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The NT Is Arming Undertrained Officers… What Could Possibly Go Wrong? · The Slippery Slope

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  Let me start with something blunt, because subtlety clearly
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  is not working anymore. Australia has reached a point
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  where governments are so desperate, so incompetent and so
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  terrified of admitting they've failed that they're now arming
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  people who aren't fully trained and calling it public public
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  safety. We're watching the slow collapse
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  of police standards in real time.
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  We're watching governments cut corners like they're speed
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  running a video game. We're watching leadership
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  pretend that almost trained is the same as properly trained.
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  And the NT government has just taken this insanity to a whole
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  new level. They're handing guns to PPS OS
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  officers who do not have full police training.
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  And they're expecting the public to smile, nod and pretend this
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  is normal. It's not normal, it's not safe,
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  it's not responsible, it's not policing.
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  It's stupidity dressed up as policy.
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  And and the worst part, the worst part?
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  They know exactly what they're doing.
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  They know the risks, They know the consequences.
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  They know people will get hurt, but they're doing it anyway
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  because it's easier than fixing the real problem.
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  Their own failure to recruit and retain fully trained police
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  officers. This is not leadership.
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  This is not strategy. This is not public safety.
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  This is desperation, armed and dangerous.
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  I'm Jay Fallon. This is the slippery slope.
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  So let's go through a Quick guide to recognising when your
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  government has lost the plot, or as I like to call it, a
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  government stupidity checklist. Let's run through the NT
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  government's decision using a simple check checklist.
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  If you tick all the boxes, congratulations, your government
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  is officially in. We have, we have no idea what
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  we're doing, territory. First box, create a policing
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  role that isn't fully trained? Tick.
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  PPS OS, they're cheaper, faster, and conveniently under
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  qualified. Second box, Give them firearms
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  anyway. Tick.
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  Because nothing says responsible governance like army people who
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  haven't completed full police training.
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  Third box. Pretend they've had the same
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  training as constables tick, except for the part that
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  actually matters, understanding crime and investigating it. 4th
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  Box Ignore the fact that every arrest is an investigation tick.
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  Who needs legal knowledge when you've got handcuffs and
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  enthusiasm? All right #5 Ignore the fact
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  that every use of force is an investigation tick.
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  Just hope no one asked complicated questions later.
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  Why would they? Number six?
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  Hope the public doesn't notice the difference.
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  Tick. Just smile, wave and say public
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  safety a few times. Last one wait for the inevitable
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  disaster. Tick.
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  Then you act shocked, you blame training gaps, you announce a
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  review and then you repeat. Tick, tick, tick, tick.
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  That's exactly what'll happen if you've ticked all seven boxes
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  and the NT government has you're not dealing with leadership,
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  you're dealing with improvisation.
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  That's all. You're dealing with the the
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  government's message. Don't worry, they can shoot.
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  What else do you need? That's, that's really what
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  they're saying here. According to the ABC in the
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  article, the NT Police, public safety officers, Ppsos have now
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  received the same training as constables when it comes to
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  carrying guns and making arrests.
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  Except for one tiny, just one tiny detail.
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  They haven't been trained in serious crime investigations.
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  You know, the part of policing that actually teaches you what
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  crime is, how to identify it, how to investigate it, and how
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  to make lawful decisions. But apparently in the NT, that's
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  just optional. This is the level of thinking
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  we're dealing with. Let me spell it out.
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  This is dangerous and they know it.
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  As someone I've actually done the job, I've done policing.
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  Let me be brutally honest. Training someone to shoot is not
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  training them to police. Training someone to arrest put
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  on some handcuffs is not training them to investigate.
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  Training someone to respond is not training them to understand
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  the law. Every arrest is an
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  investigation. Every use of force is an
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  investigation. Every decision to draw a firearm
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  is an investigation. If you don't understand crime,
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  if you don't understand the law, you can't enforce crime, you
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  can't enforce the law. These Ppsos, again, through no
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  fault of their own, I suppose they do not have the depth of
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  training required to safely carry a firearm or make lawful
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  arrests. But sure, let's arm them anyway.
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  What could possibly go wrong? Here's what's going to happen
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  and it's it's not a maybe this will happen.
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  We're going to see unlawful arrests without a doubt,
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  unlawful detentions, 100% unlawful use of force.
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  We're going to see civilians being shot unnecessarily.
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  That will happen in my opinion. We will see officers panicking
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  under pressure. We will see a misinterpretation
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  of behaviour as being criminal. We're going to see botched
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  assessments of crime scenes. We're going to see skyrocketing
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  complaints, people complaining about unuseful, unlawful use of
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  force. We're going to see lawsuits that
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  will cost taxpayer possibly millions and the government.
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  Then they're going to act shocked.
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  They'll they'll hold a press conference 100%.
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  They'll blame training gaps, they'll promise a review,
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  They'll quietly settle lawsuits, and they'll pretend no one could
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  have predicted this. Who could have thought?
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  Who could have thought this was going to happen?
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  Except everyone could. Everyone with policing
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  experience concede that this will happen.
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  This isn't a surprise waiting to happen.
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  It's a disaster waiting to be scheduled.
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  As former Prime Minister would say, scheduled.
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  Listen, the government is dressing a gaping wound with a
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  Band-Aid and telling the public everything is under control.
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  Don't worry, they've had the same training.
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  Except they haven't, and they know they haven't.
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  This is deception dressed up as policy and the consequences will
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  be real. So listen, the final thing to
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  say I think about this, let's be straight up, the NT government
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  is arming, arming people who are not fully trained.
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  They're cutting corners, they're lowering standards, they are
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  gambling with public safety and they're setting these PPS OS
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  these officers up to fail. This isn't just a bad idea, it's
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  a dangerous one and unless someone calls it out, we will
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  all be dealing with the fallout. As usual, this is just my
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  opinion. I'm Jay Fallon.
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  This is the slippery slope. Or maybe you're watching it on
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  Aussie. Please watch.
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  Australia needs to wake up. This is all just my opinion.
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  Thanks for listening. They just.
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  Feel the