1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,160
Speaker 1: Now there is an awful lot happening around the place

2
00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,680
Speaker 1: this morning. Northern Territory Police obviously dealing with a whole

3
00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,120
Speaker 1: raft of issues across the Northern Territory as they always are.

4
00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,799
Speaker 1: But joining me in the studio right now is the

5
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,560
Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner of Northern Territory Police, Matthew Holland b.

6
00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:17,799
Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Matt.

7
00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, Good morning Katie, Good morning to your listeners.

8
00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,280
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your time this morning.

9
00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,079
Speaker 1: Now, I do want to start off with the fact

10
00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,520
Speaker 1: that the Northern Territory Police are investigating the circumstances of

11
00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,120
Speaker 1: a suspicious death.

12
00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,000
Speaker 2: Excuse me.

13
00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,600
Speaker 1: Earlier in the week, I've just got a sneeze a

14
00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,839
Speaker 1: woman who passed away at Royal Darwin Hospital. Now, at

15
00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,800
Speaker 1: about nine am on Monday, emergency services received reports of

16
00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,040
Speaker 1: a seriously ill woman at a residence in Humpty Doo.

17
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,320
Speaker 1: Saint John Ambulance attended and conveyed the woman to Royal

18
00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,720
Speaker 1: Darwin Hospital in a critical condition, where she later passed away.

19
00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,720
Speaker 1: We understand that a crime scene was established at that

20
00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:58,680
Speaker 1: rural residence.

21
00:00:58,720 --> 00:00:59,680
Speaker 2: A thirty nine.

22
00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,960
Speaker 1: Year old male known to the woman was arrested and

23
00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,160
Speaker 1: is assisting police with inquiries. Is there any update on

24
00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:07,920
Speaker 1: this situation?

25
00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,600
Speaker 3: Look, Katie, I can say that the thirty nine year

26
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,319
Speaker 3: old Mail is still assisting police with their inquiries. Investigations

27
00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:19,839
Speaker 3: are ongoing into the exact circumstances of the death. And yeah,

28
00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:25,040
Speaker 3: it's not a simple investigation, and there might be a

29
00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,440
Speaker 3: more comprehensive update later and later today.

30
00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,480
Speaker 1: Do we believe that it is domestic violence related.

31
00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,200
Speaker 3: Katie, I won't go into details. It is, you know,

32
00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,240
Speaker 3: it's the investigation is still ongoing, and I think we'll

33
00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:39,040
Speaker 3: have an update.

34
00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,240
Speaker 1: Later today, all right, And look, I want to be

35
00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,039
Speaker 1: careful what we say as well, because I want to

36
00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,760
Speaker 1: make sure that.

37
00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,760
Speaker 2: That you know that they're like that.

38
00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,120
Speaker 1: Obviously, we don't jeopardize in any way that investigation. I

39
00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,800
Speaker 1: know it's an incredibly important one. I've said this morning

40
00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,520
Speaker 1: on the show that you know that lady is a

41
00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:57,600
Speaker 1: mum of three.

42
00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,720
Speaker 2: I know her father.

43
00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,880
Speaker 1: I don't know her, but I certainly no her father,

44
00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,920
Speaker 1: and I know that the community is pretty rocked by

45
00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:03,640
Speaker 1: this situation.

46
00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, And at the end of the day, a lady

47
00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,280
Speaker 3: has died, and you know, there's a grieving family, there's

48
00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,240
Speaker 3: grieving children, and you know, we'll do the best we

49
00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,519
Speaker 3: can to investigate it properly. Did it get to the

50
00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:17,760
Speaker 3: bottom of it all?

51
00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,040
Speaker 1: Right? Well, we will wait and see whether there is

52
00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,120
Speaker 1: an update throughout the day. Now I want to go

53
00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,360
Speaker 1: across to this other terrible situation throughout this week. Northern

54
00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,080
Speaker 1: Territory Police have now located the body of an eighty

55
00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,840
Speaker 1: nine year old male who was reported missing yesterday afternoon

56
00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,239
Speaker 1: in the Douglas Daily.

57
00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,959
Speaker 3: Yes, Katie, so yeah, we found a search and rescue

58
00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,880
Speaker 3: team located the body of an eighty nine year old

59
00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,240
Speaker 3: man who would appear to be have been swept off

60
00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,640
Speaker 3: the crossing. I can say that one of his wheels

61
00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,680
Speaker 3: went off the crossing, so his vehicle became stuck and

62
00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,920
Speaker 3: you know, although it's a little bit presumptuous, but it

63
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,000
Speaker 3: appears he probably got out of the car and got

64
00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,760
Speaker 3: washed off the crossing and drowned. So very tragic, tragic

65
00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,440
Speaker 3: way for this eighty nine year old man to pass away.

66
00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,320
Speaker 2: That is terrible.

67
00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I will say there was another search and rescue

68
00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,440
Speaker 3: out in Litchfield yesterday as well, where we had a

69
00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,519
Speaker 3: reporter of some people that were missing, and we sent

70
00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,760
Speaker 3: up a helicopter and that actually self extracted. But they

71
00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,200
Speaker 3: were spotted by their helicopter and they were working with

72
00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,200
Speaker 3: the Search and Rescue Section along with Bachelor Police and

73
00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,320
Speaker 3: fortunately they're safe and well. But again, condolences to the

74
00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,360
Speaker 3: family of the man that died at Douglas Day. So

75
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,280
Speaker 3: another tragedy.

76
00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,640
Speaker 1: It is, it's a terrible situation.

77
00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:44,000
Speaker 3: Now.

78
00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,200
Speaker 1: So the circumstances around the eighty nine year old man,

79
00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,560
Speaker 1: they're not considered suspicious, are they look No, I'm.

80
00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,160
Speaker 3: Not believed to be suspicious. So you know, he was

81
00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,480
Speaker 3: he was located a short distance down downstream from where

82
00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,160
Speaker 3: his vehicle was.

83
00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560
Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner. Then with the beach field situation and those

84
00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,240
Speaker 1: people missing, how many people were part of that group

85
00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,760
Speaker 1: and what was the situation exactly?

86
00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,480
Speaker 3: Well, initially were our report was that there was two

87
00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,200
Speaker 3: overdue people, but we ended up finding for so they

88
00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,839
Speaker 3: were stuck in the flood waters. They had they self

89
00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,479
Speaker 3: extracted and they were guided out by by the helicopter

90
00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,760
Speaker 3: that was in the air at the time.

91
00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:24,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, so they were in the in water.

92
00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,560
Speaker 3: Did you say, yeah, they've been stuck in flood, in

93
00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,600
Speaker 3: flood due to floodwaters within the park. But you know,

94
00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,200
Speaker 3: they were pretty self sufficient, self reliant.

95
00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,960
Speaker 1: And was there car stuck in water tool were they like,

96
00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,080
Speaker 1: were they hiking or.

97
00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,159
Speaker 3: They were traveling in a vehicle?

98
00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, so yeah, yeah, right, that sounds like an interesting

99
00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,400
Speaker 1: one too. Yeah.

100
00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,880
Speaker 3: And look fortunately like a search and rescue team, they

101
00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,839
Speaker 3: work pretty hard and they go hard early on cases

102
00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:59,200
Speaker 3: like this to prevent another tragedy. But these people were

103
00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,520
Speaker 3: pretty pretty self efficient, self reliant and had managed to

104
00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,560
Speaker 3: self extract and so it was a good ending for

105
00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:13,880
Speaker 3: those people. But again, you know, the condolences to the

106
00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,240
Speaker 3: family of the man that did pass away at Dale.

107
00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.

108
00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,800
Speaker 1: I do want to move along to a bit of

109
00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,080
Speaker 1: info that we got through today from the Northern Territory Police.

110
00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,080
Speaker 1: You're calling for information following in decent assaults that occuld

111
00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,279
Speaker 1: in Catherine this morning. So at about six o'clock this morning,

112
00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,640
Speaker 1: three women traveling together on foot along the Stuart Highway

113
00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,599
Speaker 1: outbound for Catherine, when an unknown male approached and indecently

114
00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,640
Speaker 1: assaulted them.

115
00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,560
Speaker 3: Details, that's all right, I do have details of the

116
00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,919
Speaker 3: There was another series of indecent acts in Catherine.

117
00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,880
Speaker 2: On earlier in the week I think they were.

118
00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, and a seventeen year old male was arrested yesterday

119
00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,680
Speaker 3: in relation to that, and he's been charged with one

120
00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,000
Speaker 3: kount of gross and decency on a child under sixteen

121
00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,640
Speaker 3: and five counsets of gross and decency without consent on

122
00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,479
Speaker 3: adult female victims. So very distressing for those women, absolutely,

123
00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,360
Speaker 3: and you know it would appear that they were walking

124
00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,120
Speaker 3: on a buck path at the time. And so fortunately

125
00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,039
Speaker 3: he's been he's been appranded, and I think he's in

126
00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:20,559
Speaker 3: court today.

127
00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,880
Speaker 1: Well and yeah, and then so then it sounds like

128
00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,520
Speaker 1: even this morning, there's a female youth approached and indecently assaulted.

129
00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,839
Speaker 1: So obviously a different person I'm assuming near the Catherine

130
00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000
Speaker 1: Art Gallery on the Stuart.

131
00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,000
Speaker 3: Highway, not across that one, but I can confirm that

132
00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,240
Speaker 3: on Friday there was a there was that series that

133
00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,760
Speaker 3: occurred and the offender has been arrested for that.

134
00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,320
Speaker 1: All right, well, we'll we'll see what further and fold

135
00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,839
Speaker 1: we can find out about that situation today that's unfolded

136
00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,880
Speaker 1: in Catherine. But noting that that's not your region either,

137
00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,120
Speaker 1: So definitely.

138
00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,120
Speaker 3: Asking happy to share what I know. Unfortunately I can't

139
00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,120
Speaker 3: share what I don't.

140
00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,920
Speaker 1: Let you go. Yeah, no, that's totally fine now, Assistant Commissioner.

141
00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,359
Speaker 1: We've also been contacted about the number of prisoners that

142
00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,400
Speaker 1: are currently in the watchhouses and what the watchhouse being

143
00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,560
Speaker 1: at absolute capacity. We're basically being told that prisoners were

144
00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,720
Speaker 1: kept are being kept in cells with no toilets and

145
00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,840
Speaker 1: they're designed obviously for holding and processing only, and that

146
00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,920
Speaker 1: there were requests last night by Northern Territory Police to

147
00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,880
Speaker 1: access more cells while they had people in the backs

148
00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,280
Speaker 1: of vans, but they weren't able to.

149
00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, haatie, it's there's no doubt the watchhouse at

150
00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:39,920
Speaker 3: Palmerston is packed and we need to carefully manage where

151
00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,320
Speaker 3: we put people. And unfortunately some people were kept in

152
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,800
Speaker 3: holding cells without toilets for a period of time. And

153
00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,200
Speaker 3: you know, we're working with Corrections on this. There's correction

154
00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,040
Speaker 3: prisoners in there. They're mostly corrections and yeah, it's a

155
00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,080
Speaker 3: difficult situation and I think Corrections are working pretty hard

156
00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,040
Speaker 3: to get some more beds online, which which may abate

157
00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,280
Speaker 3: the issue for a period of time.

158
00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,920
Speaker 1: Was it a situation though last night where there was literally,

159
00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,160
Speaker 1: you know, people being arrested by the Northern Territory Police

160
00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,600
Speaker 1: them having to stay in the backs of those police

161
00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,640
Speaker 1: vans because there's nowhere to put them.

162
00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,840
Speaker 3: Well, that's kind of normal in a watchhouse where people

163
00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,280
Speaker 3: do stay in the back of a van for a

164
00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,000
Speaker 3: period of time. Ideally they would then be placed into

165
00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,520
Speaker 3: a holding cell until the administrative actions of the arrest

166
00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:26,240
Speaker 3: can take place.

167
00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,440
Speaker 1: How long are they in the backs of those vans

168
00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:29,520
Speaker 1: last night, for example?

169
00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,280
Speaker 3: Look, I don't have an exact time, but we certainly

170
00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,120
Speaker 3: did use the holding cells for periods longer than we

171
00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:40,520
Speaker 3: would like for prisoners. But you know, we're working really

172
00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,640
Speaker 3: hard to keep people safe in the Northern Territory and

173
00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,880
Speaker 3: this is one of the outcomes of what we're doing.

174
00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,800
Speaker 1: So just to get my head around it, though, last

175
00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,720
Speaker 1: night it sounds like there was prisoners that were kept

176
00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,960
Speaker 1: in the backs of those vans. They're not able to

177
00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,319
Speaker 1: then get into those holding cells because it's shock a

178
00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,240
Speaker 1: block inside. That would presumably mean that then police aren't

179
00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,240
Speaker 1: really able to get out there and continue to do

180
00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,719
Speaker 1: their jobs because they've got people that are in the

181
00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:07,800
Speaker 1: backs of the van already.

182
00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I can't say how long they are in

183
00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,280
Speaker 3: the backs of vans for, but you know, there's no

184
00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:20,400
Speaker 3: question that the Palmerston Watchhouse is well at capacity, and

185
00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,240
Speaker 3: you know there's a lot of juggling that needs to

186
00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,160
Speaker 3: be done to fit more prisoners. In there on a

187
00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,000
Speaker 3: day to day basis, and we're working with corrections on

188
00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:34,640
Speaker 3: that and it's difficult, exceptionally difficult, and we do the

189
00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,800
Speaker 3: best we can with what we've got.

190
00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,040
Speaker 1: Are you expecting that you're going to be in the

191
00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,600
Speaker 1: same situation like this afternoon?

192
00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,880
Speaker 3: Well, today we had a number of prisoners had been

193
00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,000
Speaker 3: reminded in and we're in police custody and I think

194
00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,400
Speaker 3: there's about twenty of those going to court today, So

195
00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,520
Speaker 3: we don't know. We just have to see what comes

196
00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,400
Speaker 3: back from court. But it gives us time to manage

197
00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:06,400
Speaker 3: the situation with corrections, to do our best to accommodate

198
00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,680
Speaker 3: them in as comfortable of a manner as we can.

199
00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,440
Speaker 1: Look, I know there'll be people listening to the show

200
00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,440
Speaker 1: right now thinking to themselves if the police aren't able

201
00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,800
Speaker 1: to get people out of the backs of their vans

202
00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,240
Speaker 1: into a watch house. And it's not a criticism of

203
00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,920
Speaker 1: the police, because we know you guys are out there

204
00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,079
Speaker 1: trying to work really bloody hard, But how then can

205
00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,120
Speaker 1: you go out and continue to catch people breaking the law?

206
00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, Katie, I don't think you know they

207
00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,760
Speaker 3: weren't there all night in the back of a vent,

208
00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,760
Speaker 3: but you know there is, it's full, and we just

209
00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,880
Speaker 3: need to make we need to make decisions about where

210
00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:43,400
Speaker 3: people will be placed within the watchhouse. It is difficult

211
00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,400
Speaker 3: showing away. It keeps me awake at night thinking about

212
00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,680
Speaker 3: how my people are going in the watchhouse.

213
00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,439
Speaker 1: Well, and I suppose you know, thinking about then the

214
00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,800
Speaker 1: police officers that are on the ground, excuse me, on

215
00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,319
Speaker 1: the ground, you know, trying to work out a way

216
00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,199
Speaker 1: of how they're continuing to do their job when they

217
00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,000
Speaker 1: can't get those people that are broken the law then

218
00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:03,040
Speaker 1: into a watchhouse.

219
00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, Katie, we don't We would never tell our

220
00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,200
Speaker 3: people not to arrest an offender because you know we

221
00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,960
Speaker 3: might have a difficulty accommodating them. That's just not going

222
00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,040
Speaker 3: to happen. We're going to do our job. We're going

223
00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,040
Speaker 3: to do our dartest to keep the people of the

224
00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,560
Speaker 3: territory safe and if that includes arresting more people, so

225
00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:21,920
Speaker 3: be it.

226
00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,520
Speaker 1: How many people are in like the holding cell.

227
00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,800
Speaker 3: Look that it varies, you know, it varies, you know,

228
00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,480
Speaker 3: by the hour basically, but there's not a lot of

229
00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,000
Speaker 3: room in those holding cells, so they might hold two

230
00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,600
Speaker 3: or three. They're only very small, so that you know,

231
00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,360
Speaker 3: it's basically a transit to the front counter, to the

232
00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,280
Speaker 3: front counter of the watchhouse. But yeah, they are being

233
00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,440
Speaker 3: held therefore for periods longer than we.

234
00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,160
Speaker 2: Would like like ours.

235
00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,880
Speaker 3: I'm not too sure, but we have used them to

236
00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,319
Speaker 3: hold people until room becomes available.

237
00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,000
Speaker 1: So all right, we've actually just had a call through.

238
00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,760
Speaker 1: Now I don't know if you're know anything about this,

239
00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,640
Speaker 1: but somebody's literally just called through and said there's been

240
00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,480
Speaker 1: a body found in Palmerston near the old A and

241
00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,240
Speaker 1: Z bank near the boulevard opposite the bank. A taxi

242
00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,120
Speaker 1: driver calling in to let us know that there's four

243
00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,040
Speaker 1: police at the scene. Do you know anything about that?

244
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,719
Speaker 3: No, No, I don't at all, Cody, Sorry.

245
00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:18,360
Speaker 2: Okah, No, that's all right.

246
00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,040
Speaker 1: We'll see what we can find out. I mean, you're

247
00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,120
Speaker 1: in here, you're not out listening to the phone at

248
00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,480
Speaker 1: the moment, so we'll see what we can find out.

249
00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,640
Speaker 1: But that does sound like a terrible situation if that's

250
00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,120
Speaker 1: the case, so we'll certainly keep our listeners on to that.

251
00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've got one more.

252
00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:33,000
Speaker 2: Yeah.

253
00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,600
Speaker 3: So on the weekend there was a car crash where

254
00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,040
Speaker 3: a twenty one year old driver who was also unlicensed,

255
00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,760
Speaker 3: who was a driver in the crash was blue point

256
00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:50,160
Speaker 3: three zero four, which is a ridiculously high reading. And

257
00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,160
Speaker 3: you know, we had sixty people die on our roads

258
00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,320
Speaker 3: last year, so we just need to not take our

259
00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:00,160
Speaker 3: foot off the road safety messaging to the community as well.

260
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,720
Speaker 1: I mean, that was atrocious when I heard that. That's

261
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,240
Speaker 1: such a high reading for such a young person.

262
00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, you know, people like you and I

263
00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,160
Speaker 3: aren't capable of getting to that level of intoxication. It's

264
00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,120
Speaker 3: you know, it's not far off being dead.

265
00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,920
Speaker 1: Honestly, I wouldn't Yeah, I wouldn't be able to cope,

266
00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:16,439
Speaker 1: but I don't think.

267
00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, so let alone.

268
00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,920
Speaker 3: There are still idiots out there, and we're just to

269
00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:26,160
Speaker 3: ask the community to be aware that we will be

270
00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,680
Speaker 3: out there for throughout the year, particularly in relation with

271
00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:29,839
Speaker 3: the focus on drink driving.

272
00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, Assistant Commissioner, Before I let you go, a couple

273
00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,440
Speaker 1: of quick things that our listeners have raised. So Rob

274
00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,199
Speaker 1: has called in to ask are there charges laid for

275
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,120
Speaker 1: servo drive offs?

276
00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:46,000
Speaker 3: Look, there can be in certain circumstances, and yeah, you

277
00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,240
Speaker 3: can be charged with stealing because you didn't pay for

278
00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,200
Speaker 3: property that you took. So it is possible to be

279
00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,160
Speaker 3: charged with stealing from a survey.

280
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,240
Speaker 1: Driver Hey, something I did want to ask you about

281
00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,880
Speaker 1: that had slipped my mind for a moment. But we

282
00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,960
Speaker 1: keep getting calls in from the rural area and also

283
00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:09,800
Speaker 1: from Palmerston actually about people riding like motorbikes and ATVs

284
00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,000
Speaker 1: that really should be for off road that are unlicensed,

285
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,640
Speaker 1: but they're they're riding them on the roads out in

286
00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,960
Speaker 1: the rural area and also around Palmerston. Have you guys

287
00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:21,960
Speaker 1: had many reports of this?

288
00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,760
Speaker 3: Look, we do from time to time get reports, you know,

289
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,720
Speaker 3: an unregistered ATV or an unregistered off road motorcycle or

290
00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:36,280
Speaker 3: an unlicensed youth rider. It's illegal, and you know it's

291
00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,240
Speaker 3: what we would say is parents are responsible for their

292
00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:46,480
Speaker 3: children who are riding ATVs and unregistered motorcycles. You know,

293
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,640
Speaker 3: it's one of those things that if we chase a

294
00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,480
Speaker 3: child on a motorcycle, there's not going to be a

295
00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,320
Speaker 3: good outcome. And so we're we you know, we don't

296
00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,280
Speaker 3: we do target it, but we don't actively pursue people

297
00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:02,800
Speaker 3: in those dangerous circumstances.

298
00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,640
Speaker 1: So like out in the rural area where there are

299
00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,280
Speaker 1: plenty of people kind of getting in contact saying that

300
00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,080
Speaker 1: it's happening, does they need to be like a bit

301
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,960
Speaker 1: of an awareness campaign or something out there.

302
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:18,480
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and look we do enforce those laws when we can.

303
00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,240
Speaker 3: But also there is a parental responsibility here as well,

304
00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:27,800
Speaker 3: because most of those people, our children, youth, teenagers on

305
00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,800
Speaker 3: unregistered motorcycles and they don't have licenses. So we just

306
00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,800
Speaker 3: ask parents to be responsible and not let their kids

307
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:40,240
Speaker 3: ride their ATVs or unregistered motorcycles without a license on roads.

308
00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,720
Speaker 1: Well, Assistant Commissioner of the Northern Territory Police Matt Hollanby,

309
00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,160
Speaker 1: really appreciate your time this morning. Thanks so much for

310
00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:47,640
Speaker 1: joining us.

311
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,160
Speaker 3: Always a pleasure, Katie, Thank you,