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Speaker 1: Now joining me in the studio is Commander from the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Police, David Moore.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Good morning Katie and to your listens.

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Speaker 1: Now, Commander, I want to ask you first off about

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Speaker 1: this incident that we heard about in Nightcliff a little

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Speaker 1: bit earlier in the week. So it was in the

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Speaker 1: early hours I believe of Sunday morning, about three point

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Speaker 1: fifty in the morning when the police received a call

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Speaker 1: of an aggravated robbery at the Nightcliff Jetty.

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Speaker 3: Now, this twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Year old victim alleged that three mails had threatened him,

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Speaker 1: well we've learned with a machete before stealing his friend's

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Speaker 1: vehicle keys. Now I know the police responded immediately. How

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Speaker 1: quickly were they able to apprehend these three people?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you, Katie, and your information is quite correct.

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Speaker 4: There really really quickly. There are butret apprehensive. As we know,

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Speaker 4: we've got three mails and they've been charged with aggravated

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Speaker 4: robbery from that incident. The twenty five year old male

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Speaker 4: victim in relation to that matter obviously had his friends

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Speaker 4: stealing with his friends with a vehicle and as a

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Speaker 4: result that that was obvious friend Silver Niss and pulsa.

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Speaker 4: Neither victim that were there were actually injured. That's a

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Speaker 4: good thing, or really good thing. What I can say

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Speaker 4: is that police were really quick.

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Speaker 2: On the scene. We're able to apprehend the three offenders.

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Speaker 2: So what we do is that we.

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Speaker 4: Had three males age thirteen, fourteen, and nineteen. I can

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Speaker 4: say that the fourteen and nineteen year old I still

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Speaker 4: remanded in custody to go to court, okay earlier than

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Speaker 4: the week. The thirteen year old did go to court

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Speaker 4: and he was given court bail. He shortly after reoffended

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Speaker 4: and is now back in custody, in police custody, ready

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Speaker 4: to go to court again for further offending.

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Speaker 1: So he was given court bail despite being involved in

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Speaker 1: an aggravated robbery where a machete was involved, and then

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Speaker 1: he's reoffended.

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Speaker 3: How soon after.

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Speaker 4: My understanding was it was a couple of days ago,

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Speaker 4: so we're talking not a very long period. It wasn't immediate,

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Speaker 4: but it was within the week that he got bail.

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Speaker 4: So he's now back in custody.

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Speaker 1: And do we know what that thirteen year old done

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Speaker 1: in terms of reoffending.

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Speaker 2: My understanding was further property offending.

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Speaker 1: Goodness me, I mean, look, some of our listeners are

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Speaker 1: going to be pretty annoyed and angry I think about

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Speaker 1: hearing that, Like we were of the understanding on Monday morning,

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Speaker 1: or certainly I was of the understanding that the thirteen

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Speaker 1: year old and the fourteen year old had been given

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Speaker 1: court bail. But happy to be corrected there. It sounds

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Speaker 1: as though the fourteen year old and the nineteen year

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Speaker 1: old were remanded in custody, but the thirteen year old

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Speaker 1: did get court bail and then reoffended within days.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I did confirm that again this morning with

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Speaker 4: my tried and team who were the apprehending members in

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Speaker 4: this and that information is quite correct.

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Speaker 2: So that is alarming.

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Speaker 4: Nevertheless, a really good work by Tried and the police

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Speaker 4: to have that person back in custody.

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Speaker 1: All right, But so that thirteen year old has now

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Speaker 1: not been given bail, is in custody, they're.

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Speaker 2: Still a kid before the courts for the new offending.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we'll wait and see what happens there now. We

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Speaker 1: also saw a little bit earlier in the week this

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Speaker 1: crash in Palmerston. The alleged driver of a Ford Falcon,

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Speaker 1: if I remember correctly, actually ended up hitting a Suzuki.

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Speaker 2: That's correct.

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Speaker 3: What had happened? What was the go there?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So what I can say and what we do

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Speaker 4: now is that the Northern Territory place we have arrested

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Speaker 4: an eighteen year old male in relation to drug driving offenses,

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Speaker 4: so not drink driving, but drug driving offenses.

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Speaker 2: And that was on Sunday evening.

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Speaker 4: So at nine point fifteen pm, the DAR and Traffic

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Speaker 4: Unit members observed a grave forward Falcon traveling along Arundi

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Speaker 4: Avenue towards Durik and it was doing approximately ninety eight

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Speaker 2: To go and unstopped the vehicle.

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Speaker 4: The vehicle actually failed to the stop and the pursuit

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Speaker 4: of Suzuki did not receive any injury, thank goodness. The

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Speaker 4: actually apprehended and tested for cannapis. What I can say

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Speaker 4: just some of them is driving vehicle in a manner,

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Speaker 4: I actually suspended so he didn't have a license. He

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Speaker 4: remanded to appear on the eleventh of August. And I

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Speaker 4: did give a public media message and I'm happy to

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Speaker 4: say it again it's incredibly lucky here that he's offending,

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Speaker 4: that the driver and the victim were not injured, and

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Speaker 4: to regree metilate that driving is a privilege.

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Speaker 2: It's not a right. And a young man on our

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Speaker 2: face court as a result.

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Speaker 1: Of this incident, well and David unfortunately not the only

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Speaker 1: incident we've seen on our roads. We had a double

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Speaker 1: fatality earlier in the week, didn't.

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Speaker 2: We We did Cardian.

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Speaker 4: It seems like every fortnight that I appear here, I'm

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Speaker 4: talking about this and we had such a real good

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Speaker 4: start to the year. Nevertheless, what we do know is

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Speaker 4: that the Northern Territory Police is investigating a fatal crash

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Speaker 4: that occurred on the Stewart Highway on Friday. It's around

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Speaker 4: two point fifty five pm that our emergency services received

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Speaker 4: A southbound vehicle had reported rolled and a mile and

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Speaker 4: female were actually trapped inside servill Actually motorists to were

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Speaker 4: passing as she stopped to render assistance, which is obviously

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Speaker 4: quite a horrific scene for them, but nevertheless, good on

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Speaker 4: them for their courage to.

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Speaker 2: Be going to do that.

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Speaker 4: Emergency services did attend. Both a seventy three year old

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Speaker 4: were actually pronounced dead at the scene. Next to kin

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Speaker 4: have been notified over asleep. It's a really sad case.

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Speaker 4: A crime scene was established now open for traffic, So

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Speaker 4: detectives of the major crass investigation obviously have that investigation

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Speaker 3: So Commander, do you know if they were to risks.

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Speaker 4: I don't have that information obviously, quite elderly, which is

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Speaker 2: And I gained just a bit of public messaging.

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Speaker 4: Be safe, watch your speeds, seat belts, no alcohol, road

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Speaker 2: During spot on.

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Speaker 3: Hey before I let you go.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday, we spoke to the Department of Education after it

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Speaker 1: had been reported that there were a couple of well

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Speaker 1: reports of strangers trying to entice kids into vehicles.

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Speaker 3: Can you tell me what you know?

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Speaker 1: What you know from a police perspective, Is this something

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Speaker 1: that the Northern Territory Police are investigating?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, mindus.

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Speaker 4: We do have information around the particular color of a

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Speaker 4: vehicle and don't have a lot more than that apart

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Speaker 4: what happens with these scenarios is and it is a

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Speaker 4: timely reminded for the com unity, is that obviously police

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Speaker 4: send that public messaging out again, and I just probably

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Speaker 4: want to really re emphasize with our community at the

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Speaker 4: moment that if you're going home tonight, just have a

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Speaker 4: chat with you, with your family and your children, particularly

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Speaker 4: around stranger danger.

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Speaker 2: We all know that word.

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Speaker 4: You know, do not be enticed to go into Eagles

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Speaker 4: if you don't know the person, you go and report

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Speaker 4: it straight away. We do take these things very very serious,

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Speaker 4: and we do not want any of our children missing

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Speaker 4: or any of these circumstances. And we're still investigating the matter. Nevertheless,

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Speaker 4: the school has taken some really good active for the

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Speaker 4: Apartment of Education.

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Speaker 3: In relation to this really good advice.

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Speaker 1: You know, a couple of years ago, my daughter was

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Speaker 1: at the bus stop there in Parap, well they're around

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Speaker 1: and a couple of her friends actually had a bloke

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Speaker 1: and play in the rain. It was raining at the time,

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Speaker 1: go off with him. It was something that I'd reported

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Speaker 1: like it was followed up immediately, but you know, The

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Speaker 1: unfortunate thing is that we have got people who you

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Speaker 1: have that open dialogue with your kids so they know

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Speaker 1: and her friends were like, no, we're not going with you.

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Speaker 1: They went straight into the bakery. You know. The people

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Speaker 3: But kids need their independence as well.

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Speaker 1: They should be able to go and catch a bus,

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Speaker 1: they should be able to drop, you know, to walk

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Speaker 1: or ride their bike to school and not have to

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Speaker 1: worry about someone doing that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you quite correct, Katia, and that's the society.

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Speaker 2: We should be able to do that. We should feel

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Speaker 2: free to come and go as we please.

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Speaker 4: Nevertheless, there is still danger and that always will be danger,

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Speaker 4: and we just need to have that awareness. Say please tonight,

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Speaker 4: just have a general chat with you your children, just

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Speaker 4: reinforce that because we just really don't know who's coming

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Speaker 4: any of that.

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Speaker 2: And it's the worst thing for.

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Speaker 4: A family ever ever have to experience or go through,

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Speaker 4: particularly not knowing where their child is.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, spot on.

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Speaker 1: Well Acting Commander David Moore, good to speak to you

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

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Speaker 3: Thank you