A veteran police officer allegedly shot dead in South Australia overnight is the first serving member of the state's police force to die in the line of duty in more than 20 years.
Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, 53, and two other officers were called to an isolated rural property in the town of Senior, 15 kilometres north of Bordertown, at about 11.20pm after reports a dog had been shot.
After being confronted, Jaydn Stimson, 26, allegedly shot and fatally wounded Doig, who died at the scene despite the efforts of fellow officers and paramedics to save him.
The third police officer, Constable Rebekah Cass, also from Bordertown, was not injured during the incident.
Stimson was shot by police and he was also taken to Adelaide and is under police guard.
Doig, who was the officer-in-charge of Lucindale Police Station, is the 62nd police officer killed in the line of duty in South Australia's history.
Stimson's family released a statement to extend its condolences to Doig's loved ones.
"We would like to extend our condolences to the family of Brevet Sergeant Doig and we are thinking of them during this difficult time," the family said.
"As a family, our hearts are broken by the incidents that occurred overnight."
Tributes flow for police officer
There is an outpouring of grief in Bordertown, where the community is coming to terms with the officer's death.
Residents are leaving flowers at Bordertown Police Station, where flags are flying at half-mast.
Doig was a popular local who had been in the community for 15 years.
"It's a sad state of affairs, that's all I can say," one resident said with tears in his eyes.
"Something that should've never happened but it has."
Another resident said the incident was "out of the blue" for people in the small community.
"You don't wish it on anyone," he said.
"No one goes to work thinking they're not going to come home.
"It's shocking... I got up this morning and saw it - you don't expect it in a small town like this."
Premier Peter Malinauskas, who has joined a chorus of tributes from across the state and country, said today "is the day that we always fear when it comes to policing".
"We are so fortunate in this state to live in a safe community, a place where people can travel around without fear of their own lives being jeopardised, and that is largely because of the work of South Australian Police," Malinauskas said.
"Today we see in full view the risks that our men and women in uniform have to encounter every single day.
"It has been over 20 years in South Australia since a serving police officer has lost their life in the line of duty.
"It hasn't been since 1985 that a serving police officer has lost their lives at the hands of a firearm."
Police Association president Mark Carroll said the "collective heart of the nation's police is broken".
"Right now, it feels broken beyond compare," Carroll said in a statement.
"In policing, we are a family, and we've lost a brother. Today we're a family in shock, in pain and in grief.
"This horror is what all of us in policing live in fear of - it is our dread, that one of us, or one of our workmates, has his or her life taken.
"Never should a police officer - committed to his duty, his colleagues, and his community - die in circumstances like these."
Carroll said the association now has a duty to Doig's family and friends, who "will likely see nothing but bleakness of loss in their immediate future".
"I make crystal clear our intention, as police and as a union, not to allow Jason or his family to cheated of a scintilla of the justice they're determined to be owed."
Foreign minister and South Australian senator Penny Wong paid tribute to Doig on social media.
"Every day, police risk their lives to keep us all safe," Wong wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"I'm devastated for the family of a South Australian officer killed while protecting our community.
"My thoughts are with his loved ones and with the police community.
"We hope for the full recovery of his injured colleague."
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said every South Australian police officer, as well as those in other forces, would be impacted by the death of Doig, who had served for about 15 years and was "highly respected" by colleagues.
"It goes without saying this is an incredibly tragic incident for the South Australian police and I can only imagine what the family of Jason are feeling at the time," Stevens said.
"There will not be one single police officer today who is not thinking about the sacrifice that Jason has made and the risk inherent in the role of policing."
Western Australia's Police Commissioner Col Blanch offered his condolences to Doig's family, friends and colleagues.
"Our extended blue family in South Australia are hurting today," Blanch said.
"I have given their Commissioner our blue family's condolences, and passed on our sincere hope the officer who was wounded makes a full recovery.
"As a mark of respect and solidarity, the flags outside all Western Australian Police stations will fly at half-mast today."
Police probe circumstances of shooting
Stevens said a full inquiry would be launched into the incident.
He described the callout for police to attend the property as one that initially appeared a routine job.
"Police were responding as a result of a report but there was nothing in the information we were able to ascertain at this point in time that would have located it was a high-risk incident," he said.
"It would be described as part of a daily routine."
Stevens said investigations into the incident are continuing.
Several incidents in South Australia this year have highlighted the dangers faced by police officers.
Todd was stabbed in the neck, arm and hand and Allely suffered stab wounds to his right leg and arm.
Ferris was shot and later died at the scene.
Both police officers were taken to hospital and later released.
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