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The Police Journal begins an exciting new era this year as it becomes a quarterly magazine for the first time in its 102-year history. Each issue will bear the name of the season of its publication, and this autumn issue kicks things off for the March quarter.

All the award-winning quality of the journal will remain. That’s a guarantee. And the quarterly format won’t mean fewer feature stories. What we previously ran in six issues we will incorporate into the quarterlies So, expect each issue to deliver plenty of content

Among those to appear in this first issue of the new era is Senior Constable Natalia Kruk She opens up about the sudden death of her sister, Brevet Sergeant Jo Kruk, whom she and her mother found a special way to honour

Sergeant Jodi-Lee Black spoke of a tragic loss in her life too But the thrust of the interview with her was her election to the office of SA Police Legacy president She explains how she hopes to meet the ever-increasing demand for Police Legacy services

Labor MLC Emily Bourke dropped into the association offices in January for a chat about her role as the assistant minister for autism – an Australian first. She explains why the government created it, and what cops should know about the autism community.

Police Historical Society president Bill Prior comes up with some pretty good reasons for visiting the museum Nicholas Damiani outlines the design and journalism awards the Police Journal last won overseas

Dr Rod Pearce looks at ways to treat the common problem of sciatica; lawyer Hanna Rogers breaks down a drug importation case; Jim Barnett road-tests the Jeep Compass and Kia Niro

Police Association president Mark Carroll re-examines SAPOL’s failures in staffing and recruitment and links them to “extraordinary mismanagement”

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COVER: Senior Constable Natalia Kruk. Photography by Steve McCawley.

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Remembering Jo

Jo Kruk is not here to live her dream but her sister, Senior Constable Natalia Kruk, knew what it was and is fulfilling it for her

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Stressed and hypervigilant?

A greyhound can help

The initiative is Greyhounds As Mates and it’s set to provide Police Association members and other first responders with special benefits

20 Committed to the blue family

SA Police Legacy has a new president with a long history in policing and first-hand knowledge of personal loss

24 Why special focus on autism?

In her new role as assistant minister for autism, Labor MLC Emily Bourke hopes to talk to front-line cops about that special focus

26 Mysteries, classic cars, The Beatles... all part of police history

So much to learn from the Police Historical Society museum, like the Lethal Weapon-style shootout on Main North Road in 1930

33 Bronzed in Germany

International judges continued to see the Police Journal as a world-leading magazine last year – a bronze award in Germany and gold in the USA

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