NTPA survey a warning: Don’t put handcuffs on police
THE damning results of the NT Police Association’s survey of our cops is a sign the NT Labor Government needs to reset the troubled relationship as soon as it can.
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THE damning results of the NT Police Association’s survey of our cops is a sign the NT Labor Government needs to reset the troubled relationship as soon as it can.
NTPA president Paul McCue’s move to front the press with these damaging statistics just two months away from an election is a significant smackdown of Labor’s performance in that portfolio to date.
The NT Government also needs to butt out of police business and work to repair the broken trust of officers, 86.5 per cent of whom believe there is a lack of separation of powers.
The survey worryingly found 87 per cent of Territory cops rate the government’s performance as “poor” or “extremely poor”.
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The survey of 500 officers was conducted in February, right after the incident in Yuendumu in which constable Zachary Rolfe allegedly shot dead Kumanjayi Walker.
High tensions were only fuelled by a remark by Chief Minister Michael Gunner that “consequences would flow” — words that caused significant agitation within the force.
So much so that 15 per cent of cops want Mr Gunner out of the chief minister’s chair.
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Better policy implementation and policy ideas are other obvious improvements that need to be made.
Though when it comes to policy implementation, police may find they aren’t the only ones impacted by the Government pushing through policy on the run.
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