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Katie Woolf spoke with NT Police Commander Darwin Region Matt Hollamby · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Will thanks to Joyce Main Darwin
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  Speaker 1: one oh four nine. Now we know quite a bit
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  Speaker 1: of police news from over the weekend. Joining us seeing
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  Speaker 1: the studio right now, Northern Territory Police Commander of Darwin
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  Speaker 1: and Road Policing Matt HOLLANDB Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.
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  Speaker 1: Now, firstly, I know you know, the story that's got
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  Speaker 1: everybody talking on social media is this break in at
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  Speaker 1: the Funny Bay supermarket. It was terrible to see these
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  Speaker 1: young people and this sustained attempt really to get into
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  Speaker 1: that supermarket.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you guys must find it quite frustrating as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's frustrating for us, Katie, and I dare
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  Speaker 2: say it's well obviously it's more frustrating for Manual and
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  Speaker 2: his team at the supermarket. But on this occasion, four
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  Speaker 2: people were apprehended in a stolen car and one has
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  Speaker 2: been charged, one's been summoned to court and to have
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  Speaker 2: been subject to youth diversion.
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  Speaker 1: So I was going to ask you that because I
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  Speaker 1: did see in the press release it said they'd be
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  Speaker 1: subject to the provisions of the Youth Justice Act of
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and five, and I wasn't sure exactly what
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  Speaker 1: that meant.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look at Katie, that means youth diversion, and you
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  Speaker 2: know the provisions are there for people that are first
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  Speaker 2: time offenders or very minimal involvement with the courts of
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  Speaker 2: the justice system.
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  Speaker 1: And I know there's not a huge amount more we
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  Speaker 1: can say about that one at this point in time,
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  Speaker 1: given the fact that one of those people is due
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  Speaker 1: to appear in court today and charges have been laid.
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  Speaker 1: Can I just ask, though, did we have a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a situation where there was a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: flare up over the weekend. Maybe not so much break ins,
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  Speaker 1: but people trying to get into houses. I know I've
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  Speaker 1: seen that on Stuart Park and also in fanny By. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Look, Katie, it's not the only unlafluenttry that occurred over
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  Speaker 2: the weekend. There were others there was were quite successful
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  Speaker 2: and apprehending people for unlawfuluntries over the weekend. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: apprehending the offenders is the you know, the best method
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  Speaker 2: of crime prevention. It takes people off the straight that
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  Speaker 2: it deals with the here and now in terms of
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  Speaker 2: property crime.
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  Speaker 1: Ye sounds like it was a busy weekend for you guys, though,
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  Speaker 1: was it. Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Look, this there was always there's always something happening. Some
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  Speaker 2: things were good, other things were not so good. So
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, the Fanny Bay supermarket was unfortunate in terms
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  Speaker 2: of you know, we'd actually put a lot of work
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  Speaker 2: into the Fanny Bay area during the wet season with
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  Speaker 2: people congregating there. But yeah, this was this was not
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  Speaker 2: not a good moment for It's.
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  Speaker 1: Real and really disappointing, like you said, so disappointing for
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  Speaker 1: the owners of that supermarket. We're going to catch up
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  Speaker 1: with manual in a few minutes time.
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  Speaker 3: Can I just ask you.
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  Speaker 1: I know that I've been sent vision actually from my
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  Speaker 1: own street where there was somebody trying to get into
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  Speaker 1: a home on our street.
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  Speaker 3: On Saturday night, I think it was or Sunday night.
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  Speaker 1: What's your advice really for homeowners because it does seem
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  Speaker 1: as though there are people out there maybe trying to
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  Speaker 1: get inside. You know, we're all making sure that we're
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  Speaker 1: locking our cars and locking our homes, but is that
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  Speaker 1: the best piece of advice really?
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  Speaker 2: Look, I think that it starts with basic home security.
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  Speaker 2: Lock your doors at nighttime. Don't leave attractive items on
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  Speaker 2: kitchen benches, particularly car keys and wallets and purses. It's
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  Speaker 2: not a matter of being paranoid. It's a matter of
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  Speaker 2: being proactive in protecting your own property. And for people
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  Speaker 2: with CCTV, yeah, look, we encourage you to share it
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  Speaker 2: with the police. Even if an offense hasn't been committed,
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  Speaker 2: it might be at that particular place, it could provide
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  Speaker 2: evidence in relation to a nearby crime. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: the public, the community are our eyes in ears, so
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  Speaker 2: we actually rely quite heavily on the community for information.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: I want to ask as well, we know that there
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  Speaker 1: was this suspicious vehicle in the rural area. Can you
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  Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more about it and your
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  Speaker 1: advice for parents and indeed young people.
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  Speaker 3: I guess yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Look, we've had more than one report of a man
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  Speaker 2: in his fifties driving a silver Ford Ranger in the
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  Speaker 2: rural area who's been following, photographing and approaching children that
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  Speaker 2: you know, sort of sends some sort of negative message
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  Speaker 2: to us. Absolutely, So you know, we're seeking the community's
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  Speaker 2: help to try and identify that vehicle and the driver
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  Speaker 2: of the vehicle. But we do encourage parents and cares
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  Speaker 2: of young children to remember the three hours which is recognized,
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  Speaker 2: react and report in terms of suspicious behavior.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 1: And we've just got to keep an eye out and
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  Speaker 1: I guess have that conversation with kids as well to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that they know that they've got to be
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  Speaker 1: aware of what's going on around them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Katie. It's you know, it's disturbing, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'd like to push stop to it before anything else happens.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, over the weekend as well, there was certainly a
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  Speaker 1: lot happening. I know, police had a big focus on
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  Speaker 1: our roads and making sure that people weren't getting behind
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  Speaker 1: the wheel and drinking and driving and that type of thing.
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  Speaker 2: How did you go, Yeah, look, over the course of
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  Speaker 2: the long weekend, we breath tested five five hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty people. We also drug tested one hundred and eighty
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  Speaker 2: two people. There was five drink drivers detected and six
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  Speaker 2: drug drivers detected. So you know, on a ratio basis,
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  Speaker 2: it's not too bad, but sadly, somebody died on our
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  Speaker 2: roads over the weekend, so it's never I can't say
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  Speaker 2: it was a good weekend because somebody lost their life
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  Speaker 2: and you know their family won't be celebrating this year
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  Speaker 2: at our road toll or we don't actually call it
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  Speaker 2: the road toll anymore. We call the numbers that liest
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  Speaker 2: lost on our road this year is six and it's
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  Speaker 2: compared to six at the same time last year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and as she said, you know, that's a terrible
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  Speaker 1: situation for that family that's lost a loved one, and
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  Speaker 1: it really is just a reminder to everybody just try
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  Speaker 1: your beast to do the right thing on our roads.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, nobody intends to have a crash, but being
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  Speaker 2: under the influence of drugs or alcohol, it does, whether
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  Speaker 2: you like it or not, whether you believe it or not,
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  Speaker 2: it does inhibit your ability to drive. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: you're talking milliseconds microseconds between having a crash and not
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  Speaker 2: having a crash. So please don't drink and drive. Think
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  Speaker 2: of yourself, think of your family, and think of the
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  Speaker 2: world community.
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  Speaker 1: Matt, I have just got a message from one of
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  Speaker 1: our listeners asking Hi, Katie, are you able to ask
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  Speaker 1: specifics on diversion What does it mean?
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  Speaker 2: Look I it might be best if the diversion team
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  Speaker 2: were to answer that, but it can be a variety
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  Speaker 2: of different actions, including victim offender conferencing, including you know,
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  Speaker 2: other activities which are designed to make young people who
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  Speaker 2: with limited criminal history realize that the errors of their ways.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we might see if we're able to have a
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  Speaker 1: chat to somebody from the diversion team. Matt Holland By,
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  Speaker 1: Commander of Darwin and Rhode Policing, Always appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks so much for coming in this morning.
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  Speaker 2: It was a pleasure Katie.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you