1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Well, there's no shortage of police news to cover off 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: on this morning. And joining me in the studio is 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: the acting commander for the Darwin Region, David Moore. Good 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: morning to you, David. 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 2: Good morning Kati and to the listeners. 6 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. Good to have you in the studio this morning, 7 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: especially considering that the Northern Territory Police yesterday eleven youths 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: and two adults arrested following multiple separate stolen cars in 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: the early hours of yesterday morning. I mean, this is 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: quite a large operation. 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: Talk us through it. 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you, Katie. And unfortunately we do seem well. 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 2: I have reported on. 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 4: This numerous times, particularly around events and particularly around a 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 4: larger organized community events that we have in Darwin. Seems 16 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 4: to bring sort of a cohort into Darwin. I will 17 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 4: talk to it though. 18 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 19 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 4: So what I can say is that we had eleven 20 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 4: yews and two adults have been arrested and that's in 21 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 4: relation to multiple separate stolen Marta vehicles early this morning. 22 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 3: Well yesterday May yesterday morning, I must. 23 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 4: Say, yeah, so it was between twelve thirty am and 24 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 4: twelve forty five. 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: Five am, so very early in the morning. 26 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 4: So our communications center obviously received a report of a 27 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 4: white Tighter land Cruiser utility and a gray Nissa Navarre 28 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 4: Duel cab driving danishly through Stuart Park. The offending vehicles 29 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 4: obviously were then noticed to be hitting several other park 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 4: cars and hooning through the area, so that obviously grabbed height. 31 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: And attention by the police. 32 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 4: We then in conducted patrols and obviously were enabled at 33 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 4: that stage to locate the vehicles they'd obviously taken off 34 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 4: from that so about two thirty am a separate incident 35 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 4: was picked up by the CCTV operators where a white 36 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 4: Tighter land Cruiser station wagon had been stolen from address 37 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 4: in the city. 38 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: In the city. 39 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 4: Traveling to Wogerman and stopped and boundle and drive. Five 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 4: occupants exited the land Cruiser and allegedly attempted to steal 41 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 4: a second vehicle that was parked in front of that residence. 42 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: It was an ongone crimes freeze. 43 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 4: Police attended and arrested three of the five offenders and 44 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 4: two of those offenders were fleeing the scene on foot 45 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 4: at that stage. A round four am it continued, so 46 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 4: it was a separate incident again reported to police with 47 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: the white Twayer land Cruiser utility was seen driving through 48 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 4: Sicli before stopping on Scobi Street. Six US were then 49 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 4: seen exiting the vehicle and allegedly jumped the fence to 50 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 4: multiple nearby properties. Strikeforce tried and our dog operations unit 51 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 4: that stage were on the scene, which was excellent and 52 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 4: they had a coresponded response. They actually located and arrested 53 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 4: six of the US from the surrounding streets. That was 54 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 4: a pretty big operation through the whole night. The land 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 4: cruise was confirmed to be stolen from Addressing Johnson. So 56 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 4: around seven am it further went on that Adelaide River 57 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 4: Police and responded to reports of a crashed Silver Niss 58 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: and Nevara on the Stuart Highway just north of the township. 59 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 4: The vehicle was confirmed to be stolen from Stuart Park, 60 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 4: with the two adults and two US being arrested at 61 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 4: the scene and that would conveyed to Royal Darwin Hospital 62 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 4: for treatment with non no life threatening injuries. 63 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 3: So they then crashed that via correct Yeah. 64 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 4: So in a separate incident, a fourth group of alleged 65 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 4: defenders traveled a Star high Lays from what Eyed to 66 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 4: Darwin where they stole a white tidal land crazy utility 67 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: and a white to a high high lux in Culen Bay. 68 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: So they'd stolen the high ace in what. 69 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 4: A correct and brought it then to day to dar 70 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 4: obviously to have transportation here to grab further cars and 71 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 4: do further offending. Strikeforks tried and then located that high 72 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 4: lux abandoned in Mauldon and the tighter HiAce abandoned in Darwin, CBD. 73 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: The offenders did remain outstanding at that cape at that stage. 74 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 4: So investigations continued obviously into the night and into the day, 75 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 4: and they do not believe. 76 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: The four incidents were actually linked. So it wasn't one. 77 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 4: There several groups, several groups doing several different things. 78 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: Were they all from whatever well I. 79 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 4: Can say is mid Yes, majority of them. We're from 80 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 4: the Daily River region. Ok So we are talking about 81 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 4: the what eye at the round beginning, we're talking about 82 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 4: the not round beginning. So we're talking about what I 83 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 4: plumpa Daily River? 84 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: All that is okay? 85 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: So is there some work happening now with the police, 86 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,839 Speaker 1: you know, in the those areas and in those communities, 87 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: because it's like it sort of seems clear to me 88 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: that we've got a real issue with I don't know 89 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: whether they're all young people or people of all ages, 90 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: but certainly I've interviewed Dale malt Barnard before from Trident 91 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: about this as well. It seems like we've got an 92 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: issue with people traveling in from some of those communities, 93 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: particularly in the Daily region and just running a mark. Yeah. 94 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 4: So, as I was highlighted at the start of the 95 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 4: interview that the larger events in Darwin, such as Base 96 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: in the gar such as the AFL forty, we had 97 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 4: two weekends of that a Thursday and a Saturday night 98 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 4: where it brought in large crowds and when we saw 99 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 4: craws are up to fifteen eleven thousand, et cetera. They 100 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 4: are bringing in Obviously a lot of people come in 101 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 4: to see those ten those events and participate. As a 102 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 4: result of that, unfortunately use or obviously then get together 103 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 4: they decide that they're going to offend. It's easy opportunity 104 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 4: they feel coming to Darwen to do that. 105 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 2: Some of the look some of the. 106 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 4: Mitigation strategies that I put into place with adel Aid 107 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: River Daily River in conjunction with Catherine and the Commander 108 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 4: of Catherine. 109 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: I believe you'll speak speaking to Terry tomorrow he will 110 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: go into a little bit more. 111 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 4: We do roadblocks, we do declared areas for drugs, and 112 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 4: we do searching vehicles. It was only just last week 113 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 4: we did Adelaide River roadblock and we found sixty bottles 114 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: of heading for the Wadeye region, which we apprehended in 115 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 4: the whole lot of marijuana right so that bottles. So 116 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 4: as a result of that, for that weekend, we had 117 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 4: very haighly need domestic violence or any offending within that 118 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: region because we were able to apprehend at that stage. 119 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 2: They are strategies we can put into place. 120 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 4: But really, and I'll let Terry talk about tomorrow a 121 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 4: little bit more. Not stealing his thunder, but obviously he's 122 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 4: been visiting that area quite a bit and working with 123 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 4: other agencies in relation to it. But if I may 124 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 4: just wrap up quickly on just these us. 125 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: And where they see, what's going with them. 126 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 4: So, as I said that, we had a total of 127 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 4: eleven US aged between twelve and seventeen and two adults 128 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 4: and they were aged between eighteen nineteen. Eight of those 129 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 4: used were suitable for diversion, so they didn't have a 130 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 4: lot of criminal history. If an okay, So that would 131 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 4: be one of the reasons, and obviously properly related to 132 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 4: a different date that we appear in court. One was 133 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 4: charged and remanded to appear at a later date, so 134 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 4: they had prior history and obviously the new legislation that 135 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 4: comes in. 136 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, any idea how old those youths were that were 137 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: suitable for diversion. 138 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, My understanding was we had a number of them 139 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 4: at the age of thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and a couple 140 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 4: at seventeen. 141 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: Okay, I mean not a good like, not on a 142 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: good path at this point in time. If they're hanging 143 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: out with kids that are older than them and engaging 144 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: in stealing cars. I mean, this is the kind of 145 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: thing where I think, you know, there needs to be 146 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: that early intervention to try and stop them from continuing. 147 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 3: On this path. There's no doubt about that. 148 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: But we just seem to have a real issue like 149 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: with that region right now in terms of people of 150 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: all ages coming in stealing cars. I mean the land 151 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: crews as the older model Toyot has seemed to be 152 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: the victim of choice. And you've touched on some of 153 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: the different initiatives that the police are doing, but you 154 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: know what work is happening as well. And I don't 155 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: know whether this is a question for the police, but 156 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: what work is happening from the perspective of elders in 157 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: the community as well, putting their foot down, going this 158 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: is not good enough. Few kids have got to stop 159 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: traveling into town and conducting yourselves in this way. Yeah. 160 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 4: Well, particularly to get into the nitty gritties of in 161 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 4: relation to elders and in relation to programs in those communities, 162 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 4: I'll leave a part of that question for the two 163 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 4: commanders in those areas because obviously I control Greater Darwin 164 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: and I feel the effects of some of the of 165 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 4: the issues coming out. 166 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: But however, I do. 167 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 4: Chair the integrated Community meeting, which obviously has a number 168 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 4: of agencies sitting on it, and that we talk about strategies. 169 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 4: We talk about issues that involves Lara cair nation and 170 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 4: involves housing, It involves education, and it involves all those 171 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 4: territory families, police corrections, et cetera. So it involves all 172 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 4: those agencies, and we look at mid creation strategies in 173 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 4: relation to trying to reduce some of this. So we're 174 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 4: seeing those issues. What is the top end regionalor co wort, 175 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 4: which is what I report to. It's the high level 176 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 4: one of government that looks at some of the programs 177 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 4: and some of the things that we can do with this. 178 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 4: So this is an issue I know they are working 179 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 4: on obviously. Unfortunately, please respond to these incidents. They are 180 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 4: heavily involved in trying to mitigate it. 181 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: But we're not the lead agency on that. 182 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 3: But there needs to be some other Yeah, what leave 183 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 3: some of that for commandity? No, that's fine. 184 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll definitely be keen to talk more about it tomorrow. Hey, 185 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: before I do move on from that topic, though, I 186 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: know you said sometimes events bring people into town from 187 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: different locations. There's also been reports that in some instances 188 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: you're talking some royalty payments as well. I mean, does 189 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: that ever have an impact? 190 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, it does because with royalty payments, quite often there 191 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: are quite large sums of money. 192 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 2: We receive that information than information and then. 193 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 4: Given to a number of stakeholders that I engage with 194 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: just to be aware center management, for example, a cas 195 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 4: Aarina set we're going. You've seen the influx of people 196 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 4: coming in, particularly from different clans and different regions, because 197 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: they want to shop, they want to buy. 198 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 3: You've got money, which is fair enous. 199 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 4: Absolutely, they buy the cars, they do whatever they need 200 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 4: to do. 201 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong with that. 202 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 4: And obviously that's great for our tourism and for our 203 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 4: business up here and the money being put back into 204 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 4: the economy. But that does bring an influx of people. 205 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 4: That brings an influx of youth and kids. So part 206 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 4: of that, yes, can be attributed. 207 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: Not I wouldn't say solely. 208 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 4: I think, particularly around some of these communities and regions, 209 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 4: the element of boredom is another aspect within. There's not 210 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 4: a lot of programs and I'm aware in some of 211 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 4: these communities, particularly around God Eye, and that they are 212 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 4: doing a lot that they're trying to fix some of 213 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 4: these issues. So the kids come into town, it's easy, 214 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 4: it's an opportunity for them. And unfortunately we're seeing now 215 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 4: kids at the age of thirteen years of age without 216 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: criminal history coming before the court. That's a different cohort 217 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: than what we've probably dealt with. 218 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: In the last time. 219 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, which we just do not want to say, hey, 220 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: I want to move along, because we've also had some 221 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: serious issues on our roads. Unfortunately, this morning we have 222 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: now learned as well that a female has died in 223 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: hospital following a pedestrian striking Palmerston on Thursday last week. 224 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, I believe it was touched on just before I 225 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 4: came on your media segment. I just want to probably 226 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 4: give an update to that. We were reporting in the 227 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: media that the pedestrian that has died was I was 228 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 4: sixty five. That's not correct. She's actually eighty years I 229 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 4: just want to correct that. The family's obviously reached out 230 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: to us, and so we'd like to correct that on 231 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 4: the record today. 232 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: It is a tragedy, it's terrible. 233 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 4: Just a little bit about that incident in case the 234 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 4: listeners haven't picked up on what actually occurred. 235 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 2: On that today. 236 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: So what was saying is a forty three year old 237 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 4: male has actually been arrested for the pedestrian strike. This 238 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: is on the fifteenth of May and Palmeston, so we 239 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 4: do have an arrest for that, and it curred about 240 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 4: nine to fifty five am where our Police Communications Center 241 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 4: reports that a woman on a mobility scooter had been 242 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 4: struck by a vehicle and she was using a pedestrian 243 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 4: on Temple Terraces at that time. 244 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 2: Just horrible, it's horrible. 245 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: We'd had a call on that day from Dave I 246 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: believe it was a bloke that listens to the show. 247 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: He was working up the road and said that, yeah, 248 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: it was a terrible situation that she'd been on. 249 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 3: That he believed on that. 250 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, so it wasn't. 251 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: The drive at the scene was obviously forty three years 252 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 4: of age. He did remain on the scene and was 253 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 4: and that did return a positive road side drug test 254 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 4: and was arrested, so he was under the influence. So 255 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 4: obviously before the court that road was closed for a 256 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 4: period of time and obviously we've moved on since then, 257 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: but I just liked to about update. Unfortunately, that does 258 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: bring our lives in the territory now at sixteen. We 259 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 4: had twenty two at this stage last year and a 260 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 4: title of sixty last year. We're starting to climb. 261 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: We are. So we've had an absolute chockra I mean 262 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: last week was terrible out in Palmerston and then we 263 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: saw in one of those situations, as I understand it, 264 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: a bloke had fled from the scene as well after 265 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: being involved in a crash. 266 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: The police have now managed to apprehend him though. 267 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 4: That's correct, Yeah, and that's it's probably that goes to 268 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 4: a further update here. We actually have the Task Force 269 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 4: Police Task Force Fugitive Squad actually arrested a man who 270 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 4: fled that scene of that accident, and obviously a thirty 271 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 4: eight year old man has now been arrested and the 272 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 4: incident occurred in Pharaoh without any incident, so he was 273 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 4: arrested within the Palmerston region. He's currently in custoin obviously 274 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 4: assisting us to their investigations. 275 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 2: And that occurred on Kirkland Road. 276 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 4: As as you've stated, we do have two male occupants 277 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 4: being eighty and thirty five who were conveyed to hospital 278 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 4: and stable conditions from that accent. But of course we've 279 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 4: obviously had a thirty six year old that's pasted and 280 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 4: lost their life. 281 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, just another tragedy. 282 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: And I guess another reminder as well for everybody out 283 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: there listening, like we have to do the right thing 284 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: on our roads and in this instance will learn in 285 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: some of these different instances, it seems as though people 286 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: have been engaging. 287 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 3: In the wrong behavior on our roads, you. 288 00:12:55,200 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: Know, allegedly, particularly with that situation where the eighty year 289 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: old woman was struck by a vehicle. If that man's 290 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: allegedly under the influence, I mean, it's a terrible situation. 291 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 1: We have to have a bit more respect for each 292 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: other and also think to yourself, you know, can you 293 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: imagine if your mum was hit by a car, if 294 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: your grandma was hit by a car while she's trying 295 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: to cross the road, or have a bit of a 296 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: think to yourself, you know you're crash into somebody else, 297 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: you could be taking out a dad. 298 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, Katie, I can't emphasize any more than 299 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 4: you have there just to say that it's an individual 300 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 4: choice when you get behind a vehicle. We police will 301 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 4: be doing serious campaigns. We have been anyway, but we'll 302 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 4: be doing further, particularly with the Ryal Dahuin show coming. 303 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 4: As well as the show's up and down the territory, 304 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 4: we will be running an operation called Akerman and I 305 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 4: believe Commander James Grace Spence from Alice Springs is leading 306 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 4: that with myself and Commander Terry Zang, we will be 307 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 4: putting a lot of resources up and down the road 308 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 4: to do like a traveling show. I don't need to 309 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 4: attend the event to obviously put a lot of road traffic, 310 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 4: a lot of apprehensions, a lot of enforcement, particularly around 311 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 4: our borders as well. 312 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: So it's going to be some more dedicated work, but good. 313 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 4: We've got to do something too, too, and it really 314 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: comes down to an individual choice when you get behind 315 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 4: the wheel, do the right thing, get us be sober. 316 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 4: If you out sober, get someone else to dry worth 317 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 4: you give your seat belt succession the five fatalities as Yeah, 318 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: sixteen is too many. 319 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, it truly is. 320 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: Well, Acting Commander David Moore, good to speak with you 321 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: this morning. Really appreciate your time. Thank you very much 322 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: for joining me in the studio. 323 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 2: Thank you everyone, have a good day. 324 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: Thank you.