1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: The Northern Territory and joining me in the studio right 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: now is the Northern Territory Police Assistant Commissioner Matt HOLLANDB. 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 2: Good morning to you. 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners. 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: I do want to start by asking you about well 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: to see if there's a bit of an update on 8 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: the situation in Plumpa. The incredibly tragic situation in Polumba 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: then unfolded last week with a crocodile attack. 10 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: Has there been much of an update? 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 3: Look, Katie, I can tell you from overnight we have 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 3: located the crocodile that was responsible for the attack on 13 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 3: the young girl. There was a four point two meter 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 3: crocodile that was shot by local rangers on Sunday. It 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 3: was shot and it resurfaced yesterday and it is the 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 3: crocodile responsible for the attack on the young girl. And 17 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 3: our heartfelt sympathy go to the family and the community. 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 3: So they are obviously distressed, and our thoughts were with 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: him at this really distressing time. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: It's an absolutely horrible time. I cannot even begin to 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: imagine how that family feels, so So from what you're 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: saying there, Matt, local rangers shot that crocodile on Sunday 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: and it's then resurfaced overnight. 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the crocodile died, but it sank and it's 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 3: since resurfaced, and it is the crocodile responsible for the attack. 26 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 3: I'm not going to take it too much further than that, but. 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: Four point two meters. Yes, it's a big It is 28 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: a big crocodile. 29 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: Look, my heart goes out to the family, to that 31 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: whole community. Have you had much discussion I know Erica 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: Gibson obviously, the local police officer that we've spoken to 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: out there in that area last week. Like, it's a 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: really tough time for everybody out there right now. 35 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: Isn't it. 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, And look, if it was your child, you'd be 37 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: distressed and you'd never recover from it. And you know, 38 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: it's a fairly tight knit community at Palumpa, and they 39 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: know they're going to take a while to recover at 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: a community level from this particular tragedy. 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: Well, look, my heart goes out to them, and yeah, 42 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,279 Speaker 1: thinking of everybody out there today. 43 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 2: Now I want to move along, Matt. 44 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: There's been a lot going on, and I guess because 45 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: we've been quite focused on Alice Springs over recent days, 46 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: there's been a few different big operations and things happening 47 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 1: up here in the top end that some locals may 48 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: not have heard about. But one of those has been 49 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Police conducting a snap road safety campaign 50 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: across the Greater Darwen area over the weekend to engage 51 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: and educate the community about some of the dangers and 52 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: some of the fatal five. Can you talk me through 53 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: how long that campaign went for and how it. 54 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 3: Went Look, Katie, it was on Friday night. It was 55 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: a fairly large campaign where we had multiple random breath 56 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 3: testing stations throughout the Greater day Owen area. We tested 57 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: a total of one hundred one, one hundred and seventeen people, 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: of which five returned positive for drink driving. Forty two 59 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: people were drug tested and two tested positive. One was 60 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 3: also One person was also given a notice to appear 61 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 3: for drug driving and possession of em fetter meanes and 62 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 3: there was you know, some infringement notices issued. But the 63 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 3: really important message is there has been thirty one people 64 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 3: that have died so far this year on our roads 65 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 3: and compared to six at the same time last year. 66 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: So we're trying to save lives and it's this is 67 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: a part of education, awareness, deterrence, and enforcement, and this 68 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 3: is going to be more and more common into the future. 69 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: And we'll all remember ten twenty years ago when we 70 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: knew there was going to be an RBT on a 71 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 3: Friday night, and we want to go back to those. 72 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: Days good because you know, like I think to myself, 73 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: I know that some people might go it's revenue raising, 74 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: exists that or whatever, But to me, it's about keeping 75 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: everybody on the road safe. You know. I want to 76 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: know that if I go out to drop my children 77 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: to sport at Mora or somewhere else, that everybody is 78 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: doing the right thing on the road so that I'm 79 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: not going to get struck by a drunk driver. 80 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, Katie. And you know, if you've had a 81 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: family member killed or seriously injured because of a drunk driver, 82 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: you'll be fully supportive of it, you know. Quite frankly, 83 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 3: we get a lot of positive commentary from the people 84 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: that we are testing, saying that we're doing a good 85 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: job and there should be more of it. So there 86 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: will be more of it into the future. So if 87 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 3: you are a drink driver, it's time to really reconsider 88 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 3: your position. Not only will do you run the risk 89 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 3: of killing yourself or hurting other people, you also run 90 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 3: the risk of losing your license. And there was one 91 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 3: guy that I thought you'd take a chance and do 92 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: a runner. He was detected at a speed at one 93 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 3: hundred and twenty three k's in a seventy es own. 94 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 3: He was eventually arrested. He needs some new tires, but 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 3: he's also in court charge with a litany of dangerous 96 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 3: driving offenses driving with a high blood alcohol concentration. So 97 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 3: he ran the risk and he came off a severe 98 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: second burst. 99 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I'm glad the police got their hands on him. 100 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: Would you base you know, like, based on that one 101 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventeen people that were breath tested, of 102 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: which five tested positive, do you think that that sort 103 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: of indicates that most people are getting the message. 104 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 3: I think most people are getting the message. But again 105 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 3: it's about general deterrence, where you know, the risk of 106 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 3: drink driving is outweighed by the likelihood of getting caught, 107 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 3: and you know a lot of regular people need their license, 108 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: so it's really important that you don't drink and drive 109 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 3: not only for your own safety but for your own 110 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: well being. 111 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: Now, Matt, somebody's message through and said, Hi, Katie, could 112 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: you please ask the Assistant Commissioner of where those thirty 113 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: odd fatalities have occurred across the Northern Territory. 114 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: Have they been sort of right across the board? 115 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, spread right across the territory. Some of them 116 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: are regional and remote. Quite a lot are in Darwin, 117 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 3: and quite a lot of pedestrian crashes, So it's a 118 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: mixed there's no common denominator alcohol other than alcohol is 119 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: a fairly common denominator. So just remember the fatal five 120 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 3: and drink and drug driving is probably his way up 121 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: there as a key common cause in the Northern Territory. 122 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: Now I want to go across to some of the 123 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: other incidents at Northern Territory police up here at the 124 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: top end have dealt with over the last couple of days. 125 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: Yesterday a statement issue by the Northern Territory Police are 126 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: saying that you're arrested three people in relation to a 127 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: vehicle pursuit in Palmerston. The night prior about eleven fifty 128 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: five pm. Police initiated a pursuit with a white Holden 129 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: Commodore that was being driven erratically along Chungla Terraces in Palmerston. 130 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 2: What happened next, Coatie. 131 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: In this particular case, the pursuit was terminated because of 132 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 3: the safety concerns to the wider community. But a short 133 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: time later the vehicle lost control and mounted around about 134 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: New Shopping Center and Temple Terrace and we arrested a 135 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 3: sixteen year old at the scene. The evidence would tend 136 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 3: to indicate they were dealing drugs and that's why they 137 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: fled and bloody. 138 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: Hell sixteen year old, well two of them. 139 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: But look yeah, but it was a twenty year old 140 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 3: driver who's been charged with the driving offenses and drug 141 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 3: offenses as well. 142 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, goodness man. Then those and then two sixteen year 143 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: olds and they've been there being dealt with under the 144 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: provisions of the Youth Justice Act. 145 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's correct now. 146 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: On Monday, the Northern Territory Police sent out another press release, 147 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: this time saying that you'd arrested twelve people in relation 148 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: to separate style of motor vehicle pursuits across Darwin on 149 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: Sunday morning. Twelve people, how many? So they were set 150 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: though by the look of it. It looks as though 151 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: there was a few cars stolen. 152 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, Katie, this relates to two stolen cars. One car 153 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 3: had five occupants and the other had seven. They were 154 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 3: again they were engaged in pursuits and there was one 155 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 3: of them was terminated but then recommenced at a later 156 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 3: time when it was safe to do so. And yeah, 157 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: they were arrested by the Strike Force, Trident and the 158 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: Dog Operations Unit. One of the stolen cars rammed one 159 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 3: of our vehicles, but the offender was arrested bloody health. 160 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: So with one of these incidents, it looks as though 161 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: tried and had located three youths a bit later fourteen, 162 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: fourteen and seventeen and one adult age nineteen were they 163 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: Were they the ones that rammed the police car. 164 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 3: No, that was the other That was the second one. 165 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 3: So the first one they it was a stolen vehicle 166 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 3: where an offender was arrested and the others fled in 167 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 3: style car and then they were later located at an 168 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 3: address in Palmerston and the car was abandoned in Palmerston. 169 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 3: In the second incident, the vehicle was stolen from an 170 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: address in Wogman and that was the one where the 171 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 3: pursuit was initiated and the vehicle reversed into a dog 172 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 3: Operations Unit vehicle, but it was later located and a 173 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 3: series of offenders were. 174 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: Arrested and once again in that one by the look 175 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: of it, other young people age fifteen to age sixteen 176 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: to one to seventeen year old. 177 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's correct, Katie. So I mean just senseless crime. 178 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: And it's like, you know, why why you know, the 179 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 3: amount of dangy that's presented to the offenders as well 180 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 3: as the and the general public and the police officers. 181 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 3: It's just senseless. 182 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: Do you reckon? 183 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: Like, have you seen a bit of a flare up 184 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: as a result of the school holidays, do you think? 185 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: Or not? 186 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: Really? 187 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 3: Not really, I think these the offenders in both of 188 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 3: these incidents aren't going to school, so we don't put 189 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 3: it down to the school holidays. It's just two senseless 190 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 3: acts of stupidity by these particular groups. 191 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, not the only acts of senseless stupidity. On Monday morning, 192 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: we all arrived at work to find that the crew 193 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: that were doing breakfast, unfortunately some of their vehicles have 194 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: been broken into here in the car park. I know 195 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: by the sounds of it. It was part of sort 196 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: of a wider crime issue or crime. I don't know 197 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: whether you call it a spree by one person. 198 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, Katie, Yeah, there were like at your studio, you 199 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: were the victims of crime and your staff here, and 200 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,719 Speaker 3: the offender then went on to a building site and 201 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 3: stole more property from workers, stole a car and use 202 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 3: some of the stolen cards. But who his fourteen year 203 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 3: old was arrested and has been charged with the offending 204 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 3: for the people are here at Mix one or four 205 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 3: point nine and also at the building site and so 206 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 3: fourteen Yeah, and I trust you. I mean, obviously it's distressing. 207 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 3: You know. People might say, well, interfering with a motivehicle 208 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 3: was not a serious crime, but it's serious to you 209 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 3: if you're a victim. So fortunately we were able to 210 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: stop that before the crime series got even bigger. 211 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: Well and then of course when you consider that he's 212 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: gone allegedly onto the building site and stolen cards you said, 213 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: and then used. 214 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 3: Up yes, yeah, and the car as well, So yeah. 215 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: Goodness may and again it is that senseless crime and 216 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: looking at the ages of some of these people, you know. 217 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 2: That's frustrating. 218 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 3: Absolutely, it's very frustrating for us and you know we 219 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 3: kind of say where are the families? And but this 220 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 3: was again it was good work by Strike Force Trident 221 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 3: to stop a crime spiral where it could have got 222 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 3: much worse. 223 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: They work bloody hard, that is for sure. Hey tell me, 224 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: I know it is indeed NADOC Week this week and 225 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: there's so many wonderful celebrations of course right across the 226 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: Northern Territory and right across Australia for Natoc Greek. But 227 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: we've actually got four Northern Territory police staff who are 228 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 1: going to be recognized. 229 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's correct, Katie. So it is NATEOC Whig and 230 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 3: there's an event right now at Gorda Square and Palmerston 231 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 3: and four of our police officers have been presented with 232 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 3: their ten year Anti Police Service Medal at the event. 233 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 3: And that's our indigenous employees. That's Sergeant Jason Sariego, Constable 234 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 3: first Class Jason Chisholm and Senior acpos James Tom and 235 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 3: Joel Wilkeshire Mayers. So congratulations to them, very loyal and 236 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: long serving employees. And you know they've got good, good 237 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 3: careers ahead of them. 238 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, wonderful stuff. Good on them. So they've been there 239 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 2: more than ten years, is that what you said? 240 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and they've been recognized for their service to 241 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 3: the community and to the Northern Territory Police. 242 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: Well, a big congret relations to all four of them. 243 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: That is wonderful news and you know, really like really 244 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: wonderful I think to see them in those roles for 245 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: such a long period of time. 246 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, I mean they are community leaders, 247 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 3: and they're Aboriginal leaders, and you know, we have an 248 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 3: aspirational target of recruiting more Indigenous people into the Northern 249 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 3: Territory Police. They are thirty percent of our population of 250 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 3: the Northern Territory, so we're you know, aspirationally we'd like 251 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 3: to get to thirty percent Indigenous employment in the Northern 252 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: Territory Police. 253 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: I reckon we should, you know, I think it's a 254 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: really good thing. And I think that certainly, you know, 255 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: seeing people like these four that are doing an incredible 256 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: job and being recognized for that, it hopefully encourages other 257 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: people to get into the police force. 258 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, they should be held up as an 259 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 3: inspiration to all Aboriginal people. And you know, as we 260 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 3: all know, we're recruiting heavily now and will be for 261 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 3: at least the next four years. So anyone who is 262 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 3: looking for a career in policing or knows somebody who 263 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 3: would be good for it them forward and there's a 264 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: lot of recruitment going on and your chances are pretty 265 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: good at the moment, so please look towards a career 266 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 3: in the Northern Territory Police well. 267 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner Matt Holland be good to catch up with 268 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: you this morning. 269 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 2: Thank you as always for your time, always a pleasure. 270 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: Thank you.