Joining me live in the studio right now is the acting Assistant Commissioner of Northern Territory Police, Peter Maley.

Joining me live in the studio right now is the acting Assistant Commissioner of Northern Territory Police, Peter Maley.

Good morning to Youaty.

Good morning to Youaty.

Good to have you in the studio now, Peter, I understand there's been a bit of an update on the crime that really infuriated a lot of people that had occurred at Crocodiler's Park where there was ducks, a family of ducks driven over. There was selfies taken with the crocodile, all sorts of things, a car stolen as well. I believe where are things at with that investigation.

Good to have you in the studio now, Peter, I understand there's been a bit of an update on the crime that really infuriated a lot of people that had occurred at Crocodiler's Park where there was ducks, a family of ducks driven over. There was selfies taken with the crocodile, all sorts of things, a car stolen as well. I believe where are things at with that investigation.

So it's about two o'clock yesterday, Cady.

So it's about two o'clock yesterday, Cady.

Yeah, the tried members along with the Dog Operations Unit arrested nineteen year old male from an address in Malac and that's the you know, the as you spoke about the offense. Has it occurred, you know around about mid ninety broke into crocodilers you know the style of crocodile, took some selfies, style of car, run over the ducks and burnt the car out in Casarona. So crime spree there. So it's good to have him in custody.

Yeah, the tried members along with the Dog Operations Unit arrested nineteen year old male from an address in Malac and that's the you know, the as you spoke about the offense. Has it occurred, you know around about mid ninety broke into crocodilers you know the style of crocodile, took some selfies, style of car, run over the ducks and burnt the car out in Casarona. So crime spree there. So it's good to have him in custody.

So nineteen years old, do you know what he's been charged with off the Topia.

So nineteen years old, do you know what he's been charged with off the Topia.

Yeah, I do so.

Yeah, I do so.

He's been charged with burglary, damaged to property by four, trespassed by two, interfered with protected wildlife, theft, and arrange of traffic offenses.

He's been charged with burglary, damaged to property by four, trespassed by two, interfered with protected wildlife, theft, and arrange of traffic offenses.

And he wasn't on bail. Was he known to police?

And he wasn't on bail. Was he known to police?

He's known to place, but I don't know whether he's on boo.

He's known to place, but I don't know whether he's on boo.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Right, Well, I'm glad that you've been able to catch him in pretty quickly. I mean, you're just like, there's a whole like all of that is frustrating, but then animals, you know, being run over and being mistreated, I think is just a whole other level and a whole other layer to the whole incident, isn't it.

Right, Well, I'm glad that you've been able to catch him in pretty quickly. I mean, you're just like, there's a whole like all of that is frustrating, but then animals, you know, being run over and being mistreated, I think is just a whole other level and a whole other layer to the whole incident, isn't it.

Absolutely it's a really poor behavior and it's great that he's in caustody.

Absolutely it's a really poor behavior and it's great that he's in caustody.

Yeah, Peter, we also know well, actually we've been contacted by some listeners about a possible sexual assault in Casharina yesterday afternoon. Do you have any info on that or do you know if that's the case off the Topia notes there.

Yeah, Peter, we also know well, actually we've been contacted by some listeners about a possible sexual assault in Casharina yesterday afternoon. Do you have any info on that or do you know if that's the case off the Topia notes there.

I haven't heard of that one, Codie.

I haven't heard of that one, Codie.

Yeah, all right, Well, we'll keep it close eye on things. We'll see what we can find out. Is there any update when it comes to the watchhouse. I know that there been an event last week with certainly with the Correction saying that the majority of prisoners that Corrections prisoners have now been taken out of the Northern Territory watch House in Palmerston. How are things striking from police perspective?

Yeah, all right, Well, we'll keep it close eye on things. We'll see what we can find out. Is there any update when it comes to the watchhouse. I know that there been an event last week with certainly with the Correction saying that the majority of prisoners that Corrections prisoners have now been taken out of the Northern Territory watch House in Palmerston. How are things striking from police perspective?

You're really good at the moment. Corrections has been doing a lot of work in that space. So last Tuesday, the sorry not last Yearday, Tuesday week ago, the Correction staff vacated the paras the watchhouse, took seventy two staff prisoners with them and they left some prisoners behind that would have normally belonged to them, So we've been looking after them for a little while.

You're really good at the moment. Corrections has been doing a lot of work in that space. So last Tuesday, the sorry not last Yearday, Tuesday week ago, the Correction staff vacated the paras the watchhouse, took seventy two staff prisoners with them and they left some prisoners behind that would have normally belonged to them, So we've been looking after them for a little while.

But Corrections working really hard.

But Corrections working really hard.

And right now there's seventy one people in the police watchhouses across the ent, but only thirty nine of them belonged to Correction, so that has really cleared up and the situation is continuing to be better than what it has I mean, does that.

And right now there's seventy one people in the police watchhouses across the ent, but only thirty nine of them belonged to Correction, so that has really cleared up and the situation is continuing to be better than what it has I mean, does that.

Help you guys in terms of just having a bit more space in those watch houses again and when you go out and you arrest people, having somewhere to take them straight back to.

Help you guys in terms of just having a bit more space in those watch houses again and when you go out and you arrest people, having somewhere to take them straight back to.

Yeah, for sure, cody, and that is a really big one. When we were we had all the corrections prisoners and sometimes it was over one hundred, so space was at a premium and there was lots of prisoners having to move around the facility, and of course the stress on staff, the police, the work inside the watch house aren't used to dealing with those kind of numbers. So now that they're manageable right across the end to things are looking.

Yeah, for sure, cody, and that is a really big one. When we were we had all the corrections prisoners and sometimes it was over one hundred, so space was at a premium and there was lots of prisoners having to move around the facility, and of course the stress on staff, the police, the work inside the watch house aren't used to dealing with those kind of numbers. So now that they're manageable right across the end to things are looking.

A lot better.

A lot better.

Peter tell Us, I know there's Over the last week there'd been a couple of prison well custody escapes, I guess you would call them. Certainly a twenty one year old man who escaped custody. I think it was last Tuesday evening if I remember my dates correctly. He was captured over the course of the weekend, I believe in Darwin.

Peter tell Us, I know there's Over the last week there'd been a couple of prison well custody escapes, I guess you would call them. Certainly a twenty one year old man who escaped custody. I think it was last Tuesday evening if I remember my dates correctly. He was captured over the course of the weekend, I believe in Darwin.

Yeah, correct, doun a bus stop in Malac.

Yeah, correct, doun a bus stop in Malac.

And we also arrested his girlfriend in relation to her assisting him with his escape from custody.

And we also arrested his girlfriend in relation to her assisting him with his escape from custody.

Yeah, right, so you reckon she was involved.

Yeah, right, so you reckon she was involved.

Yeah, there was a.

Yeah, there was a.

Pre meet arranged and she picked him up and took him away from the.

Pre meet arranged and she picked him up and took him away from the.

From the jail, and I mean like there was some arjibarju a belt, whether he was dangerous and whether police should have said that he'd been like that he was dangerous. I mean, what did you kind of make of that discussion?

From the jail, and I mean like there was some arjibarju a belt, whether he was dangerous and whether police should have said that he'd been like that he was dangerous. I mean, what did you kind of make of that discussion?

Well, I think it was the holding line came from the media, so I'm not sure what information they had at the time. When you look at him, he had no prior convictions. But when you look at digging a bit further and look at his heady students.

Well, I think it was the holding line came from the media, so I'm not sure what information they had at the time. When you look at him, he had no prior convictions. But when you look at digging a bit further and look at his heady students.

Dangerous, yeah, and you know, and obviously wanting to make sure that the community remained safe. By the look of things, police working as quickly as possible then to try and recapture him. That's now happened now. It wasn't the only are the only escape was it? Over the last week? I think there was one in Alice Springs.

Dangerous, yeah, and you know, and obviously wanting to make sure that the community remained safe. By the look of things, police working as quickly as possible then to try and recapture him. That's now happened now. It wasn't the only are the only escape was it? Over the last week? I think there was one in Alice Springs.

As well, correct, Codie.

As well, correct, Codie.

Mostly the same type of thing low from the cottages at the present they're so very low security and as has happened in the past, they wander away, but once.

Mostly the same type of thing low from the cottages at the present they're so very low security and as has happened in the past, they wander away, but once.

Again picked up pretty quickly. The Fugitive Task.

Again picked up pretty quickly. The Fugitive Task.

Force grabbed the young fellow up in Darwin in Malac.

Force grabbed the young fellow up in Darwin in Malac.

So that was yeah, right, that was really good.

So that was yeah, right, that was really good.

So what had gotten from Alistair?

So what had gotten from Alistair?

Sorry, no, no, sorry.

Sorry, no, no, sorry.

The other one. I was going to say, goodness me he was bloody, busy, but no where I mix that one up. I do apologize. Hey, I want to ask you about a domestic violence incident that happened on Saturday, because this one sounds incredibly frightening. Northern Territory police ended up arresting this forty four year old male in relation to a domestic violence related incident that had occurred in Alowa. Now, from what I understand, police members attended the scene and while speaking to a witness at the door of the residence, observed the offender armed with a crossbow which he was aiming at the police. The offender was instructed to drop that weapon, at which time he withdrew into the rear of the residence. The victim and the witness were able to safely exit that residence. That is terrifying stuff for everybody involved.

The other one. I was going to say, goodness me he was bloody, busy, but no where I mix that one up. I do apologize. Hey, I want to ask you about a domestic violence incident that happened on Saturday, because this one sounds incredibly frightening. Northern Territory police ended up arresting this forty four year old male in relation to a domestic violence related incident that had occurred in Alowa. Now, from what I understand, police members attended the scene and while speaking to a witness at the door of the residence, observed the offender armed with a crossbow which he was aiming at the police. The offender was instructed to drop that weapon, at which time he withdrew into the rear of the residence. The victim and the witness were able to safely exit that residence. That is terrifying stuff for everybody involved.

Yeah, you're right, Cody, is an incredibly dangerous situation, especially.

Yeah, you're right, Cody, is an incredibly dangerous situation, especially.

For the victim and the witness.

For the victim and the witness.

That forty four year old mail attended that house, which was his ex partner's house. That was a domestic violence incident and to be pointy crossbows at police is dangerous for him.

That forty four year old mail attended that house, which was his ex partner's house. That was a domestic violence incident and to be pointy crossbows at police is dangerous for him.

And for us.

And for us.

So it was a dangerous situation but resolved quite quickly by police on the site.

So it was a dangerous situation but resolved quite quickly by police on the site.

So some really good work.

So some really good work.

But it does seem like the Northern Territory Police are having to deal with like a lot of violence and in a lot of cases directed at offices as well on the ground. I mean, it's a tough element to be dealing with on a daily basis, and I know that police are trained in that space, but you know, like it must be a difficult element to be dealing with day in and day out of your jobs.

But it does seem like the Northern Territory Police are having to deal with like a lot of violence and in a lot of cases directed at offices as well on the ground. I mean, it's a tough element to be dealing with on a daily basis, and I know that police are trained in that space, but you know, like it must be a difficult element to be dealing with day in and day out of your jobs.

Yeah, it is, Katie, and you know, you we don't come to work to be punch in the face or to be subjected to any violence. But you note the prison numbers are up, so the arrest rates are up, and during arrest sometimes you know, police get punched his resistance and you know, unfortunately it's part of the job, but unacceptable behavior on many occasions.

Yeah, it is, Katie, and you know, you we don't come to work to be punch in the face or to be subjected to any violence. But you note the prison numbers are up, so the arrest rates are up, and during arrest sometimes you know, police get punched his resistance and you know, unfortunately it's part of the job, but unacceptable behavior on many occasions.

Hey, I want to ask you about a story that's been running in the Northern Territory News. A senior Northern Territory barrister has slammed an internal police investigation into the unauthorized release of his watchhouse interview. Now it's understood no charges are being considered after a month's long investigation into the disclosure of CCTV footage of defense lawyer John Tippett, who was picked up for drink driving after crashing into a parked police car. A police spokesperson claims the video footage, which allegedly sent unintentionally by a contracted public servant to a private lawyer who was not involved in the case. What did this internal investigation find?

Hey, I want to ask you about a story that's been running in the Northern Territory News. A senior Northern Territory barrister has slammed an internal police investigation into the unauthorized release of his watchhouse interview. Now it's understood no charges are being considered after a month's long investigation into the disclosure of CCTV footage of defense lawyer John Tippett, who was picked up for drink driving after crashing into a parked police car. A police spokesperson claims the video footage, which allegedly sent unintentionally by a contracted public servant to a private lawyer who was not involved in the case. What did this internal investigation find?

In Layman's terms, basically that that contracted public servant said it in error. It's just straight human error, and that was the internal investigation. I've read what was said in the paper, but at the end of the day, it is what it is, and just human error.

In Layman's terms, basically that that contracted public servant said it in error. It's just straight human error, and that was the internal investigation. I've read what was said in the paper, but at the end of the day, it is what it is, and just human error.

I mean a lot of people will be scratching their heads, going, how on earth can that happen? Like how can the public servant end up with that vision? And then can it end up being sent on And a lot of people will be listening thinking, well, could that happen to me?

I mean a lot of people will be scratching their heads, going, how on earth can that happen? Like how can the public servant end up with that vision? And then can it end up being sent on And a lot of people will be listening thinking, well, could that happen to me?

Yeah?

Yeah?

For sure, from what I know about it, I think the footage was part of the an attachment as part of the prosecution file. No systems were breached or anything like that. No poor behavior or you know, improper behavior. It's just unfortunately, just human eerror.

For sure, from what I know about it, I think the footage was part of the an attachment as part of the prosecution file. No systems were breached or anything like that. No poor behavior or you know, improper behavior. It's just unfortunately, just human eerror.

I mean, do you know if the force could be at risk of civil litigation over the situation?

I mean, do you know if the force could be at risk of civil litigation over the situation?

Yeah, no idea, Katie, But anything's possible.

Yeah, no idea, Katie, But anything's possible.

I mean, has that staff member been reprimanded or what's the you know, what's the action now?

I mean, has that staff member been reprimanded or what's the you know, what's the action now?

I think that from the internal investigation obviously looking at what the systems we have in place, what is normal procedure, you know, SAPs, and I think it was just a review of that.

I think that from the internal investigation obviously looking at what the systems we have in place, what is normal procedure, you know, SAPs, and I think it was just a review of that.

But yeah, just unintentional.

But yeah, just unintentional.

To anybody listening this morning, I mean, can you reassure the community that something like that's not going to happen again, or you know, if somebody is in a situation like that where it's not going to happen to them.

To anybody listening this morning, I mean, can you reassure the community that something like that's not going to happen again, or you know, if somebody is in a situation like that where it's not going to happen to them.

I would like to tell you that that would never happen again. But human error. We're all human and sometimes people make mistakes. I've made more than most, so you.

I would like to tell you that that would never happen again. But human error. We're all human and sometimes people make mistakes. I've made more than most, so you.

Know, well, look it's I think it's an interesting situation and I've no doubt there'll be more discussion about it. I mean, for me, I kind of watched it and thought, oh shit, I'd hate to be in a situation where when I'd done something wrong, I knew, I knew I'd done something wrong. I was already facing you know, the aftermath of that, and then all of a sudden, this vision ends up being made public as well. You'd be horrified, you know, That's how I would feel.

Know, well, look it's I think it's an interesting situation and I've no doubt there'll be more discussion about it. I mean, for me, I kind of watched it and thought, oh shit, I'd hate to be in a situation where when I'd done something wrong, I knew, I knew I'd done something wrong. I was already facing you know, the aftermath of that, and then all of a sudden, this vision ends up being made public as well. You'd be horrified, you know, That's how I would feel.

Yeah, I'd feel the same, and being filmed and have that released in not your finest moment. Yeah, we none of us want to be judged you on those terms.

Yeah, I'd feel the same, and being filmed and have that released in not your finest moment. Yeah, we none of us want to be judged you on those terms.

Well, Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter Maley really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you very much for joining us in the studio. Thanks Katie, thank you.

Well, Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter Maley really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you very much for joining us in the studio. Thanks Katie, thank you.