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Speaker 1: I know that there's been quite a bit of negative

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Speaker 1: on right now in terms of recruitment to the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Police Force and joining us in the studio right

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Speaker 1: now is Superintendent Neil Hayes.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, morning, Katie.

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, very well?

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Speaker 1: And Senior Sergeant Surge Boomer, good morning to.

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Speaker 4: You morning, Katy.

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Speaker 2: I tell you what you guys on.

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Speaker 1: The weekend you had the come and try day out

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Speaker 1: there at Bhrima. You made me go out and try

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Speaker 1: fit enough to join the police force.

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Speaker 2: Neil, am, I.

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Speaker 3: You did all right, Katie. I was very impressed. Quite

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Speaker 3: beat me, but very impressed.

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Speaker 4: I've got a letter of offer here for you.

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Speaker 2: No, I will look.

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Speaker 1: I think my boss might have a heart attack if

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Speaker 1: I say I'm leaving to go and join the police force,

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Speaker 1: so we better not do. But it was it was

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Speaker 1: really great to be out there. There seemed to be

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the first one we've running, dah, and so

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Speaker 3: we've done the ones up and down the track. As

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Speaker 3: you're aware, we spoke out previously and you know, we're

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Speaker 3: a lot of interests prior to it. So I think

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Speaker 3: of really interested people, which was great for us.

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Speaker 1: So what's the process now for those people that turned

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Speaker 4: What's the process so they can get onto our website

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Speaker 4: and download the information packs and their application forms and

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Speaker 4: start the ball rolling. We're taking applications all the time,

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Speaker 4: so when they're ready to do so, put the application in.

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Speaker 4: A lot of people we spoke to on the weekend

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Speaker 4: they were very keen. Yeah, and I think it sort

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Speaker 1: Yeah, just see a few people that you thought, oh

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Speaker 3: There were some really good people there and I think

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Speaker 3: it was a great opportunity to not just for them

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Speaker 3: they got to ask questions in a less formal environment.

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Speaker 3: And it's not via the web page or it's not

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point.

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Speaker 1: And now I know that you two have also been

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Speaker 2: How's that all gone. Good.

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Speaker 3: We've we've been all around the country actually since the

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Speaker 3: We generated a fair bit of interest and as I

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Speaker 3: So we've just finished interviews in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,

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Speaker 1: Wow, so one hundred and fifty interviews. How many people

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Speaker 3: The next squads due to start in February and it

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Speaker 3: and we're hoping to have a few in the bank

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Speaker 3: there's going to be people that are fans suitable that

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Speaker 3: with that continual recruitment, we're hoping to create a pool

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Speaker 1: So you're recruiting for the banks as well.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes the entrance of quirements, we have some people that

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Speaker 1: And then obviously you'll make sure that you've got plenty

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Speaker 2: Are they pretty excited and keen to join the force?

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Speaker 4: Look everyone I interviewed and I'm sure Neil will be

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Speaker 4: the same. They were great. They were so keen, so motivated,

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Speaker 4: absolutely no negativity at all and it was just great

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and likewise, you know, you've got a lot of

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Speaker 3: majority of the people we spoke to have a real

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Speaker 3: So you know, it's really good. We're getting the right

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Speaker 3: to be part of the territory community, which is fantastic

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Speaker 1: Now, is there any further opportunity if anybody is listening

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Speaker 1: this morning. I mean I say this every time you

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Speaker 1: who's thinking, yeah, I still want to have a crack

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Speaker 1: at this, I'd like to become a police officer. What's

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Speaker 1: the best plan of attack for them?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So look if they had to Facebook page or

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Speaker 2: Good stuff. Well, I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: I had quite a few people contact me over the

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Speaker 1: weekend and say I would I have a go at that,

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Speaker 1: you know, have a try at the fitness test.

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Speaker 2: I can confirm it's pretty hard.

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Speaker 1: You did really well, really well, So I had to

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Speaker 1: I planked for about two minutes.

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Speaker 2: Is that what we ended up doing two minutes?

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Speaker 1: Yep, I could do our twenty five bit wobbly push ups.

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Speaker 3: They were wobbly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, go across.

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Speaker 1: Strength strike bush us and then we did the beat test.

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Speaker 2: Neil, tell everyone what you got to I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think it was eleven three or eleven.

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Speaker 1: Floors being a bit he's being a bit honest, there

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Speaker 1: is me. Yeah, I was pretty happy I got to ten.

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Speaker 1: You'd said to me beforehand, what do I want to

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Speaker 1: get to? And I thought, I've got no idea. I

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Speaker 4: I got tired watching it. Yeah, and Bailey.

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Speaker 2: Got your dog yeah over in dolls.

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Speaker 4: Well he actually did what I ask everyone else to do,

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Speaker 4: which is vomited.

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Speaker 1: At the end of you that's right, which I reckon

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Speaker 1: a lot of people would have felt like doing.

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Speaker 2: After that beat test.

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Speaker 3: I tell you I had to push on because I'd

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Speaker 3: trained that challenging on the beats, me gets automating on

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Speaker 3: the I was pretty close, that's right.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'll tell you what it's been.

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Speaker 1: It was a really good opportunity for me as well

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Speaker 1: to go out and see what it takes to obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, try and become a police officer. And I

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Speaker 1: think it was really wonderful as well to speak to

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Speaker 1: hear how passionate they are about it. So well done

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Speaker 1: to you guys, and no doubt those squads are going

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Speaker 3: Hopefully, and maybe we'll get another one up for those

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Speaker 3: that may be missed out this time, but into the

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Speaker 3: new year, maybe the beat test so Ronnie can come

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Speaker 3: join us.

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Speaker 2: Plan good plan, So.

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Speaker 4: We'll just find out when she's available before we tell

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Speaker 4: her what she's doing, and we'll organize it.

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Speaker 2: For that day. Good stuff.

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Speaker 1: Superintendent Neil Hayes and Senior Sergeant Serge Berma.

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Speaker 2: Lovely to have you both in the studio. Thank you.

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