Commuters can now be searched for weapons on all Adelaide Metro trains, trams and buses, as well as at stations. It's the latest expansion of police powers under declared public precincts, allowing officers to check anyone they believe might be carrying offensive weapons.
00:00Anywhere an Adelaide Metro pass can be used, police now have more search powers.
00:08It's of the person and their property. Police can also order people who are posing a risk to public safety to move away from those areas.
00:17New powers at all transport sites is in addition to already declared public precincts at 11 shopping centres across Adelaide,
00:25at Glenelg and the CBD and at any events like the recent Ashes test when they also annexed the Adelaide railway station.
00:33Between the station and shopping centres, police say over 4,000 searches have been conducted uncovering 18 weapons.
00:41It's actually quite frightening what people think is okay to carry on their person and it doesn't make the community feel safe.
00:48It's a move the state Liberal Party supports.
00:51Anything that further improves community safety is a good thing.
00:56The transport site declarations have been introduced ahead of New Year's Eve,
01:00but are in place indefinitely with a review promised within 12 months.
01:05It's important that we make sure that the declarations are either necessary or appropriate as per the legislation.
01:12Declared precincts like these have drawn concerns these powers will continue to be expanded and that it could disproportionately impact minority groups.
01:21The Attorney General says it doesn't apply everywhere across the state and he's confident the powers are and will be used appropriately.
01:30This is designed specifically in relation to being able to detect people who are carrying knives who don't need to carry them.
01:37The Attorney General says it Additionally.
01:38The Attorney General of nem two people have levied over,
01:39and it's not entirely enables people from finding Anae.
01:40The Attorney General has signed an obligation to accept people who are using their own responsibility
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