1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Commander Matt hollandbe the commander for Darwin and Road Policing. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Good morning, Good. 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: Morning, Katie, Good morning to your listeners. 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: Now, obviously we've seen and we've spoken a little earlier 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: this morning about some of the youth related crime in 6 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: Alice Springs. But speaking of crime and those stats for 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: Darwin and Palmerston, they were released obviously on Friday, and 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: things are going quite well in Darwen and Palmerston at 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: the moment, aren't they. 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, Katie. 11 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: Look, the figures that were released on Friday are for 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 3: the month of August, and we've done a little bit 13 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 3: of research and as far as we can tell, it's 14 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: the lowest monthly total for at least probably around ten years. 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: Wow. 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 3: So you know, Darwin, which includes Casarina in the Northern Suburbs, 17 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 3: for the month of August, had five commercial breakings and 18 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 3: as an example, for the month and Palmerston commercial breakings 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 3: there was two. So you know, we're talking exceptionally low 20 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 3: figures and the challenge for us is going to be 21 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 3: to maintain at those record low levels. 22 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 23 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: And then of course, you know when you talk about 24 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: those commercial break ins being down, how did things go 25 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: with the residential on the residential side of things, so 26 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: they down as well. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, they are quite substantially, Like Palmerston had six residential 28 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 3: breaks for the month of August, and you know, the 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 3: monthly crime figures for both Darwin and Palmerston are as 30 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: low as we've ever seen them. So that includes stealings 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 3: and criminal damages. So I guess that's one positive outcome 32 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 3: of the coronavirus. 33 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I was going to say, what is it attributed to? 34 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Do you reckon it? Is it the fact that so 35 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: many of us is probably spending a little bit more 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: time at home than what we usually want. 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think it's a combination of. 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: Natural crime preventions or of people being at home or 39 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: home more often, the job keeper payments. Obviously people have 40 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: money that they wouldn't otherwise have. The liquor restrictions may 41 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: have played a part in it, and also early in 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: the piece a lot of the itinerants were repatriated to 43 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: their community, so that was a positive. And some might 44 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: say that the availability of illicit drugs at the moment, 45 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 3: given that all the travel restrictions may have played a 46 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: part as well. 47 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hadn't even thought of that, but have you. 48 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: I mean, have you seen that there's been a decrease 49 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: in people being able to sort of get their hands 50 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: on that kind of stuff. 51 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: I look early in the piece, there was obviously a 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 3: lot of travel restrictions, and particularly the drugs that cause 53 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 3: the most harm being and feta means ma fam fata 54 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 3: means usually come from inter state and when there was 55 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 3: no flights and the inability to get across borders, it 56 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: made it really hard to bring it up here. So 57 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: it could be a contributing factor to the record low 58 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: crime rates. 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: Well, I guess you know, you talk about Corona obviously 60 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: having an impact on every day business, but then when 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: you talk about the type of trade that we don't want, 62 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: it's obviously having an impact there as well. 63 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, And I will say that the police force 64 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 3: obviously is fairly stretched. You know, we implemented leave restrictions, 65 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 3: we implemented a twelve hour roster, we shut down some 66 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 3: non essential services, and I think there's a lot of 67 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: credit that needs to go to the people on the 68 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: front line that have staffed our emergency operations centers, staffed 69 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: how It springs, staffed border control points and done a 70 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 3: really good job at it. 71 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've got to say I really noticed, obviously going 72 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: back to Queensland and then coming back into the Northern Territory, 73 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: and I said it last time I went as well, 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: that you can really see when you arrive at the 75 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: Darwin Airport that we're doing a tremendous job in terms 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: of making sure that people are answering questions about where 77 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: they've been, what they've done. We're really quite strict in 78 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: that sense. And that's obviously the police, it's the Health Department, 79 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: it's everybody involved. 80 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: It's a team effort. And I'm just driving here this morning. 81 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 3: I heard the Chief Minister on the radio and we 82 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: are quite practiced at emergency responses because it's the same 83 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: players across government and non GUB sectors that were involved 84 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: in all emergencies. So we work quite well together and 85 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: I think, you know, the outcomes in the Northern Territory 86 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: in part are attributed to the hard work of all 87 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 3: those people. 88 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: Now, Matt, there does still seem to be quite you know, 89 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: there is still quite a bit of public drunkenness. I 90 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: guess you might say. Even this morning driving through Stuart Park, 91 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: there was a lot of people sort of sleeping in 92 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: the park, near the shops there in near Saint Vinnie's. 93 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: You know, I'd noticed even on Friday there was a 94 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: situation where there was people fighting on the road where 95 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: I had to call the police because there was somebody 96 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: sitting in the middle of the road on the Stuart 97 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: Highway and Stuart Park, I know, in the narrows. Unfortunately, 98 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: over the weekend there was somebody struck by a vehicle 99 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: on the road. I'm not sure whether alcohol was involved 100 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: in any way in that incident, but there does still 101 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: seem to be a bit of public drunkenness around, isn't there. 102 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. 103 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: You obviously be aware of the each point issue that 104 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 3: we had and we tried to do something about it. 105 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 3: But we had it good for quite some time when 106 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 3: all those hardcore itinerants went back to their communities, and 107 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: it is becoming more noticeable. But you know, that's a 108 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 3: challenge for us, and we'll do what we can and 109 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: work with our colleagues and other service providers to. 110 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 2: Try and keep it at Darwin as a good place. 111 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: With those alcohol restrictions. Where are things at with those 112 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: restrictions which are still in place. Obviously with takeaway alcohol, 113 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: they're still remaining at this point in time. 114 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: That's correct, because it's operating under an emergency power. It 115 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: goes from week to week, and at this point, to 116 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 3: purchase alcohol, you also have to demonstrate that you have 117 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 3: a lawful place to drink it. And you know it 118 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: does put some onus on the licensees, but you know 119 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 3: they have licenses, so they need to be responsible with 120 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: their licenses as well. 121 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: Most people adhering to that in terms of I suppose 122 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: people purchasing alcohol, but also businesses making sure that they 123 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: are indeed asking people where they're going to drink. 124 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: Look, I think so we are doing some work in 125 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 2: that space. 126 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: We would like to I can't tell you, hond on 127 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 3: heart that everyone's doing a fantastic job at it, but 128 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 3: you know, it's not that hard to ask somebody where 129 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: you're want to drink it. So we just encourage licensees 130 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 3: to fulfill the obligations of their license and the direction 131 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 3: of the licensing commissioner. 132 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: Now, obviously, Commander, probably a good thing that things are 133 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: going quite well in Darwin at the moment, because, like 134 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: you said, there's certainly lots of different places that our 135 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: police need to be I know that some of our 136 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: police as we heard from the Chief Minister a little 137 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: while ago from Strikeforce tried and have headed down to 138 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: our Springs to help out down there. Is it quite 139 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: difficult sort of managing resources and managing everybody when you 140 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: know we are requiring people in different areas at the moment. 141 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: Look, we deploy people to where they needed the most 142 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 3: and right now they are needed in our springs. There 143 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 3: was an upsurging crime over the last week or two 144 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: and you know, one really tragic incident where somebody was 145 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: stret by a vehicle. So you know it's not the 146 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: Darwen Police, it's an Ordn Territory place. So we pitch 147 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 3: in and yeah, we've sent people from Strikeforce Trident down there. 148 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 3: If you want to see something really amazing, I don't 149 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 3: know if you've seen the drone footage of a car chase. 150 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 3: It was really really good. It's on the police facebook page. 151 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 3: I think it might be the Ali Springs police Facebook page, 152 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 3: but it shows the technology that we're using to catch 153 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: some of these people committing crimes. 154 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: Wow, we'll have to go and have a look. We 155 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: might be able to share it on the mixed page 156 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: so people get a good idea of exactly how things 157 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: are working. 158 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and look it's just another it's another tool that 159 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 3: we can use. It works better in our springs than 160 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 3: it does in Darwin because we've got an airport right 161 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 3: in the middle of the city. But yeah, it's an 162 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: emerging technology that we're getting our heads around. 163 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's here to stay. 164 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: Well, Commander Matt Hollanby, of course, commander for Darwin and 165 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: Road Policing. We always appreciate your time. Thanks very much 166 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: for coming in this morning. 167 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: Always a pleasure. Katie, thank you.