WEAVER (12)
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SENIOR CONSTABLE GRAHAM PHILLIPS Yorke Mid North Highway Patrol Eight years’ service Last Day: 13.05.16 Comments… “I served in the Metropolitan Police in London for 21 years in various roles leaving at the rank of chief inspector. “As my next challenge, I am now studying full time to obtain a bachelor of paramedic science at Flinders University. “I thank the Police Association for its support and work on my behalf and that of my colleagues. “I wish all those I have worked with every good fortune and, who knows, we may catch up again on the road but in different uniforms.” SERGEANT BRIAN FORRESTER Communications Centre 40 years’ service Last Day: 30.08.16 Comments… “I thought it was time to go and enjoy things and I don’t look at it as retiring after 40-odd years, just not actively seeking re-employment.”
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SENIOR CONSTABLE 1C RAYMOND SPARROW Call Centre 44 years’ service Last Day: 28.09.16 Comments… “I leave having spent my entire working life doing a job I enjoyed immensely. I have been privileged to have had employment with SA Police. It has provided my family and me with a rewarding, but occasionally challenging, life experience. “I have been fortunate to have met and worked with so many fine people. “ T h a n k yo u to t h e Po l i c e Association for its assistance over the years. In more recent times, its tireless efforts to provide members with wages and suitable working conditions have been commendable.”
Detective Brevet Sergeant Greg Turner Mount Barker CIB 44 years’ service Last Day: 21.07.16 Comments… “I thank the Police Association for its tireless work in maintaining work and pay standards over the past 44 years of my service. The Dunstan and Salisbury eras were especially trying. “Second, I thank my wife for sticking with me through thick and thin especially after losing our house in Whyalla. “I thank all members of CSI throughout the state for their camaraderie. Keep up the good work.”
Above: Working with Accident Rescue; right: as the basketball coach with Sonia Giacomelli, Narelle Smith and Helen Hanson; far right top: at the first Roxby protest during an arrest: far right: a SAPOL vs AFP basketball match.
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