1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: So the Minister of Police Mark Mitchell doing a bit 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: of a victory lap yesterday on crime stats. Here they 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: are ram raids. This is a January to December twenty 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: three verse twenty four. Ram raids down sixty one percent, 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: foot patrols up thirty percent. Who would have thought there'd 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: be a correlation. Total victimizations down three percent, serious assaults 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: down three percent, aggravated robbery down eleven percent. Theft and 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: related offenses though up twelve percent. Joining us now is 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: Ash Palmer. He's the vice Chairpisson for Daring Business Owners 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: Group Ash. 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning Rain. 12 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: These numbers sound right to you, Yeah, they do. 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 2: Especially the ram raids. You know, it was a big 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: concern for a long, long period of time and the 15 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 2: wast quite shocking, especially the human cost of it when 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: you come to your workplace, which is quite sacred to 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: a lot of the retailers. They do spend long time 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: in their workplace and to come to work sort of 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: the you know, the night and alarm goes on and 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: seeing it all completely destroyed, it is absolutely all crushing. 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: So it's good to see at least that number is dropping. 22 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: And that was just too easy for too long. But 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: the police has clammed down and a lot of these 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 2: youths who in particular we're doing it, are getting picked 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: up a lot regularly. 26 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: Right, So that's what's made the difference. It's not the 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: foot patrols because the stuff happens at night, doesn't it. 28 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: So it's it's their following up on these particular young 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: people and they're stopping them from doing it again, that's 30 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: what you're seeing. 31 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, I mean the foot patrols would probably help 32 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: during the day quite a bit. Yeah, in terms of 33 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: that more opportunity crime, you know, they're shoplifting or that 34 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: sort of coming in, running, running with stuff. But the 35 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: ram raids in particular was prone. I used to talk 36 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: to you quite a bit in your previous role as 37 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: well about it. It was just we just needed a 38 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: little bit more tightening from the police. Other things. It 39 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: seems like the new goverment has done, especially for those 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: sort of fifteen to eighteen year olds. You know, hey, 41 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: this is not good and we are going to pick 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: you up. That seems to be happening. 43 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: Now, what about with the foot patrols during the day, 44 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: just the shop owners feeling do they feel safer knowing 45 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: there are cops around the corner. 46 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. One of the things we are hoping for 47 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: a DN now is a lot of our reporting is 48 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: going into their one or five tool, but we're not 49 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: necessarily hearing back for police sometimes in a timely manner. 50 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: So that's kind of like the next next phase. I 51 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: guess we're hoping, you know, like, yes, it's good to 52 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 2: ever foot patrol that if a retailer is putting a 53 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: one or five board, we wanted to be followed up 54 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: in a timely manner and that's just not happening all 55 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: the time. So there's definitely a lot more to be desired. 56 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, but on the whole, on the whole, it's an 57 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: improvement for you, Ash, which is well, it's great news, actually, 58 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: isn't it, Because we've been for years now talking about this, 59 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: hoping for some kind of reprie Vash Param a vice 60 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: chairperson Daring Business Owners Group. There on the stats which 61 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: show in particular, ram raids down sixty one percent and 62 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: foot patrols up thirty percent. Who would have thought it 63 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: could be so simple? You just have police on the 64 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: street and criminals don't do as much crime. I mean, wow, 65 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: my mind is blown Ginny Anderson didn't want to come 66 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,119 Speaker 1: on the show to talk about these numbers. By the way, 67 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: for more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 68 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: to news Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or 69 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.