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DV police response times increasing in Australia's Northern Territory, inquest finds

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Tue, 21 May 2024, 11:20am
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DV police response times increasing in Australia's Northern Territory, inquest finds

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 21 May 2024, 11:20am

Police response times in Australia’s Northern Territory have gotten worse. 

A domestic violence inquest has heard that police response times have increased in the past year, more than doubling over the previous five. 

NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy revealed that between 2022 and 2023, the number of hours spent on domestic violence cases increased from 712,000 to 882,000, costs increasing with them. 

Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio told Mike Hosking that racism within the Northern Territory Police has also been put under the spotlight. 

She said that allegations have been made that a serving officer circulated a photo of a topless aboriginal woman via a social media chat. 

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