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The SA Police Association president, Mark Carroll, said it was too early to know exactly what led to the attack but it appeared Allely had gone to help Todd and probably saved his life. His body was found at the scene by officers who responded to the sergeants’ calls for help. Police have not said if Ferris was known to investigators before the attack. “These two officers didn’t start work on Wednesday morning expecting they’d be involved in this confrontation.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “It really indicates just how uncertain the policing role is in the community,” he said. Stevens said the two officers were at the property on Symons Street to follow up a “pretty minor incident” at the local shopping centre the previous day, reported to have involved a complaint about the man’s husky.

“We’re very pleased at this point in time that he got through this surgery.”īoth officers were airlifted to the Royal Adelaide hospital after the attack. He is still in an induced coma but the prospects are looking much better than yesterday,” he told Nine’s Today Show. “The other officer, Ian Todd, was in surgery until 11.30 last night.

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