1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Yesterday, there was obviously some wonderful Territorians who were recognized 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: as part of the Australia Day Honors, and included on 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: that list were two members of the Northern Territory Police 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 1: Force named as recipients of the Australian Police Medal. And 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: one of those recipients joins me in the studio right now. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: It is Senior Constable Chris Killian from the Water Police. 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: How are you, Chris, Good morning, Katie, Good morning listeners. 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Lovely to have you in the studio and a big congratulations. 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: Thank you. 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 3: How are you feeling. 11 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: I'm feeling terrific, feeling really toughed. Good on you and 12 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: what use the opportunity for your platform just to say 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 2: thank you the people who sent a lot of nice 14 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 2: kind words my way. It was a really nice data 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: hear all that was Yeah, I drank a lot of 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 2: my own basketlord, No good on you. 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: You know, our Northern Territory Police works so bloody hard 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: and I think it's really wonderful to see our police 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: recognized and it was you along with another detective scene well, 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: you were obviously one of the one of the one 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: of the ones recognized. And then there was one other 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to find. I believe it was Senior 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,919 Speaker 1: Constable first Class Bindi Burnor. 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 3: And I you know, it's I think it's. 25 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: Just so important that we've got such wonderful territorians in 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: our community like yourself, that we recognize the work that 27 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: you guys do and how much you do that's sort 28 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: of outside your normal jobs as well. Were you pretty 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: shocked when you got the call or got the letter 30 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: letting you know. 31 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was absolutely shocked, not shocked by Bindy Burnell. 32 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: She's a champion. Yeah, I think that the police force 33 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: in the society generally owes her enormously. There to gratitude. Yeah, 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 2: you probably wouldn't know her name from a bar's opener. 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: Ah, And so you know, I know it's hard to 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: talk about yourself when you when something like this happens, 37 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: But what would you say about Bindi. 38 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: I know that you've said she's an amazing person. 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: She's a really good teacher. Yeah, she has taken charge 40 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: of the she's asked the victims identification field. That's just 41 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: one thing I know about her. But she's obviously my 42 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: long term forensics officer. She just does a job. Well, yeah, 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: you know, and it makes a difference if the copper 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: that turns up is a good copper or bad copper. Yep, 45 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 2: she's the highest quality copper. 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: Good on her, Well, good on both of you. Now 47 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: you've been working in the You've seen you've sort of 48 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: worked across various fields within the territory police, including the 49 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: water Police, the drug Squad, general duties and remote service 50 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: with the water Police at the moment, and I know 51 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: that you're pretty. 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: Passionate about marine safety, aren't you. 53 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a real bugbear that we just don't seem 54 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: to be progressing as a society taking it seriously enough. 55 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: What do you reckon we need to be doing in 56 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: this space to try and to take it a bit 57 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: more seriously. 58 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 2: Well, I think, without getting too political, we've got to 59 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: start insisting people learn the rules of the road on 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: the water. That means getting a license before you drive 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: a boat. I'm treading into pretty dangerous territory here, and 62 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 2: I don't think the commissioner. 63 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: No, no, which is I appreciate me, But obviously you want. 64 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: People doing the right thing on the water, I'm assuming 65 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: and you know you'd see firsthand sometimes people not doing 66 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,279 Speaker 1: the right thing and the impacts. 67 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately, it's it's all too common and fingers crossed. 68 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: We don't have a disaster, but it's we've dodged that 69 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: bullet so many times, just the simple fact that people 70 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: mooring in the shipping channel. It's people don't realize how 71 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: dangerous that can be. When you can't get your ankorrupt 72 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: in a hurry and the big boat's coming, they won't 73 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: move'll run straight over the top of her, and it's 74 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: good night. Yeah, And I know Mixwino Ford to do 75 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: a fair bit of highlighting those things, and I thank 76 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: you for that. 77 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, we certainly try our best. 78 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: Hey, Chris, what's how did you How did you get 79 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: into the police force all those years ago? 80 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: How long have you been there? And how did you get 81 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 3: in there? 82 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: Look, I came through a scheme that was a cadet 83 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: scheme back in the day, and they read recruited kitties 84 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: straight out of school. Now, I was out on the 85 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: oval kicking the footy or being a rat bag at 86 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: lunch and I go called Bob Bradford was walking around 87 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: the oval sothing hello and telling people about the scheme. 88 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: It was a brand new scheme at the time, and 89 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: I thought, to be honest with you, I thought that's 90 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 2: a good way to get out of school. I could 91 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: join the police cadets. So I save two years a 92 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: cadet and then joined the job after that. 93 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: What's it been like for you? 94 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: Forty years is such a long time in one career, 95 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: but you've worked across so many different areas. What's it 96 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: been like to be a police officer in the territory 97 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: for forty years? 98 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: Quite friendly? I don't know other I don't know a 99 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 2: life outside the police force. I'm hopefully I'm not so 100 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: indoctrinated on I don't think so insular. But when you're 101 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: working the police force, you say one career, Well, when 102 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: you change jobs within the within the different sections, it's 103 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 2: an entirely different career. So when you get sick of 104 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 2: the flavor of one sort of work, off you go. 105 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,559 Speaker 2: And you know, working in water police is very different 106 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: to working in TRG. It's very different to working at TV. 107 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 2: One town is very very different from the other town. 108 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: And what would you say to anybody listening this morning 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: who's maybe thinking to themselves that they wouldn't mind joining 110 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: the police force? Is it? Is it? 111 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: The type of career that's you know, that's a good one. 112 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: I'd say you investigate it, make sure you're the right 113 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: fit because it does take a certain personality to flourish 114 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: in the job. 115 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 3: But go for it. 116 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: It's a really good job. It's there's so many rewards. 117 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: It's just a it's a great it's a great job 118 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: to be in and you're you're meeting such characters. 119 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, you would. No day would be the same. I'm 120 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 3: guessing no. 121 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: Inside and outside the job you'll get a lot of laughs. 122 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: Be an interesting one, no doubt about it. Well, Chris Skillion, 123 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: the Senior Constable, Chris Skillian, I really appreciate your time 124 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: this morning. Thank you so much for coming into the 125 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: studio and thank you for the work. 126 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 3: That you do as well within the Northern Territory. 127 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 1: I think that it's really wonderful to see our territories 128 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: recognized in this way, particularly those of you in the 129 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: police force to do a wonderful job. 130 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, and there before I go, I should use 131 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: the opportunity to congratulate you and. 132 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: Thank you. 133 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: That's really well deserved. When you took the show over 134 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 2: from Pete Davies, we thought that was at the end 135 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: of it. 136 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: Year. 137 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: You've grown this show and you're a credit to what 138 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 2: you've been able to achieve over the years. 139 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 3: Thank you very much. I really appreciate your kind words. 140 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: Thank you, And as you pointed out when you came in, 141 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: we worked together when I used to work for the 142 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: police about bloody fifteen years ago. I reckon it was 143 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: one of my first jobs out of university in the 144 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: police media unit and it was a good, great job, 145 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: great way to learn about the work that our territory 146 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: police do. 147 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: You did a terrific job there. 148 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 3: Thanks mate, Thanks so much for coming in this morning.