The Southern Operations Service is responsible for the provision of high quality policing services to the community, through leadership directed at achieving our mission and vision through core functions at the local level. This is achieved through a problem solving approach when responding to calls for assistance, reassuring and protecting the community from crime and disorder.
The Southern Operations Service in general covers that part of the metropolitan area south of the River Torrens, (including the suburb of North Adelaide) and the country local service areas south and east of Adelaide.
The Service is comprised of six Local Service Areas (LSA) and the specialist support area of Transit Services Branch. There are three LSA's in the metropolitan area and three in the country regions:
The Southern Operations Executive is located at the Sturt Police Complex and provides support to the LSA's and Transit Services Branch with policy, operations co-ordination, operations planning, finance, administrative planning, multicultural services and intelligence co-ordination.