Ms ANDERSON - 2011-03-30
Yesterday evening at approximately 8.30 pm, residents at the Elliott Street flats in Alice Springs phoned 000 and reported a loud domestic altercation happening at a neighbouring unit. The residents could hear someone being hit and children screaming, yet the police could not attend until approximately one hour later. By that time, the fight had reached its end and the street was quiet.
Are the extra police who have recently been brought into Alice Springs leaving on Friday?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, in regard to what happened at those flats, I will take the issue on notice as to why it took police so long to respond. As I said yesterday, the Police Commissioner has assured me that the additional police who are deployed to Alice Springs will be here for as long as they are needed. That is the decision of the Police Commissioner, as I advised the House yesterday.
Are the extra police who have recently been brought into Alice Springs leaving on Friday?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, in regard to what happened at those flats, I will take the issue on notice as to why it took police so long to respond. As I said yesterday, the Police Commissioner has assured me that the additional police who are deployed to Alice Springs will be here for as long as they are needed. That is the decision of the Police Commissioner, as I advised the House yesterday.
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