Premier Jay Weatherill refuses to guarantee extra police promise New South Australian Police Commissioner Gary Burns. SA Premier Jay Weatherill. PREMIER Jay Weatherill has refused to guarantee Labor's election promise of an extra 184 police by 2016 will be reached, at a high-level meeting about the police budget. Mr Weatherill today met Police Commissioner Gary Burns and Police Minister Michael O'Brien, who described the discussions as "constructive." Mr Burns has previously warned that finding the required $150 million in savings over four years would mean he could not recruit any more officers. My main aim is to protect the number of positions we have already . . . I would still love to get the extra 184 but the budget won't allow me," he said prior to the meeting. After today's meeting he was more circumspect, saying "I can assure everyone that our budget this year is adequate." Mr O'Brien refused to be drawn on whether the target of extra police would be achieved. Asked if the savings target and extra recruits could both be achieved he said: "That remains to be seen. I think I can give an assurance to the South Australian community and I think the Commissioner can do likewise that the level of policing will remain more than adequate to do the job required. Mr O'Brien said he and the Commissioner had made a detailed presentation to Mr Weatherill outlining the challenges faced by SAPOL and it was agreed to run it through the budget process rather than in the public arena with comments to the media. "Everything is now being considered by the Premier as part of the budget process - we will have to wait and see," Mr O'Brien said. Various funding proposals from agencies are under consideration, this will all be worked out through the budget setting processes and various committees. SAPOL will have the requisite resources. Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the Government was in disarray. "It's been a mess for the Government for over a week; we've had Commissioner Burns saying it is impossible to keep to the recruitment target while also being set a savings target, we had the Minister saying if more money is needed it would be available and we have had the Premier saying they have to live within their means," he said. Now they have had a meeting and we don't really know what the outcome is.