‘Absolute rubbish’: Manison denies government directed police not to report on certain serious crimes
POLICE Minister Nicole Manison has vigorously rejected claims that the government issued a directive for police not to report certain serious crimes
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POLICE Minister Nicole Manison has vigorously rejected claims that the government issued a directive for police not to report certain serious crimes.
It comes after Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker defended a police decision to not report on the arrest of a registered sex offender who was reportedly caught outside the Darwin bedroom of an eight-year-old girl with a “rape kit.”
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The NT Police also recently came under fire for taking four days to publicly report on the alleged rape of a three-year-old boy in Karama.
On Mix 104.9 on Tuesday, Minister Manison was grilled by radio presenter Katie Woolf if there had been a directive from the government for police to not report on particular offences.
“What rubbish!” she said.
“That’s completely out of line.
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“I’m telling you very, very straight, Katie, it’s just absolute nonsense, rubbish!”
She said police have to consider a raft of different things when they determine what they put out to the public.
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