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Speaker 1: But joining me live in the studio right now is

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Speaker 1: commander for the Darwin Region, Danny Bacon. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 1: Good to have you on the show. Now, Danny plenty

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Speaker 1: to sort of touch on this morning. I know you

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Speaker 1: obviously you're not the commander for the Catherine region, but

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Speaker 1: I do want to just ask you very briefly about

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Speaker 1: this group of youths that have been arrested following a

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Speaker 1: disturbance at a Catherine's service station. Happened a little earlier

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Speaker 1: in the week. They were throwing rocks at glass stores

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Speaker 1: and windows at the BP when officers arrive. Now, one

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Speaker 1: of those youths was arrested for a serious breach of bail,

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Speaker 1: with two others fleeing and hiding under the trees. Now

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Speaker 1: it's further alleged that a youth spat at the offices

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Speaker 1: multiple times as they cuffed them and put them into

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Speaker 1: the cage. Now, the spitting continued at the watchhouse with

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Speaker 1: one of those youths and removing a medical bandage and

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Speaker 1: throwing it in the police officer's face. I mean, I know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure over the years you've been involved in said

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Speaker 1: all arrests and not everybody behaves in a way that

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Speaker 1: you know that you would hope that they do. But

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Speaker 1: spitting on a police officer and then throwing a medical

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Speaker 1: bandage on them is sort of next level to a

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Speaker 1: lot of people listening this morning.

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Speaker 2: Certainly it's just sickening. A. We're not out there being

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Speaker 2: but you know, a medical bandage in certain buyer hazards,

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Speaker 2: you know, body fluid bloods. Spitting is just an horrendous

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Speaker 2: way of assaulting our officers themselves. A. They're not out

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Speaker 2: there to be spat on or assaulted, but you know,

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Speaker 2: the psychological effect of being sped on, particularly for the

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Speaker 2: spit goes into your eyes, your mouth or you know,

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Speaker 2: open open wound. You know, there's subsequent testing of the

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Speaker 2: officers as well. You know, we also apply for to

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Speaker 2: get the offenders tested as well to make sure there's

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Speaker 2: no diseases there. You know, the weight for officers families

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Speaker 2: as well. You know, it is a significant train on

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Speaker 2: the office's health and well been And yeah, it's just despicable.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really gross. I mean, like, have you have

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Speaker 1: you ever been spat at as an officer?

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately I have I haven't spared at a number of times,

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Speaker 2: particularly obviously, and when when you're working in operational space

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Speaker 2: you are dealing with individuals, particularly when you have to

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Speaker 2: apprehend them and they don't want to be appranded.

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Speaker 1: Sort of wait like waiting, you know, for those results

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Speaker 1: to come back. It must be like a pretty bad

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Speaker 1: time thinking, goodness, me, I wonder what I may have contracted.

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Speaker 2: It is and you know a lot of our officers,

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Speaker 2: you know, are either in a new relationship, trying to

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Speaker 2: want to start a family. You know, there's that hesitation.

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Speaker 2: Then you know, what do I do that now? You know,

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Speaker 2: while they wait for those results to come back. You know,

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Speaker 2: it does play not just on the officer's mind, but

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Speaker 2: the officers partner's mind, the family's mine. So yes, no,

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Speaker 2: it's an ongoing assault if you want to put in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, look, it is just it's really gross. I do

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Speaker 1: hope that those police officers are okay, it's not something

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Speaker 1: that our police should have to deal with. Assault, an

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Speaker 1: assault of any kind, but you know that's spitting on

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Speaker 1: police is really pretty vile behavior. I want to move

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Speaker 1: along commander and I know the Northern Territory Police actually

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Speaker 1: apprehended a fourteen year old youth in relation to an

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Speaker 1: alleged assaulting Humpty doo earlier in the week. Now, this

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Speaker 1: was out at the school, at the local high school.

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Speaker 1: It had been found that this young person was consuming

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Speaker 2: Yes, the rural high school twoman in my old high school. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so yeah, you know, the head master doing his role

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Speaker 2: his role. Again, this is about assaulting people in positions

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Speaker 2: the youth themselves, yeah, was apprehended. He's now he has

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Speaker 2: he'll be assessed for diversion.

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Speaker 1: So that matter, Ye, are there any charges expected to

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Speaker 2: Diversion is a legislative responsibility that we have to undergo. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: diversion considerations depending on the severity of defense. Here is

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Speaker 2: a range of different categories that need to be considered diversion.

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Speaker 2: I know some people listening considered diversion a soft option.

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Speaker 2: Diversion is not a soft option. It is an option

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Speaker 2: there's great benefits for both the individual that they don't

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Speaker 2: it certainly is not for those offenders that offend on

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Speaker 1: So it does, I mean, it does sound like a

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Speaker 2: No, it's all about consequences, Cody. So the consequences will

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Speaker 2: that will be done in consultation with the headmaster himself

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Speaker 2: about what that looks like.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, commander, I know it's on Friday. Last week

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Speaker 2: I think there's probably a good opportunity to remind listeners

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Speaker 2: there was a lot of information that was on social media,

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Speaker 2: which I said there was machetes being produced and there

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Speaker 2: were people fighting, No, there were no weapons, and it

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Speaker 2: we just asked people to be a bit more reflective

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it certainly like it sends parents into a flurry.

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Speaker 2: If I had my kids at that school itself and

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Speaker 2: as a parent, that would provide me some significan concern.

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Speaker 2: So be very careful about what you read in the media.

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Speaker 2: More broadly speaking, in that social media space.

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Speaker 1: Hey, let's have a look at this aggravated rawbery that

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Speaker 1: happened in Darwin last week. Now it was actually a

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Speaker 1: nightcliff last week. About two pm on Friday, an unknown

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Speaker 1: checkout operator. This mail apparently brandished a knife during the

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Speaker 1: incident before fleeing on foot towards dick Ward Drive. Now

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Speaker 1: my understanding is that he's still outstanding at this point

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Speaker 2: Then thank you. Call for members of the public if

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Speaker 2: obviously heightened a concern of the individuals there. He's described

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Speaker 2: as Caucasian appearance between seventeen to twenty two years of age.

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Speaker 1: Not the only thing that's that, unfortunately occurred last week.

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Speaker 1: I know the police have also charged a man in

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Speaker 1: relation to an alleged sexual assault at East Point last week.

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Speaker 1: This one was actually on Monday last week. A man

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Speaker 2: That's correct, So that he's been charged now and we'll

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Speaker 1: Hey, the Sandbar party on the weekend, did you attend?

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Speaker 2: No, I did not attend. I'm not sure if that's

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Speaker 1: Did you attend to help out? It looks like there

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Speaker 2: We did. Police were there in a very proactive sense

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Speaker 1: I was interested to see that nine persons had to

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Speaker 2: I think we have crop traps in the harbor for

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Speaker 2: so it's it is an event which causes us concern.

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Speaker 2: Certainly they're operating that servant protect space and good community order,

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Speaker 2: a very iconic event for Northern turkeyseym it will beer

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Speaker 2: Ken Regatta as well. But I think we all need

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Speaker 2: that we are either if we are choosing to partake

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Speaker 2: because we don't want to see you end up in

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Speaker 2: is not necessarily a good.

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Speaker 1: Headline, that's exactly right, hey, commander, before I let you

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Speaker 1: go this morning, I understand that nominations are now open

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Speaker 1: as well for the Administrator's Medal for our police. Is

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Speaker 1: that correct?

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Speaker 2: That certainly is that been open for a while and

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Speaker 2: we've received some great nomgations from members of the public

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Speaker 2: and just arend of mind everybody. They remain open and

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Speaker 2: they close on September the fifth. This is a great

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Speaker 2: You know, one of the pleasure things that I have

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Speaker 2: and we provide that feedback terror officers. We're seeing more

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Speaker 2: So so we are getting that those messages through. So

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Speaker 2: I mean, there was one on the other day about

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Speaker 1: Police are part of the community, right and sometimes you're there,

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Speaker 1: the feedback that people need, you know, after a tough,

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Speaker 2: We'll always hear about the complaints against police and they

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Speaker 2: So I asked men as of the public, if they

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Speaker 2: do have those positive interactions, but they go to our website.

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Speaker 2: The nomination I had to nominate is on there, and

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Speaker 2: I'd love to see some read some more positive notes.

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Speaker 2: It makes my day.

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Speaker 1: It certainly would Commander. Before I let you go anything

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Speaker 1: from overnight, understand the dog ops and traffic apprehension we're

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Speaker 2: The dog ops are operating every night, which is pleasing

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Speaker 2: to see. In our traffic. Last night they detected a

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Speaker 2: positive a sea. But unfortunately, as I said, the driver

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Speaker 2: So who is expected to face court on the twelfth

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Speaker 2: that's got drugs in their system unlicensed. We've already got

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Speaker 2: See if you're doing that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so had myth a traffic ellable quantity of myth

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Speaker 1: We'll be able to get that info. I'm sure after

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Speaker 1: it was. Oh, you've got lots of different things to

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Speaker 1: it is always good to catch up with you. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so very much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you, listeners, thank you,