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Police Commander Danny Bacon says seven youths are in custody after nine car thefts and six break-ins across Darwin overnight · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the Commander
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  Speaker 1: of the Darwin Region for the Northern Territory Police, Danny Bacon.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for taking the time to chat with
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  Speaker 1: us this morning. Commander, tell me what happened last night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, unfortunately there's a disappointing, discussing, frustrating however you'd
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  Speaker 3: like to put it, But there was a property crime
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  Speaker 3: screen property crime spree overnight where there was up to
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  Speaker 3: nine vehicles stolen and six unlawful entries across the Greater
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  Speaker 3: Daren region. Whilst we've recovered two of those vehicles, we've
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  Speaker 3: also apprehended seven years aged between thirty and seventeen years
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  Speaker 3: of age. This morning. There's still a number of inquiries
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  Speaker 3: still ongoing in regards to the remaining outstanding vehicles. Believed
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  Speaker 3: at least five of these have gone out to the
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  Speaker 3: West Daily region and we are currently coordinating with our
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  Speaker 3: reasonable remote policing footprint in that area in regards to
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  Speaker 3: recovering those vehicles and apprehending those particular offenders.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, so do we think here that these vehicles have
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  Speaker 1: been stolen and then other people have driven them all
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  Speaker 1: the way out to those communities, given the fact that
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  Speaker 1: you've already got those seven nudes in custody.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, there's big a number of different offenders, and I
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  Speaker 3: think reasonable to you assume that there's a different individuals.
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  Speaker 3: So there's certainly the ones that have gone into the
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  Speaker 3: remote area, then we'll follow those particular individuals up. But
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  Speaker 3: the ones that we've apprehended this morning, then we'll obviously
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  Speaker 3: make some further inquiries with those people while are in
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  Speaker 3: our custody if they're linked to those other particular incidents
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  Speaker 3: as well that occurred overnight.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So by the sounds of it, there's more than
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  Speaker 1: just those seven youths that have been involved.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, there is, unfortunately, but the seven use that
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  Speaker 3: we've apprehended this morning, we believe that they're linked to
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  Speaker 3: obviously a number of the offending overnight. As you can appreciate,
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  Speaker 3: they've been apprehended this morning. So those inquiries are currently
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  Speaker 3: underfoot and they will take majority of the day for
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  Speaker 3: those investigations to be resolved.
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  Speaker 1: Commander, is there any concern at this point that those
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  Speaker 1: that any of those stolen vehicles and the outstanding offenders
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  Speaker 1: are still out on the roads in those cars.
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  Speaker 3: Certainly we're where that at least five of those vehicles
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  Speaker 3: are in that West Darly region at the moment, we've
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  Speaker 3: got resources out that way looking at those those offenders
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  Speaker 3: and trying to locate those vehicles. We still have two
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  Speaker 3: outstanding stolen motor vehicles within Darwin and so relevant inquiries
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  Speaker 3: being made to locate those particular vehicles.
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  Speaker 2: Do we have a description of the two that are
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  Speaker 2: still in Darwin.
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  Speaker 3: At the moment, I will get that information to U. K.
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  Speaker 3: I don't have them at my fingertips. Fine, I have
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  Speaker 3: no dramas for sharing that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no worries at all.
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  Speaker 1: Now, commander, can you are you able to tell us
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  Speaker 1: which locations or what you know?
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  Speaker 2: What businesses were then targeted? Last night.
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  Speaker 3: There was six undlawful entries all up across the I
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  Speaker 3: suppose the Greater Daren region. I won't go to the
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  Speaker 3: individual premises themselves, but certainly four of the vehicles were
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  Speaker 3: stolen from the northern suburbs and from the Darwin area.
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  Speaker 3: Five of the vehicles were stolen from the airport area,
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  Speaker 3: and that's a known hot spot for us, and we've
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  Speaker 3: increased both our patrolling but also private security in that area.
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  Speaker 3: So I have some conversations and so what that looks
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  Speaker 3: like is you can strengthen that. But that's certainly a
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  Speaker 3: hot spot for us, certainly regards to probably I'm not
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  Speaker 3: downplaying the crime series in itself, but you know, there
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  Speaker 3: were six unlawful entries and nine vehicles stolen in the
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  Speaker 3: same period of time. There was thirty five domestic violence
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  Speaker 3: incidents reported as well across the Greater Darn region. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, to really be make a difference in the
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  Speaker 3: community regards to youth and families, is that is where
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  Speaker 3: we need to concentrate in that domestic violence space. But
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  Speaker 3: that is a very difficult space to work in and
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  Speaker 3: it obviously takes some time to work in that particular area.
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  Speaker 1: How hard is it then to be juggling all of
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  Speaker 1: that in one night? Did you say thirty five incidents
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  Speaker 1: of domestic violence and then obviously this this crime.
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  Speaker 3: Spray, that's correct. Yeah, So that's thirty five is unfortunately
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  Speaker 3: sort of an average figure for the Greater Darn reason. So,
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  Speaker 3: and I think there's well research out there in the
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  Speaker 3: community that you know, certainly youth being exposed to domestic
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  Speaker 3: violence or certainly a victim of domestic violence is quite high,
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  Speaker 3: and the mestic violence of the territory is quite high anyway.
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  Speaker 3: So it's working with those families and working with those
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  Speaker 3: youths in that early indiveendent space to support and work
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  Speaker 3: with them is where we really need to make a
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  Speaker 3: difference as a community. As I said, there's some quite
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  Speaker 3: some challenges in that space, but that's where we need
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  Speaker 3: to sort of make that make that work happen.
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  Speaker 1: Was just stepping away from the domestic violence incidents from
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  Speaker 1: overnight and.
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  Speaker 2: Back to that crime spree.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like it's a pretty dangerous situation to be
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  Speaker 1: And if you've got you know, seven youths that have
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  Speaker 1: now been apprehended, but others believe to be involved, nine
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  Speaker 1: cars stolen, and six unlawful entries, I mean that in
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  Speaker 1: itself also sounds like a really dangerous situation. If you've
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  Speaker 1: in this case, got some of those young kids I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming behind the wheel of a car.
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  Speaker 3: Certainly the ones who've operended yes, and the age of
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  Speaker 3: the offenders are not known for the other unlawful uses,
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  Speaker 3: so I can put in that sort of context. Certainly
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  Speaker 3: you can surmise that they potentially will be young offenders.
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  Speaker 3: But until we actually identify the individuals. I'd hope to
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  Speaker 3: say speculate, but certainly I would say that they would
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  Speaker 3: be young adults, if not young offenders.
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  Speaker 1: Commander, was there risk to the community safety though with
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  Speaker 1: those people behind the wheel of cars at overnight?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think the there's always a risk to safety
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  Speaker 3: regards to young people behind the wheel. I think the
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  Speaker 3: lives lost and their fatal statistics a youth overrepresented with
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  Speaker 3: that across the territory and nationally as well. I mean
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  Speaker 3: a they haven't been through a licensed process of appropriate
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  Speaker 3: behavior behind the wheel the road rules. You know, we've
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  Speaker 3: already lost four lives this year from a peak of
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  Speaker 3: fifty two last year, and we're tracking well generally in
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  Speaker 3: that space this year. Certainly, having youth on our roadways
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  Speaker 3: unlicensed and certainly not trained isn't an enhanced risk for that.
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  Speaker 1: So yes, Commander, were their weapons involved in any of
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  Speaker 1: those unlawful entries or those car thefts overnight? People threatened
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  Speaker 1: anything like that?
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  Speaker 3: Certainly I don't have that information to handle that is
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  Speaker 3: the case in these particular incidents at all, But as
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  Speaker 3: you can appreciate, all those reports that are still coming in,
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  Speaker 3: or I should say, statements being obtained, but certainly there's
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  Speaker 3: nothing there to indicate that at the time.
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  Speaker 1: Now the police after further from the public, is there
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  Speaker 1: any message that you want to get out to the
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  Speaker 1: community right now. I'm sure that people are feeling pretty
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  Speaker 1: pretty angried but also pretty worried about those cars being stolen, I.
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  Speaker 3: Said, I'd understand that the public's frustration on the vehicles
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  Speaker 3: being stolen and the property crime itself. Well, I could
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  Speaker 3: reassure that the community is that we are investigating man
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  Speaker 3: as we have made some quick apprehensions and we envisaged
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  Speaker 3: making some further apprehensions throughout the course of the day.
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  Speaker 3: We just asked members of the public if, certainly, if
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  Speaker 3: they see any unlawful activity is to report it to police.
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the big things that we need
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  Speaker 3: is information, so you know, if we don't know about it,
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  Speaker 3: we can't respond to it. So we do ask me
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  Speaker 3: as of publicising any behavior, property crime, domestic violence, any
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  Speaker 3: social behavior is report to police. It's very key for
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  Speaker 3: us to get that information. It could be the key
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  Speaker 3: to the puzzle that we need to resolve. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of matters.
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  Speaker 1: Commander, one of the things that we are hearing on
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  Speaker 1: the show a little bit more often than what we
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  Speaker 1: have previously. Is that people are trying to contact the
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  Speaker 1: police for various incidents at different times, and they are
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  Speaker 1: being told by the call center that they're not able
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  Speaker 1: to get somebody out to the incident that they're calling about.
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  Speaker 1: I know that the police are under the pump, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, in no way, shape or form is it
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  Speaker 1: criticism of the police.
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  Speaker 2: But what is the situation here?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, like, is there cases at different times where
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  Speaker 1: you're not able to get people out to some of
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  Speaker 1: those different unlawful entries because they're out at other things.
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  Speaker 3: That is one hundred percent through demand for services quite
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  Speaker 3: high for a range of different reasons. But if we
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  Speaker 3: might not be able to get to your particular call
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  Speaker 3: for service immediately because there may be another call for
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  Speaker 3: service that requires our media attention for the loss of
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  Speaker 3: life or property. And I raise you in regards to
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  Speaker 3: the number of domestic violence instance that we're called to attend.
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  Speaker 3: So what I'm saying is that once you do call us,
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  Speaker 3: the matter is long within our system, it is recorded,
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  Speaker 3: it is there to be actioned, and obviously if it
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  Speaker 3: escalates and we haven't attendant, and we ask you to
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  Speaker 3: course back. There is also still unfortunately people misusing Triple O,
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  Speaker 3: so there's those sort of things. We obviously we only
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  Speaker 3: want to be called on Triple O for emergencies and
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  Speaker 3: if it is to report any other matters, it's the
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  Speaker 3: one three one, triple four, So ongoing in regards to
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  Speaker 3: communication for that to call us, but by all means
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  Speaker 3: we might not be there immediately, but we will be
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  Speaker 3: there and we will provide a response.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Commander Danny Bacon, we always appreciate your time, particularly
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  Speaker 1: short notice this morning. I know that the community appreciates
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  Speaker 1: it and certainly appreciates hearing from the Territory Police when
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  Speaker 1: this work is underway. You know, I think that everybody's
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  Speaker 1: frustrated by this kind of crime that we're seeing. But
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  Speaker 1: well done on being able to apprehend those seven youths,
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  Speaker 1: and I know that plenty of work will be underway
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  Speaker 1: to make sure that all of those outstanding offenders are
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  Speaker 1: indeed apprehended.
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  Speaker 3: And thank you very much for your call, and certainly
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  Speaker 3: we're here to assist in that manner.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Kay, thank you, thanks so much,