Civilian SAPOL employee charged with corruption only a day after officer’s arrest

Police said the man’s alleged abuse of public office is not related to the arrest of a female officer on Thursday.

• Female officer arrested by Anti-Corruption Section

A SAPOL employee has been summonsed to court after detectives reported him for a corruption-related offence.

The 33-year-old southwestern suburbs man is charged with one count of abuse of public office, but SA Police said the matter bears no relation to the arrest of a female officer on Thursday over an identical offence.

The man, who is not a sworn officer, will appear in the Adelaide Magistrate’s Court on an unspecified date and the circumstances of his alleged offending are still unknown.

It comes only a day after the 29-year-old woman’s arrest, following what police described as “a lengthy investigation”.

She was bailed to appear in Port Adelaide Magistrates Court in February.

Originally published as Civilian SAPOL employee charged with corruption only a day after officer’s arrest