The medal may be awarded to sworn and unsworn employees who have completed a period of ten years continuous, diligent and ethical service to the South Australia Police after 14 February 1975.

Employees who have completed additional ten-year increments are awarded twenty, thirty, and forty year clasps.

The medal is suspended by a ribbon coloured in vertical blue and white stripes in an inverse colour pattern to the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal that had previously been issued to Australian Police.

The blank reverse is engraved at its center with the recipient's surname and initials.

South Australia Police Service Medal, undated pamphlet, Rewards and Recognition Clerk, SAPOL.