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Speaker 1: Well, we know there is always plenty happening around the

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Speaker 1: You know some of that youth offending and joining me

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Speaker 1: in the studio right now. He's probably one of the

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Speaker 1: busiest blogs in the territory. Strike Force Strident Senior Sergeant

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Speaker 1: Dale Mortar Barnard, good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, good morning to all your listeners.

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Speaker 1: And it has been quite a busy time by the

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Speaker 1: sounds of it, we know that. Well. A little earlier

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Speaker 1: Media saying that a thirty two year old man had

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Speaker 1: and carrying ammunition. Now this happened, I think was at last.

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Speaker 1: Was it Friday last week or over the course of

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Speaker 2: No, it was Friday last week.

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Speaker 1: Yep, talk us through exactly what went on.

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Speaker 3: So there was a worker that belongs to a local

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Speaker 3: That resulted in a thirty two year old male being apprehended.

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Speaker 3: Upon being searched, he had some ammunition on him. Beside

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Speaker 1: That must be quite like a I mean, I know

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Speaker 3: But certainly that was a wake up call for a

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Does it happen very often that people are armed

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Speaker 3: We're pretty fortunate here in the territory and i'd say

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, and even other things being used as weapons,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we're nine days into October now and we've

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Speaker 1: Forty one arrests in nine days for what kind of offending.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, tell me a bit more about these ramraid crime sprees,

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Speaker 3: So Friday last week, the same day that we apprehended

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Speaker 1: So two of them already bailed.

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Speaker 1: With those forty one arrests in nine days, I mean

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Speaker 3: Certainly the last week has been quite youth intensive, quite

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Speaker 1: Tell me a bit more about the seven out of

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Speaker 3: So we had a car stolen, So keys were stolen

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Speaker 3: that was a strike force Trident Dog operations unit type operation.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're all arrested without incident.

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Speaker 1: Now, then you also touched on I think there was

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Speaker 2: Look this morning.

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Speaker 3: Nothing, There are some jobs from overnight we're investigating now.

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Speaker 3: Pinelands has had quite a bit of activity overnight. A

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Speaker 1: You guys sound like you are incredibly busy I mean,

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Speaker 1: You certainly stay on top of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we try and do our bit.

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Speaker 3: Look, if we don't keep a handle on it, it

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Speaker 1: As yeah as calm as possible. Hey, with Pinelands overnight,

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Speaker 1: So it sounds like there's a bit of a hit

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Speaker 1: Do you know if there was much damage or stolen?

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure at this morning time, Katie.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, we'll certainly no doubt here more. I

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Speaker 1: Triple four, Dale, like I said, sounds like it's been

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Speaker 3: Oh look, Katie, we could probably spend all day talking

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Speaker 3: responsible for committing all these offenses, put them before the court.

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Speaker 3: And then obviously what happens at the court that's out

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Speaker 2: We've just got to do our bit well.

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Speaker 1: I know that the community appreciates the work that you do.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate your time. Thank you very much for coming

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Speaker 1: Force Tried and Senior Sergeant Dale Mortar Barnard, thank

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Speaker 2: You, no worries, Thanks Katie, Thank you