The State Government is yet to secure new sites for six of the 15 police business units located at the soon-to-be demolished Thebarton barracks, as the Police Commissioner warns of further delays and costs to relocate the police horses to Gepps Cross.
The bill for shifting police horses from Thebarton barracks is set to climb beyond the $90m already earmarked for a new Gepps Cross site, with more funding required for a CBD “staging post” and other potential costs.
Levels of toxic PFAS contamination could be a stumbling block for building a new police horse barracks at Adelaide Airport, with a senior officer conceding that the western suburbs location will increase response times for CBD incidents.
SA Police has refused to release documents that would reveal other options for relocating police horses from Thebarton barracks than a controversial park lands site - despite a provisional ruling from the Ombudsman two months ago calling for the files to be disclosed.