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And joining 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: us in the studio right now is Northern Territory Police 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: Commander of Darwin and Road Policing, Matt Holland B. 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 3: Good morning, Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners. 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 2: Now, Commander Firstley, there was a break in overnight two 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: thirty this morning. I believe Caledonus restaurant in the city 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: was broken into. Can you give us a bit of 15 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 2: an update on that situation. 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, obvious it spend reported to us. We've reviewed 17 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 3: CCTV and there's some some youth that were detected inside. 18 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Strikeforce Trident's got that and they're all over it, so 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 3: hopefully we'll get a good result for the owners, bearing 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 3: in mind that nobody should be a victim of a crime. 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, how any any suspects at this point in time. 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 3: I looked a bit early to say, but you know, 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: we're working on it and we'll throw everything at it. 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: Do we know if they got away with much or 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: was it alcohol related? 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 3: I think it was just alcohol that was stolen, So 27 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 3: you know, it's the value of the alcohol is minimal 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: compared to the damage and the inconvenience that it caused 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 3: to the victims. So you know, sometimes it's it's you know, 30 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 3: it's just sad that those the proprietors of that business 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 3: are now going to have to fix things and make 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: their business serviceable again. 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly right. And we see that so often. 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: You know, what they're actually taking is not a huge amount, 35 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 2: but the damage that's caused is very often quite substantial, 36 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: and it means that it makes it really hard to 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: trade as well. 38 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 39 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And you know, nobody should be a victim of 40 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: a crime, and I wish them well in restoring their 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 3: business and you know, encourage people to help them out. 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: Hey, let's take a look at these crime statistics. I 44 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 2: know that assaults seem to be on the rise, domestic 45 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: and alcohol fuel violence are on the rise in Palmerston. 46 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: Some of those statistics look quite astronomical alcohol related violence 47 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: up eighty six percent. What's the cause of this? 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 3: Look, Katie, that this is a twelve month period ending 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 3: April twenty twenty one, so it starts in May twenty 50 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 3: twenty and as we all know, that was the peak 51 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: of the COVID period. There was more money around, people 52 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 3: were more at home, so you know, there were sadly 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 3: some people that assaulted family members. And you know, it's disgraceful. Really, 54 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 3: there's no other way of putting it. I mean, to 55 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 3: assault a family member, whether it's a sibling or a partner, 56 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 3: or a child or a grandparent, it's just disgraceful. 57 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: And is this something you know, I guess to give 58 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: listeners perspective. Is this something that your officers are called 59 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: out to quite often, domestic violence incidents. 60 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, it's one of our bread and butter things. 61 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 3: And again it's about protecting victims. And you know, we 62 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 3: have a very pro prosecution policy in relation to domestic violence. 63 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 3: If you choose to assault a family member, you know, 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 3: we've got no qualms about prosecuting you for it. And 65 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 3: you know, if you are a domestic violence offender who 66 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 3: hasn't been caught yet, you might want to consider getting 67 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 3: some help because it's not normal. We can't know. There's 68 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: nothing that we could say or do that would normalize 69 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: domestic violence. You've got a problem and you need help. 70 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, go and see someone before you end up doing 71 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: something that you really really regret because it's totally unacceptable. 72 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. 73 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely, Hey, I mean I think that also when we 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 2: take a look at some of these alcohol related assaults, 75 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: they're certainly on the rise in DA when it looks 76 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: like thirty four point four percent in Palmerston, as I 77 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: say that was up even further, I mean, have we've 78 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: got to real issue at the moment with alcohol. 79 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 3: Look, I think alcohol is a causal factor towards domestic violence, 80 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: and you know, some of our alcohol policies we can 81 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: have a look at, but and the way we police 82 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 3: them we may have to have a look at. But again, 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: it's a causal factor. It's down to individual choices. And 84 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 3: if you're a thug or a coward who chooses to 85 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: assaulted family member, you're a despicable person and we're quite 86 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: happy to prosecute you for it. 87 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 2: I know that there's been you know, over the last 88 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 2: few months, we've certainly talked a lot about some of 89 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 2: the you know, the alcohol misuse that we've seen in 90 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: quite public places. I know that at one point there 91 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: was an actual alcohol unit that was sort of managing 92 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 2: some of this stuff. Is that still the case. 93 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, we had a social audio unit and they've 94 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 3: largely been committed to COVID related active But it is 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 3: called policing business for every police officer targeting social order 96 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 3: issues and from our perspective, we look for crime series, 97 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 3: we look for hot spots, and we look for RECIDIVIS defenders, 98 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 3: And in terms of alcohol related issues, hotspots is probably 99 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 3: is the main one. And you're obviously aware of the 100 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 3: operation we did at Middle Beach some months ago that 101 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 3: got way out of control and we threw a lot 102 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: of time and effort into that and quick with our 103 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 3: partners being the City of Darwin and Larakia, Nash and 104 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 3: we were able to quickly stop that issue. 105 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: Hey, one of the other things that's been raised, and 106 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 2: I know that's not part of the of the crime stats, 107 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 2: but speaking of that sort of alcohol issues and also 108 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 2: substance abuse, I know that anecdotally we have heard more 109 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 2: reports of people chroming. Is that something that your officers 110 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: are seeing evidence of? 111 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, we are, and it's it's young people, some of 112 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: them are from communities. But you know, sniffing aerosols, particularly 113 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: deodorants has been has been an issue in really really 114 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 3: severe cases. We sadly we see people sniffing fly spray 115 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 3: and cockroach bombs and it's you know, the damage that 116 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 3: it does to people's brains is it's horrific and it's 117 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: a sad thing that you know, these kids are doing it, 118 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: their parents aren't stopping them. 119 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: So it is a real worry and yeah, a real 120 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: worry that I guess it's becoming sort of more evident 121 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: to everybody that it's going on. I don't really know 122 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: how you stop something like this from happening. 123 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 3: Look at it's primarily a health issue, but it then 124 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 3: becomes a crime issue. So we try to treat it 125 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 3: as a health issue to initially, but you know, it 126 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 3: when it degenerates into a crime issue, that's, you know, 127 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 3: we become heavily involved in it. Yeah, but you know, 128 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 3: it's you know, we just ask people to care for 129 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: their kids. Give you kids a hug, and it's pretty 130 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: sad when it gets to that. 131 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: Property offenses are down by the look of things, According 132 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: to the latest crime stats is that because you know, 133 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: the period of time that we're talking about was right 134 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 2: in the midst of that COVID lockdown. Yeah. 135 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 3: Look, Katie, this time last year there was very little 136 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: to no crime because of the lockdowns and because people 137 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 3: were at home and people were working from home, so 138 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 3: it presented challenges to actually break into our house. So 139 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 3: that was that was a really positive thing. But you know, 140 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: those months are starting to slide into what happened last year, 141 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: what happened you know, the period that we're comparing to. 142 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 3: So you know, unfortunately, we think it's going to go up, 143 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 3: mainly because we're hearing in the future will be compared 144 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: to that ultra low period whether it was very little crime. Yeah, right, 145 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: you know, there are some learnings out of that, and 146 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 3: that includes, you know, when you're home, it's a deterrent 147 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 3: from crime. If you know you're lockerhouse, it's again it's 148 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 3: a deterrent. And the opportunistic offenses probably didn't happen during 149 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 3: that period because you know, there was a natural deterrent. 150 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, and people were there a lot in a lot 151 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: of cases, weren't they. 152 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And you know, I think there's a message 153 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 3: that you know, it's not about being paranoid, it's about 154 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 3: being security conscious and lock your doors at night. 155 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: That's yeah, hey, commander, we know that the supercars obviously 156 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 2: were on on the weekend. Did everybody behave relatively well? 157 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: I know the police were going to be keeping it 158 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: close on the roads and plenty of other things. 159 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, Katie that the event itself very little dramas. I 160 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 3: think we might have had one person arrested for a 161 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: fairly minor offense, but yeah, very little drama within the event. 162 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 3: We actually had a very heavy road policing presence outside 163 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: of the event. I think we tested about fifteen hundred 164 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 3: people for random breath and random drug testing and out 165 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 3: of that fifteen hundred, only two were positive. There was 166 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: one idiot that we encountered who he was clopped doing 167 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: two hundred and forty two k's an hour on his 168 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 3: motorbike down the Stewart Highway. My god, and that was 169 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: you know, it's just a death waiting to happen. 170 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 2: Basically, did that happen? 171 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 3: That was on Saturday and it was going outbound on 172 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: the Stuart Highway. So if anyone know who knows who 173 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 3: that idiot is, please ring the police. 174 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 2: So still on the hunt for that person. 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, it's one of those things that he 176 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 3: was clocked doing that speed on a radar and disappeared 177 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 3: fairly quickly. Now that speed, you know, it's just too 178 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 3: dangerous for our people to chose that person. 179 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 2: Absolutely, Hey, just very quickly. Territory Day is fast approaching. 180 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: Is there much sort of that the Northern Territory Police 181 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 2: are planning on doing, just to try to keep everybody 182 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 2: behaving the best should be, I suppose. 183 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 3: Look, Territory Day is one of those days where it's 184 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 3: supposed to be a good day, and sadly it usually 185 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 3: is a good day, but sadly there's a couple of 186 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 3: idiots that don't play by the rules. So the rules 187 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 3: are that you need to let your fireworks off between 188 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: the a lot of times. It's actually illegal to possess 189 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 3: them outside of those times well after that time, and yeah, 190 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 3: just be sensible and be careful. So it is a 191 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: busy day for us. We get a lot of phone 192 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 3: calls because sadly, some people continue to let fireworks off 193 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 3: after midnight and then the next night and the night 194 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: after that, and our phones light up, and yeah, just 195 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 3: be sensible. 196 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, good advice well Northern Territory Police Commander of Darwin 197 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: and Road Policing Matt Hollandby good to catch up with 198 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 2: you this morning. Thanks so much for your time, always 199 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 2: a pleasure, Katie. Thank you