Police Foundation Day is a significant event, held annually on 28 April, commemorating the anniversary of the date when SAPOL was founded in 1838.

[1] Another gallery exhibits the plaster cast made in 1949 of an unknown man's head and chest from the unsolved Tamam Shud case.

In addition to the usual police history narratives the society keenly promotes the many elements unique to South Australia.

In 1852-53 SAPOL conducted a gold escort service between the Victorian goldfields and Adelaide which revived the economy of South Australia.

The very earliest policing in South Australia was based on the process of hue and cry which relied on citizen volunteers.

In 1852 SAPOL issued an official publication titled Hue and Cry containing details of crimes and wanted people.