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Speaker 1: Joining me live in the studio right now as Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Police Commander Danny Bacon, good morning to you, Danny.

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Speaker 1: Looks like there's a bit from overnight. A man's been

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Speaker 1: arrested after a large disturbance involving guns and knives in Annula.

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Speaker 2: That's correct, Coddy. About eight o'clock last night, model calls

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Speaker 2: were asleeve regetting a large disturbance of people armed with

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Speaker 2: machetes and reports of someone in possession of a firearm.

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Speaker 2: Police attended, obviously coordinated the area made a number of

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Speaker 2: inquiries regarding such as a result of that that led

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Speaker 2: to the arrest of an eighteen year old male. He

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Speaker 2: was in the possession of an air rifle. So subsequent

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Speaker 2: check selvesey of that air rifle also indicate that air

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Speaker 2: rifle was the stolen rifle as well. So quite obviously

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Speaker 2: a significant event which caused a great deal of distress

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Speaker 2: to a lot of persons in the area. A nine

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Speaker 2: year old now is is in cussoum or face Cook.

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Speaker 1: So that happened about eight o'clock last night on Union

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Speaker 1: terrist didn't I how many people were involved.

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Speaker 2: The twenty persons were involved in that particular melee so

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Speaker 2: there's obviously a number of statements to be obtained, witness

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Speaker 2: details to be obtained as well. So there's an ongoing

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Speaker 2: investigation surrounding the event itself, so that the more significant

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Speaker 2: manners being the individual arm of the firearm. We'll glad

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Speaker 2: we're able to resolve that very very quickly and both

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Speaker 2: have the firearm and the offender in custody, So the

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Speaker 2: manner still remains under investigation, and we do expect to

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Speaker 2: probably lay some other charges through other people involved in

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Speaker 2: that particular incident as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you'd expect so, particularly if there's people there armed

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Speaker 1: with machetes as well. I mean, were they like, were

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Speaker 1: their injuries.

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Speaker 2: There's nothing that we've been brought to notice forum regards

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Speaker 2: to individuals there itself. So I suppose the firearm was

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Speaker 2: the main web. I suppose that concerned us. There's been

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Speaker 2: no information brought to us other regarding any other injuries.

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Speaker 2: In saying that investigation is still ongoing. There's still a

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Speaker 2: number of people to be spoken to, and I dare

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Speaker 2: say there's probably participants in that that we haven't spoken

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Speaker 2: to yet that may have some injuries.

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Speaker 1: Commander, do you know did they live in the area?

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Speaker 1: Or were they people that we just sort of had

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Speaker 1: converged to that area. Do we know what caused the

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Speaker 1: disturbance in the first place?

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Speaker 2: That is still under investigation, Cody. I can't tell that

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Speaker 2: they were particularly residing in that particular street or you

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Speaker 2: know there's in that particular area or suburb, but definitely

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Speaker 2: it was a coordination point for people to attend. So

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Speaker 2: I would suspect that there's probably one or a number

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Speaker 2: of people that in that direct vicinity, But at this

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Speaker 2: stage is under investigation.

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Speaker 1: And I'm guessing we probably don't sort of know whether

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Speaker 1: they were youths or adults. I know that this bloke

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Speaker 1: that's been arrested an eighteen year old, but do we

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Speaker 1: know if they were young or all ages.

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Speaker 2: Accommodation of both higher age teens to the younger adults.

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Speaker 2: But as I said, the matter still quite fresh under investigation.

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Speaker 2: I don't have particulars of ages of all those parties yet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll keep a very close eye on things. I

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Speaker 1: do want to ask. I know that there's also investigations

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Speaker 1: underway into a robbery and car theft in Nightcliff. This

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Speaker 1: one happened about nine o'clock last night outside a ladies

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Speaker 1: home on Progress Drive, Yes Katie.

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Speaker 2: About nine pm police were called were going an adult female.

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Speaker 2: She'd been approached by a young Indigenous male who demanded

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Speaker 2: her bag. She was threatened with a knife and possession

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Speaker 2: of the young male. As a result of that, she

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Speaker 2: ran away from the area, leaving a bag handbag. The

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Speaker 2: and police spoke of the victim regards the here itself.

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Speaker 2: The vehicle was later observed. The vehicle has since been

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Speaker 2: recovered and investigations on going to identify the offender. So

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Speaker 2: we surely asked if anybody had been in the area

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Speaker 2: of Progress Drive around ine o'clock last night they have

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Speaker 2: any information that may assist. The vehicle in question was

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Speaker 2: a red Suky Swift, So if they have any dash

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Speaker 2: can footage or they have any footage or any information

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Speaker 2: regarding that vehicle that time and who was in that vehicle,

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Speaker 2: we asked them to come forward.

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Speaker 1: A very very scary situation for that lady. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know you said their police have spoken to her.

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Speaker 2: She okay, obviously very traumatizing event. Cody. You know, no

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Speaker 2: one wishes to be a sold a little and assaulted

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Speaker 2: with an edge weapon. So yes, very traumatic for obviously her. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but there's no physical injuries, but quite often the mental

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Speaker 2: injuries are the more significant than in matters of this nature.

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Speaker 1: And so the vehicle's been been recovered. Is it badly damaged.

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Speaker 2: No, it hasn't been badly damaged. That's good, but it

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Speaker 2: has been recovered and has said have or assist us

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Speaker 2: and identify the offender as well.

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Speaker 1: Lisa, Hey, I want to just head across to another

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Speaker 1: another situation that the Northern Territory Police have made us

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Speaker 1: aware of, and that is that your hold concerns for

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Speaker 1: the welfare of a mariner, Christian Larson, who's not been

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Speaker 1: seen for many months. The sixty eight year old experienced

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Speaker 1: mariner left Darwin on his sailing yacht and that was

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Speaker 1: back in August twenty twenty three. He was planning to

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Speaker 1: sail solo to Mexico.

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Speaker 2: Yes, with his cat. Yes, he's obviously a well experienced

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Speaker 2: mariner and certainly familiar with traveling solo as well as

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Speaker 2: very much out of character for him. He was keeping

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Speaker 2: in regular contact with family and friends, advising him of

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Speaker 2: his journey and where he was at what stage. So

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Speaker 2: it is very unusual that he hasn't been heard of

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Speaker 2: since November and particularly around that rival area in PMNG.

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Speaker 2: So we're just asking seeking any information from anybody if

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Speaker 2: they are aware of his whereabouts at all, and you

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Speaker 2: know he's failed to contact us on our arms. We

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Speaker 2: just asked him to come forward.

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Speaker 1: I've just got a message here on the tech sign

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Speaker 1: somebody asking if you're able to tell us a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about what had happened at Henbry Avenue in

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Speaker 1: TWI yesterday about one forty five in the afternoon. Apparently

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Speaker 1: police had a round. There was around five police vehicles

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Speaker 1: with four youths handcuffed sitting on the ground. Do you

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Speaker 1: know anything about that?

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Speaker 2: Not in front of me at the moment, Kady, But

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Speaker 2: I know that we did apprehend a number of views

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Speaker 2: yesterday in regards to some property offending. But I don't

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Speaker 2: have those exact particulars in front of me, but I

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Speaker 2: dare say that probably will be related to that. Okay.

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Speaker 1: So sounds like there's a group that's maybe been out

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Speaker 1: breaking into people's homes.

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Speaker 2: Or unfortunately, we do apprehend a number of views on

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Speaker 2: a regular basis in regards to property theft. I would

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Speaker 2: submit that probably this was one of those occasions we

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Speaker 2: did apprehend a number of years, as I said, for

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Speaker 2: unlawful use of a vehicle and a number of house breaks. Yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Hey, I always get messages people asking if there's any

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Speaker 1: update on the situation that occurred about a month ago

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Speaker 1: in Yarrawonga. We're a gentleman. Well was killed as I

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Speaker 1: understand it, So is there any update on that situation?

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Speaker 2: Nothing that I can provide today, Cody. The matter is

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Speaker 2: also of cramonal investigation. That matter is ongoing. There's a

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Speaker 2: number of investigive avenues that are being undertaken and as

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Speaker 2: soon as some food information comes forward that I can provide,

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Speaker 2: then that will be released. Certainly, we do encourage members

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Speaker 2: of the public if they have any for information that

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Speaker 2: they believe can assist us in an investigation. We do

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Speaker 2: ask us ask them to come forward. But at the

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Speaker 2: moment I have no further update.

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Speaker 1: Another one. We've got a pressure release on Tuesday Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Police calling for witnesses in relation to a disturbance

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Speaker 1: at a shopping center in Harmerston. This was actually last week,

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Speaker 1: but photos have been issued of this supermarket on Temple

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Speaker 1: Terraces in Palmerston. They've apparently removed packets of chuck steak

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Speaker 1: from the refrigeration section. The male offender was wearing a

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Speaker 1: biking shirt and was captured running from the store with

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Speaker 1: and collect area. Sounds bizarre.

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Speaker 2: Crime is bizarre in some occasions, Cody, it really is,

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Speaker 2: and we're calling for witnesses regards to come matter. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: it takes a while to obtain CCTV that assists us.

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Speaker 2: Obviously we have on this particular occasion. It clearly identifies

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Speaker 2: the two individuals that were involved in that particular matter.

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Speaker 2: So we've released that footage. Now we are asking people

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Speaker 2: to contact police if they know of their individual whereabouts

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Speaker 2: so we can go and speak to them and ask

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Speaker 2: them what they were doing at that particular time.

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Speaker 1: Sounds very odd, Hey, quick one before I let you go.

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Speaker 1: This morning, I know Northern Territory Police the recruitment team

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Speaker 1: has been out on the road heading to my hometown

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Speaker 1: Mount iSER for the rodeo, also to the Garma Festival,

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Speaker 1: all as part of the recruitment campaign for the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Police.

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Speaker 2: Certainly were and it's a great initiative. It really was

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Speaker 2: for our recruitment team to both be at Garma but

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Speaker 2: also man iSER. We really are looking for non terretory

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Speaker 2: officers that like working regional remote areas, and both those

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Speaker 2: locations attract a number of visitors that we were keen

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Speaker 2: to engage with and certainly sell the Northern Territory Police.

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Speaker 2: It's an amazing career, it really is. It has its

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Speaker 2: obviously challenges, but it has its significant rewards as well

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Speaker 2: in what we do within the community. So the team,

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Speaker 2: the recruitment team along with our average on the Asian

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Speaker 2: officers as well and local regional officers attended both those locations.

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Speaker 2: We really hope that that generates to applications to join us.

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Speaker 2: We're certainly not shy of getting applications, which is really good.

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Speaker 2: That's increasing eificantly and we hope that this contributes to

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Speaker 2: that and we see them a recruit graduation in the future.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. Well, come on to Danny Bacon. Good to

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Speaker 1: speak with you this morning. Really appreciate your time. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you again soon.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, Thank you very much. Getting