1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Now joining us in the studio this morning is the 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner for the Northern Territory Police, Michael White. Good 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: morning to you. 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners. 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Now, Assistant Commissioner. Obviously you oversee domestic, family and sexual 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: violence and that is indeed what we're keen to talk 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: to you about in terms of some of that budget 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: funding which has been announced. But I do want to 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: ask you this morning if there is an update on 10 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: this terrible crash that occurred earlier. A woman's died and 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: three other people have been injured as I understand it, 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: in this two vehicle crash in Palmerston, Is there much 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: further detail at this point. 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 3: Look, as you pointed out in the news this morning, yes, 15 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 3: it was an accident. About five am this morning, police 16 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 3: received a notification of a head on crash on Kirkland 17 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 3: Road and as a result of that, police attended and 18 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: all the other emergency services discovered a woman who was 19 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 3: trapped in the vehicle and a second person trapped in 20 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 3: the other vehicle. 21 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 2: So during the process. 22 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: Of extraction, the feet passed away. All attempts to revive 23 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: her failed unfortunately, and so we're continuing to investigate. The 24 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 3: scene still open and the road is closed in both directions, 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 3: so we'll give further notice when the road is reopened, 26 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 3: but it'll be a bit a bit longer yet. 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, does sound like there needs to be a 28 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: full and thorough investigation. So at this point in time, 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, the vehicle neither of those vehicles are believed 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: to be stolen, are they? 31 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: No, No, there's no indication. 32 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: To that, do we know. I mean, the woman who 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: was in a car with others, with two other people, 34 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: as I understand it, that wasn't like it wasn't a family. 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 3: No, we don't believe so. No, they'd obviously known to 36 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 3: each other, but at this stage we're not sure the 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: relationship fully between them and the other occupant was by 38 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:50,639 Speaker 3: himself in the other. 39 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: Car, and so from what the police are going, you know, 40 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: like obviously a full and thorough investigation at this point 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: in time. But no, you know, no, no further up 42 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: dates in terms of you know, exactly what's gone wrong 43 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: here or how that crash has occurred. 44 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: It's early stages yet, but we certainly we had at 45 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: least one eyewitness to the crash who's come forward. We're 46 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 3: obviously asking for anyone who may have seen either vehicle 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 3: either before or during the crash to come forward and 48 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 3: notify police. And of course we're always looking at whether 49 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: what the causational factors were and whether it was one 50 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: of the fatal five that we're obviously and being Road 51 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 3: Safety Week this week. We're obviously very mindful that it's 52 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 3: port bad and bad timing. Yeah, but certainly from the 53 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 3: families perspective of everyone involved, we certainly provide our condolences 54 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: to the families. 55 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, And of course if you are able to assist 56 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: the police in any way if you did happen to 57 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: witness that incident, One three to one triple four is 58 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: the number to call through on Assistant Commissioner I did. 59 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: I was keen to talk to you this morning about 60 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: the fact that the government haven't out that they're going 61 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: to be providing a record ongoing funding of thirty six 62 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: million dollars a year when it comes to addressing domestic, 63 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: family and sexual violence now it includes six point five 64 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: million dollars for the Circuit Breaker program and six point 65 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: two six million dollars for the Corresponder Early Intervention program 66 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: with Northern Territory Police. Now you obviously oversee domestic, family 67 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: and sexual violence within the Northern Territory Police Force. How 68 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: is this increase going to help from a policing perspective. 69 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, happy to talk about it. Obviously, my portfolio 70 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: has both domestic violence and youth in it. There's a 71 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: key causal factor between the impacts of domestic violence on 72 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 3: youth crime, and it's really important that we continue to 73 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 3: focus on ways how we can by working to reduce 74 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: the amount of domestic violences in the future, going to 75 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: have an impact on reducing reduction of youth crime. So 76 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: that's something that obviously the circuit Breaker is focused on, 77 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: is about preventing young people from I suppose getting on 78 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 3: the circuit of criminal offending and going around in the 79 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 3: merry go around and continuent offend, go into custody, come out. 80 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: So the circuit breaker is really focused on earlier intervention, 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: using all support services available for DCF and others to 82 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 3: intervene and provide that support to not only the young 83 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 3: person but the families as well. To help with that, 84 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: things like the parental or family Responsibility Agreements will be 85 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 3: coming in under the new amended legislation, which will provide 86 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 3: more support to a family to be able to help 87 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 3: manage the young person. 88 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: So six point two six million dollars for sorry, six 89 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: point five five million dollars for that circuit Breaker program 90 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: and also for the Corresponder Early Intervention with Northern Territory Police. 91 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: In terms of those programs, is this new funding or 92 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: is it sort of all going and what kind of 93 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: difference will it make to those programs that are current 94 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: like that are being delivered. 95 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, So the circuit Broker program was funded in different 96 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 3: forms previously, and it was previously called. 97 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 2: Cut remember it was called it was a different. 98 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: Name, but it certainly it was identified that this is 99 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 3: probably a better way to operate. The Corresponding model is 100 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: originally was funded for twelve months in Alice Springs. It 101 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: was a one off pilot program. 102 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: Oh yes, I remember now when that. 103 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 3: Was introduced, created under Action Plan too, it was it's 104 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 3: been in place since May last year. We are working 105 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: with so the basis of it is that we work 106 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: with police officers, work with victim focused specialist v specialists 107 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 3: and also mean's behavior change or behavior change program people 108 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: to identify and intervene earlier in the domestic family violence 109 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: cycle and provide that extra support that we can get 110 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 3: victims of domestic violence into support earlier. They'll be able 111 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 3: to seek help and provide linkage to other services, whether 112 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 3: it's a housing issue, counseling on other supports, financial support, 113 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: all those sorts of things at the same time. Then 114 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: the behavior change program people are able to access and 115 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 3: work with the perpetrator of the violence to help educate 116 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 3: and provide support to them, so it reduces the likelihood 117 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 3: of them reoffending. 118 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: And so in terms of how these programs have been 119 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: working from your perspective overseeing domestic violence and youth within 120 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Police, do you think that they've like, 121 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: have they been successful or are they working in a 122 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: positive way from your perspective. 123 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, look at early days from a delivery, but we 124 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 3: obviously taken a bit of time to set it up 125 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 3: and get the ball rolling for Alice Springs as part 126 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: of the cranial process for the homicide of the four 127 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 3: Aboriginal women that was held by the Coronine twenty three 128 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: and twenty four. This has come out of that that 129 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: the corresponding model is really something we need to aim for. 130 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: So the funding is expanding the corresponding model. It's securing 131 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 3: the funding for the Alice Springs pilot, but it's also 132 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: rolling it out into Tenant Creek, Catherine and Darwin and 133 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 3: one remote location which we haven't at this stage identified 134 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: which one will go into it. Because it's dependent on 135 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: both the workload and also the ability for housing and 136 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 3: all those things for the workers who would be doing that. 137 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: How quickly do you anticipate it will roll out in 138 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: those different areas where it hasn't currently been operating. 139 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 3: Look, we've been doing some work planning that, particularly for Darwin. 140 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: So the funding for the next find Out two year 141 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 3: will be for police, Aboriginal liaison offices and an intelligence 142 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 3: support officer for that's the funding for police in each location, 143 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 3: but for Darwin we recognize because of the volume of 144 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: the population that the following year's planned that that will 145 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: be slightly expanded. 146 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 2: So all up in two years time we'll have fourteen. 147 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: Extra police across the locations, fourteen Aboriginal liaison offices employed 148 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: to work specifically in this space, and seven I think 149 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 3: it is six or seven intelligence officers that will support 150 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: that team across both government and non government who we 151 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 3: work with in partnership and. 152 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: When you look at I mean you've spoken about this 153 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: a moment ago, when you look at the fact that 154 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: we you know, we do seem to have a high 155 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: volume of youth offending that you know, that's no secret 156 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 1: to anybody who lives in the Northern Territory. But then 157 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: you touched on, you know, the other factors at play 158 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: here where some kids are growing up in homes where 159 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: there is that level of domestic violence. How important is 160 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: the work to sort of try to get in there 161 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: early to try and help young people from a really 162 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:12,239 Speaker 1: early stage before they are on a path hopefully of offending. 163 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: It's vitally important. Early intervention is really the key, and 164 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: some of the key issues around it is the housing 165 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 3: security and the overcrowding. And often, unfortunately, when a DV 166 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 3: incident happens, the victim and the children are the ones 167 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 3: that have to move and it leaves the perpetrator potentially 168 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 3: in the house or there's overcrowding certainly in some circumstances, 169 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 3: but also education young people not going to school is 170 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: often caused because of the disruption and disharmony in the 171 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 3: household and the disturbance that sees them not go to school. 172 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 3: And really education is the key to change in this space. 173 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: Now, before I let you go this morning, there has 174 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: been a lot of incidents in Nightcliffe. Now I know 175 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: again obviously you know the majority of work that you 176 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: do is in the domestic, family and youth space. But 177 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: just on these situations in Nightcliffe, there's actually, you know, 178 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: following on from the alleged murder of Linford Fike at 179 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: his grocery store, there's also two teens allegedly assaulting a 180 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: service station work or service station worker, then targeting residents 181 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: at a nearby house, punching and kicking them with a 182 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: metal bar. In a separate incident, we had a teenage 183 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: boy allegedly terrorizing people while armed with a metal bar, 184 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: including women and children in a vehicle. A woman found 185 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: then seriously injured on a bike path in Rapid Creek 186 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: believed to have been assaulted by multiple women allegedly well allegedly, 187 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: there was also sorry I've just included, I've just sort 188 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: of merged to incidents there. There was a woman seriously 189 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: assaulted on a bike path. But then there was also 190 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: a situation where women were indecently assaulted while exercising along 191 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: the Nightcliff foreshore by a youth under fifteen who was 192 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: in one instance naked. It sounds like there's been an 193 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: escalation of crime in the community, particularly in Nightcliff. I mean, 194 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: what do you think is going on in that area 195 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: at the mimats. 196 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: Look, yeah, we certainly recognize that Nightcliff and the Rappa 197 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 3: Creek Foreshore area is problematic for social order issues, the 198 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 3: businesses that work in that space. Obviously, the tragic death 199 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 3: obviously impacted on everybody and look at there was Certainly 200 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 3: police have done a significant amount of work in relation 201 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 3: investigating the matters that have been reported. Obviously, the fact 202 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: that they've happened in the first place is the issue 203 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: for me. So we're certainly focusing much more on the 204 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 3: Nightcliff Foreshore area and surrounds to make sure we're engaging 205 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 3: with people using Larachia Nation Night Patrol and the other 206 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 3: patrollers as part of the network that the Territory Safety 207 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 3: Division work with, to make sure that we're providing that 208 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 3: engagement to help provide support to the people. Obviously maybe 209 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: sleeping rough in that area or obviously there's a fair 210 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 3: concentration of public housing in that space as well, and 211 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 3: we do get lots of visitors in town, and certainly 212 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: in the instance of one of those matters, that person 213 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 3: was only from another location for a few days, offended 214 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: and then went back home. So that person has been 215 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 3: dealt with. But there's certainly the work that's been done 216 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 3: to apprehend these people and put them before the courts 217 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 3: is certainly good work. But it's happened in the first place. 218 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: For me, yeah, that's exactly right, and we do not 219 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: want to see those kinds of incidents happening. One of 220 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: the ones, Michael, that really frightened a lot of people, 221 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: I think is those women being indecently assaulted while they're 222 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: exercising on the Nightcliff foreshore. One listener got in contact 223 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: with us earlier in the week. Leah gill And said, 224 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: it's beyond belief that the public were not warned that 225 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: a sexual predator was active in the Nightcliff area for 226 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: at least or about two weeks. Why would the public 227 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: not warned and women not made aware? I mean, I 228 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: think it's a really fair point. Why did that happen? 229 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: Do you know? 230 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, certainly we've had a look at that so 231 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 3: that the circumstances that person's arrest he was apprehended for 232 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 3: a number of matters that weren't involved in this behavior 233 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 3: or types of behavior. He was arrested for some assaults 234 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 3: that are happened in Teewee and then tried and had 235 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: carriage of that, and when they backtracked and pieced together 236 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 3: the behaviors, they identified these four other incidents that occurred 237 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 3: in Nightcliff and put them together. So, look, you know, 238 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 3: we've reviewed the process around notification to the public. You know, 239 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 3: certainly is something that we need to obviously focus on. 240 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 3: They happened nearly a week apart one of them, so 241 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 3: that happened once a week for four weeks basically, and 242 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 3: that probably impacted on the realization that there was this. 243 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 2: Issue going on. 244 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 3: So we do need to make sure that we're focusing 245 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 3: on a linkages between yeah, same perpetrator committing offenses, but 246 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 3: also making sure the public are warned. 247 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, for me, I thought to myself, goodness me, 248 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: you know, if I was then running in that area 249 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: and something like that happened and I found out that 250 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: this person had allegedly been assaulting or had assaulted someone 251 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: else the week prior and there was no warning go out. 252 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: I mean at the very least, you might reconsider we're 253 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: going to exercise, or you might not exercise with your 254 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: headphones in, or you might not let your teenage daughter 255 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: go for a run. There'd be a lot of different 256 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: factors that come into play. So I suppose what people 257 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: want to know today is are we going to ensure 258 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: that next time there is a situation like this, the 259 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: public are not to fight. 260 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 3: Oh, certainly, we attempt to do that whenever we can. 261 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: It was probably something you know, we've certainly learned from 262 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 3: in this instance, and we'll do everything we can to 263 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 3: ensure that where possible, we notify the community. Obviously some 264 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 3: of that and they won't. In Rapper Creek, the assault 265 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 3: on the woman the path, that was domestic violence related, 266 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 3: so the perpetrator was known to the victim and that 267 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 3: matters obviously before the courts. Now, so that was quite 268 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 3: different circumstances. Really indecent salts. 269 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: And just terrible left there on the foot path. Yeah, 270 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: it was unconscious, horrendous. Yeah. Well, Assistant Commissioner Michael White 271 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: overseeing domestic, family and Sexual Violence and of course Youth, 272 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you very much 273 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: for joining us in the studio pleasure. Thank you that 274 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: number if you do want to call through this morning 275 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: eight nine four one one four nine. Actually, Michael, before 276 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: I let you go, I have just got one quick 277 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: question from a listener if you don't mind me asking 278 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: Davi in t wee wondering, Katie, can you ask the 279 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: commissioner why there isn't any foot patrols in Nightcliff here 280 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: we yeah, wondering why we don't have any foot patrols 281 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: in Nightcliffe at the moment. I know that's not sort 282 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: of your you know your area, but why aren't they? 283 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 3: Look I believe there are my thoughts or understanding was 284 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 3: that was the case. But obviously it depends on the 285 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 3: time of day, what's on. They might need to be 286 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 3: more mobile with a vehicle with them. If they arrest 287 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 3: someone in their own foot patrol, it's actually quite problematic 288 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: because they have to then wait for someone to come 289 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 3: and help them. So, yeah, it is a balance of 290 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 3: getting that we do have. Obviously, we have mounted unit, 291 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 3: we have bicycle patrols, we have the other four wheelers 292 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: to get around and sometimes we use those because it's 293 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 3: a quicker response when we're dealing with. 294 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: When you deal with someone yeah, thank you very much 295 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: again for your time this morning. Much appreciated.