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Comment on Bottle shop cops ‘security guards, paid for by the taxpayer’ by David.
For those who think it’s a great thing to have bottle shop cops, then perhaps in recruiting adverts for the NT police it should state: “Join the NT Police Force – Become a Bottle Shop Cop.”
I am sure people aspire to more than being bottle shop cops when they apply to join the NT Police Force although it makes some people feel comfortable to keep police employed that way.
It does not prevent alcohol associated crimes nor the rivers of grog flowing (Children are Sacred Report) as far as I can observe.
Alcohol is at the crux of most violent crimes that results in serious injury or death. I agree with Paul McCue, police are needed to be out there to be dealing with such issues, the way they are trained to do.
But the parliamentarians know what side their bread is buttered, so when influential people talk loudly in their shell like, they simply weaken at the knees.
Recent Comments by David
Gunner re-opens the Rivers of Grog floodgates
I often wonder, do the licensees ever consider they might have some responsibility to society in this whole grog problem, or do they just stay under the radar enjoying support of politicians and government while they profit?
Politicians and government that run to the aid of licensees by stationing police at bottle shops helping protect their trade.
It demonstrates our politicians and government lack any intelligence to look at other measures to effectively enact to better manage this out of hand problem at the source, other than taking police away from the job they are there to do, that is, protect society as a whole.
Open doors, not flogging, will reduce juvenile offending
Keep judge Greg Borchers. Judge Borchers deals with habitual offenders all the time. They regularly front up for all sorts of offending but don’t seem to learn anything.
Half our problems lay with softie judges where the rights of the offender appears to prevail.
On the one hand, people complain about piss weak judges, then want to sack one who tells it as it to the offender, probably hoping something might get through.
It appears offenders and their supporters don’t want a straight talking judge lest it hurts their sensibilities, never mind the crime they committed against society.
NT News interfered with reporting to protect ad income from NT Government: Allegation
It is probably assumed in the NT Government that people with historical knowledge of past deals by the NT Government, with evidence to back it up, are no longer around.
There is much power wielded by Executive Government allowing it to do the deals it does.
As far as jobs go in the upper echelon, there appears to be no equal playing field.
Merit based appointments is all rubbish.
It seems its more like whom you know, not much indication of interview.
And it is all detrimental to good government of the NT.
What REALLY goes on in our streets: Youth worker
At one time misbehaving kids were sent to a community west of Alice Springs, a sort of boot camp run by a man who knew how to deal with these kids to straighten them out with tough love style ways of dealing with them – old style.
They even acquired some useful skills in the process. Authorities sent the kids there and as I understand it, the courts sent them there.
After having success over so many years, it only took some kids to lodge a complaint and as I understand it, the man was dragged through the courts.
It appears the rights of the child prevailed and the rest is history.
I am not aware if this boot camp style rehabilitation place operates anymore.
Gunner and his government along with the rights of the child advocates, need to come up with something better and effective then, besides the Tactical Response Group on the streets.
The destruction of Alice Springs is deliberate and perpetrators know they won’t be subject to harsher measures to deal with them.
It has been offered, but Aboriginal people don’t seem to be brought into the equation to help deal with their mob.
Cr. Price may have some points but is not the answer to everything.
Compromise was needed to save youth crime plan
@ Domenico Pecorari: Your comments are right. Also, most local governments around Australia fly the Aboriginal flag alongside the Australian flag and their own local government and state flags.
However, there is still an element of fear of the truth in this country, that Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of Australia, a denial, a continuing oppression of the people and that fact.
You can have every other nation in the world in this country, but it does not mean their flags should be raised as well. The fact is, they are not Aboriginal people of this land.
Cr. Satour sought support of Apmerreke-artweye, the right people of the Aboriginal community, to help find ways to address problems rampant in Alice Springs committed by Aboriginal people.
There is still hope that the council may support that initiative. Perhaps they just need to be a little more objective once they get over their own importance in the scheme of things, to think and act outside the box.
