<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has identified himself as the high-ranking officer under investigation for accidentally firing his gun during a drug raid in 1991, and admitted someone could be trying to undermine him by bringing it to the fore. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident occurred when Stevens was a 28-year-old officer in the Elizabeth Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and has prompted a fresh internal review.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The commissioner confirmed the incident followed a media report over the weekend. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-court-omar-haouchar-parking-inspectors-unknowingly-foil-alleged-murder-plot-against-andre-kallita/cba63f1b-b2b1-4919-844e-078f2980752b"><strong><span>Parking inspector unknowingly foils alleged gang-related murder plot, court hears</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In the course of trying to force entry... I accidentally discharged my firearm," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No one was injured and Stevens said the incident was the subject of an internal investigation at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As for why it's surfaced three decades on, Stevens said he isn't sure.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/grant-stevens-sa-police-commissioner-investigation-accidentally-firing-gun/6931a8a9-869f-4928-b0c7-04878cfcce6d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can't comment on the motivations for whoever relayed this incident to a journalist, but it is what it is," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't shy away from it and it certainly doesn't distract me from the job I'm doing today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kanye-west-visa-cancelled-tony-burke/eea09d31-812a-44d1-8578-2bad18f5a898"><strong><span>Kanye West banned from Australia over recent single</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't know what the motivation is, I don't know who's disclosed the story – it's not something I've shied away from."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Usually at this point in an investigation, the identity of the officer in question is protected, however Stevens chose to out himself in part to remove suspicion from other senior police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The South Australian government has expressed its full support for Stevens. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have 100 per cent faith in the police commissioner, we back him 100 per cent," cabinet minister Nick Champion said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>