Ms CARNEY - 2007-04-18
In parliament in Darwin on 13 February 2007, you proudly said that we have in the Territory a modern police force addressing domestic violence through Domestic Violence Units. Yesterday, it was revealed that you were going to take officers out of that unit and put them on general duties. We have, as you know, high rates of domestic violence in Alice Springs and Aboriginal women are mostly the victims. Why are you now taking resources away from a unit that you have said is important and that police say, publicly and otherwise, is working well?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the Opposition Leader. What modern policing is all about is flexibility to deploy resources where they are needed. That is exactly what the Commissioner of Police is doing here; he is deploying resources that are there to target the community needs and aspirations in Alice Springs. The work in domestic violence will continue. The Leader of the Opposition seems to be inferring that it will just grind to an absolute halt. However, that work will continue.
I commend our Commissioner of Police. He has brought this police force into modern, intelligence-led policing. I have every confidence in the way that he deploys his police in the Territory and, in particular in Alice Springs, to address the issues that the community wants them to address. The message to us as a government has been loud and clear regarding antisocial behaviour, youth-related activity, and assaults in the mall. This is what the Commissioner of Police is doing; he is addressing that issue - and all the opposition can do is criticise.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the Opposition Leader. What modern policing is all about is flexibility to deploy resources where they are needed. That is exactly what the Commissioner of Police is doing here; he is deploying resources that are there to target the community needs and aspirations in Alice Springs. The work in domestic violence will continue. The Leader of the Opposition seems to be inferring that it will just grind to an absolute halt. However, that work will continue.
I commend our Commissioner of Police. He has brought this police force into modern, intelligence-led policing. I have every confidence in the way that he deploys his police in the Territory and, in particular in Alice Springs, to address the issues that the community wants them to address. The message to us as a government has been loud and clear regarding antisocial behaviour, youth-related activity, and assaults in the mall. This is what the Commissioner of Police is doing; he is addressing that issue - and all the opposition can do is criticise.
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