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Matt Hepworth spoke with NT Police Superintendent Neil Hayes regarding the Recruit Constable Squad 139 graduating on Friday · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wolf and three point sixty online at MIXEDBEO
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  Speaker 1: four nine dot com. You Matt Hepworth filling in for
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  Speaker 1: Katie Wolf this morning. Joining me in the studio right
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  Speaker 1: now is the Northern Territory Police Superintendent Neil Hayes.
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  Speaker 2: Neil, Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: Well Neil, I'll be honest, man, I'm a bit nervous
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  Speaker 1: because I've heard mixed things about when you come into
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  Speaker 1: the studio. I know you're here to chat about police recruitment,
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  Speaker 1: but I know last time you were here, I saw
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  Speaker 1: photos and in fact I watched it all happening from
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  Speaker 1: the comfort of my news room. A bit of a
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  Speaker 1: plank off or a planking competition with Katie Wolf. Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm hoping that because I'm in the hot seat today,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to have to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: Today we're going to do the beat test, Okay, a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more challenging, a little bit of cardio.
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  Speaker 2: So they told me you're up to your runner.
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  Speaker 1: Look cardio I prefer over you know, weights training. These
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  Speaker 1: little chicken arms are quite evident of that. But I
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  Speaker 1: might have to skip the beat test for today. I've
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  Speaker 1: got a medical we'll.
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  Speaker 2: Check that, but I know, look we'll get on just
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  Speaker 2: have a chatting and we'll see how we go at
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  Speaker 2: the end.
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  Speaker 1: All right, sounds good, Hey, Neil, A big day for
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  Speaker 1: you guys on Friday with the recruitment Constable Squad one
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  Speaker 1: three nine graduating.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so one three nine we're one of the squads
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  Speaker 3: that we graduate we have recruited in the height of
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  Speaker 3: the COVID, so wow, they were one of our first
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  Speaker 3: squads that was all territory and recruits, so it's pretty
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  Speaker 3: exciting for us to get all of those through.
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  Speaker 2: There's twenty eight people that were graduating on Friday are O.
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  Speaker 3: That's at five o'clock and we're actually going to live
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  Speaker 3: stream the graduation on both our anti police page and
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  Speaker 3: the Anti Police Recruitment page on Facebook. So for friends
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  Speaker 3: and family around the place that maybe can't get into it,
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  Speaker 3: that's an opportunity for them to see the graduation and
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  Speaker 3: get some support behind them.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely, and I guess, especially the territory being such a
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  Speaker 1: transity place, there would be plenty of those recruits that
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  Speaker 1: would have family interstate or even overseas.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Look like I say, all of those were recruited
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  Speaker 3: from the NT they were residing here prior to but
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  Speaker 3: yes they do. They've all got extended family around the country,
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  Speaker 3: so it's an opportunity with some of the restrictions we've
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  Speaker 3: had that they can still be part of it.
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  Speaker 2: So it's really exciting for us.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, no'll following their graduation where will they be stationed at.
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  Speaker 3: So all of our graduates will go outside of Darwin.
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  Speaker 3: That's standard for anyone that recruits, so they go to
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  Speaker 3: either Catherine, Alice or Tenant Creek. So in this mix,
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  Speaker 3: we've got thirteen going down to Alice Springs, twelve going
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  Speaker 3: down to Catherine, and three going into Tenant Creek at
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  Speaker 3: that twenty eight, so they'll.
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  Speaker 2: All be there.
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  Speaker 3: They know where they're going, they're all excited to get
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  Speaker 3: down there and hit the ground running when they're on
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  Speaker 3: the And.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously once they do graduate and they've got to
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  Speaker 1: go to these regional parts of the territory, how long
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  Speaker 1: is that service for.
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  Speaker 3: So they go across they need to do two years
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  Speaker 3: minimum that location, So that's where they'll do their probationary period.
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  Speaker 3: They'll get there, they'll consolidate everything they've learned through training
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  Speaker 3: so EDU can appreciate through the college. You know, we
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  Speaker 3: can simulate a whole lot of stuff. We can give
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  Speaker 3: them the information they need to know and the legislation
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  Speaker 3: and the practical aspect, but it's when you actually hit
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  Speaker 3: the road that's when the real work starts and they
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  Speaker 3: get the mentoring from the amazing police that we've got
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  Speaker 3: on the road that will train them have to actually
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  Speaker 3: do their job properly and they'll be effective. So they'll
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  Speaker 3: spend two years there and then in the next few
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  Speaker 3: years they'll have the opportunity to go remote locations and
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  Speaker 3: things like that.
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  Speaker 1: How did the recruits find that because I guess, as
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  Speaker 1: you're flagged doing your training in Darwin, I guess you
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  Speaker 1: can prepare for all the theory and the practice and
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  Speaker 1: the legislation that goes with working in those remote places.
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  Speaker 1: But then actually, you know, being out there could be
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  Speaker 1: quite different.
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  Speaker 3: We're pretty fortunate, I guess that there's a good mix
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  Speaker 3: of people on the squad. So we've got a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people that are actually recruited that, like say this
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  Speaker 3: one in particular, recruited from the NT so a lot
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  Speaker 3: of them actually been and lived in the communities that
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  Speaker 3: are going back to. But you'll find on the squads
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  Speaker 3: that we've got in the College Now, although we've got
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people that have come from into state,
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  Speaker 3: we still have a lot of locals there and so
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  Speaker 3: they actually do provide that the insight because you know,
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  Speaker 3: unfortunately it's not everything that you see on the media,
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  Speaker 3: is what's the reality weing get down there. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: you've got people that actually lived and grown up in
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  Speaker 3: these communities and they prepare them for what they're about
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  Speaker 3: to walk into. And look, I've been in Catherine Alice Springs, Darwin,
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  Speaker 3: and I've loved every location of works across the territory.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got some beautiful locations see in the territory
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  Speaker 1: definitely outside of Darwin, Neil. Do we have any other
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  Speaker 1: squads training at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: We do.
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  Speaker 3: Look at the moment, I think we've got a total
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  Speaker 3: of one hundred and thirty three that are still in there.
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  Speaker 3: So of that, theres one hundred and ten recruit constables,
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  Speaker 3: there's eleven recruit acpos and twelve recruit auxiliaries and the
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  Speaker 3: auxiliary squad has actually been run out of our springs
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  Speaker 3: at the moment. So yeah, we've still got quite a
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  Speaker 3: few in there, and we're still recruiting heavily at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: So these guys graduate Friday. We've got two more squads
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  Speaker 3: that we're recruiting for at the moment, one due to
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  Speaker 3: commence in the end of May and another one at
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  Speaker 3: the end of June.
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  Speaker 2: They both have a squad of thirty.
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  Speaker 3: So I've actually got my recruitment teams have been in
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  Speaker 3: Adelaide last week, they're in Brisbane this week and we're
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  Speaker 3: interviewing as we speak. That's why I'm flying solo today,
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  Speaker 3: So just sitting in an interview back at the office now,
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  Speaker 3: and we've got the next two weeks like lined up
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  Speaker 3: with interviews for local applicants as well. So there's still
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  Speaker 3: plenty of people coming through the doors and lots of interest,
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  Speaker 3: still lots of people that are keen to move to
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  Speaker 3: the territory from outside, and lots of people that want
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  Speaker 3: to play their part and give back to the community
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  Speaker 3: and B and T police officers.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like recruitment is forever an ongoing process. I know.
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  Speaker 1: We often hear of recruitment drives where there might be
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  Speaker 1: a real push or a campaign to cruit officers to
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory or whether they're locals here. But then
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  Speaker 1: sometimes we hear a lull for a while, but really,
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  Speaker 1: for you, this is a twelve month job, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've actually mixed it up a fair bit.
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  Speaker 3: We used to sort of recruit by campaign, and we
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  Speaker 3: used to recruit to each individual stream, whether it's be
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  Speaker 3: the constable stream, the Aboriginal community police officer, or the auxiliary.
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  Speaker 3: We kind of mixed it up a little bit and
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  Speaker 3: we find that we assess people across all of those
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  Speaker 3: streams and in one interview we can see what we
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  Speaker 3: think you might be best suited for. So we have
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  Speaker 3: our applications open three hundred and sixty five days a year.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: You can go through our Facebook page. There's a whole
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  Speaker 3: heap of links there. You go to our website. You
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  Speaker 3: can put your application in any time, and we're continually
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  Speaker 3: assessing putting people through. If there's a squad that's ready
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  Speaker 3: to go, people will fall into those squads if they're successful.
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  Speaker 3: If they're successful but there's not a spot for them,
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  Speaker 3: then we'll hold their details and when a squad's available,
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  Speaker 3: will put them in. So we're recruiting constantly at the moment,
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  Speaker 3: and that's country wide. Yeah, there's a lot of competition
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  Speaker 3: out there at the moment, and it's kind of getting
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  Speaker 3: interesting now. We've got our Instagram page that's just started
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  Speaker 3: to for police recruitment already we've had New South Wales
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  Speaker 3: sort of biting back at us about us poaching people.
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  Speaker 2: From down there.
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  Speaker 3: So put a bit of a challenge out to who
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  Speaker 3: can get the best applicants at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen on the socials there is often a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a rivalry between each state's police department and so
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  Speaker 1: it sounds like recruitment is a big part of that.
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  Speaker 3: So I think we're going to step into that space
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  Speaker 3: and start challenging a little bit and see what they
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  Speaker 3: can bring to the table. So I reckon we've got
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  Speaker 3: the best police force up here, and I think recruitment
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  Speaker 3: team goes pretty well.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know question, without notice here territory cops
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  Speaker 1: beaming around Australia at the moment, has there been any
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  Speaker 1: extra interest in recruitment as a result of that.
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  Speaker 3: Do you get a lot of people that reference territory
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  Speaker 3: cops when they are make inquiries to us? So yeah, yeah, look,
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  Speaker 3: I think it can have a bit of a positive
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  Speaker 3: impact on it, and I think we've got some recruitment
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  Speaker 3: ads that are running in the breaks of that as well.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. Okay, so we've got the graduation ceremony this Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously ongoing recruitment at the moment. Do we have a
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  Speaker 1: final goal when it comes to numbers of graduates, albeit
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  Speaker 1: by the end of the year or the financial year,
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  Speaker 1: what's that we're looking.
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  Speaker 3: Not a specific number at the moment. Like I say,
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  Speaker 3: we've got our squads lined up. So I've got two
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  Speaker 3: further squads that are coming out that will be recruited
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  Speaker 3: for and graduate prior to the end of this year.
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  Speaker 3: So the next two say start in May and June,
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  Speaker 3: they'll graduate in November and December accordingly. And I've also
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  Speaker 3: got an auxiliary squad that we're looking at recruiting to
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  Speaker 3: in August and again they will be graduating.
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  Speaker 2: So you've got one.
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  Speaker 3: Hundred and ten, one hundred and thirty o that are
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  Speaker 3: there now, yep. And there's that another ninety that will
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  Speaker 3: graduate by the end of this year.
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  Speaker 1: That is excellent. We talk a lot about police numbers
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  Speaker 1: on this program, and obviously there's many coming out, but
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  Speaker 1: there's many coming in.
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  Speaker 2: At the same time.
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  Speaker 1: We're right, yeah, Superintendent Neil Hayes. If people want more
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  Speaker 1: info just before you go our week and.
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  Speaker 3: They go, yeah, look. The best place to go at
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  Speaker 3: the moment is our Facebook page. If you get into that,
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  Speaker 3: it's got the links to all of it. You can
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  Speaker 3: send us message through Messenger on there, you can send
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  Speaker 3: us emails. You can call the office at any time.
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  Speaker 3: All the info is there and the guys in the
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  Speaker 3: office are more than happy to give you anything you
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  Speaker 3: can help with.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect Anti Police Superintendent Neil Hayes, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for coming in this morning. Thanks Maddie, and I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: we don't have to do that beat tests off. We're
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  Speaker 1: out of time. What a shame.