Todaysgraduation of 15 Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors (PALIs) will see morepolice resources to cut crime.
Recruiting75 PALIs is a key part of the Territory Labor Governments plan to tackle thealcohol-fuelled crime and violence on our streets. Todays graduation takes thetotal number of PALIs on the beat to 73.
Governmentsplan - announced March2018 - consisted of a new unit within NT Police comprising 75 PALIs (inAlice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek), 12 police officers to targetsecondary supply (eight in Darwin and four in Alice Springs), three prosecutors(to focus on license breach prosecutions); 10 additional mobile CCTV cameras,and changes to legislation to give our police stronger powers.
Thiswork has driven alcohol-related assaults down to a 10-year low, and has seensignificant reductions in alcohol-related emergency department admissions.
Weare also seeing pressure taken off our frontlinepolice and Watch Houses with significant reductions in alcohol relatedincidents, public intoxication and people being taken into protective custody.
Quotesfrom Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Nicole Manison:
Ourplan to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime and violence is working and PALIs areplaying a big role in that success.
Alcohol-relatedassaults are at a 10-year low and this is taking pressure off vital frontlineservices including our police, our paramedics and our nurses.
Thisis in stark contrast to the former train-wreck CLP government who scrapped theBanned Drinker Register, failed to deliver more police and had no plan totackle alcohol abuse.
MediaContact Hannah Farmer 0428 497 154
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