SA Top Cop Under Investigation for Accidentally Firing Gun 31 Years Ago

SA's police chief has opened up about a 1991 firearm incident — here's what was said

A newspaper article published this week reported a "high-ranking" SA police officer had accidentally fired their gun while attending a house in suburban Adelaide during the 1990s. Here's how the commissioner responded.

SA top cop under investigation for accidentally firing gun 31 years ago

Grant Stevens has identified himself as the police officer under investigation for accidentally firing his gun during a drug raid in 1991.

SA's top cop under investigation for accidentally firing gun 31 years ago

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has identified himself as the high-ranking officer under investigation for accidentally firing his gun during a drug raid in 1991, and admitted someone could be trying to undermine him by bringing it to the fore. The incident occurred when Stevens was a 28-year-old officer in the Elizabeth Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and has prompted a fresh internal review.The commissioner confirmed the…

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‘I’ve recounted the story regarding the incident several times over the last 34 years, I’ve never hidden from it or shied away from it.’

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One state’s top cop has outed himself on radio as the subject of an internal investigation over an incident at a drug dealer’s house in the 1990s.