00:00Stepping in with a bang as the Northern Territory's new top brass.
00:07Thank you for coming.
00:08Long-term Territory Police Officer Martin Dole handed the job of acting NT Police Commissioner,
00:14two days after ousted top cop Michael Murphy was given his marching orders over an ICAC finding of improper conduct.
00:21Obviously the police force is hurting.
00:23We've had a tumultuous decade in relation to leadership in the Northern Territory Police Force,
00:28but they're focused on continuing to do their jobs and keep the community safe.
00:32A veteran cop who graduated from the academy in the same year as the outgoing commissioner.
00:37Public trust in the executive and morale in the rank and file, top of the list of priorities.
00:43I'm just getting on with the business of serving the people of the Northern Territory
00:47and making sure that our police officers feel supported.
00:49Michael Murphy was stood down after helping a good friend get a senior job in the police force
00:55and chairing the panel that hired him.
00:57The police union now also questioning more than a dozen other appointments during Michael Murphy's tenure,
01:03despite Mr Murphy saying all appointments had merit.
01:07We're quite concerned and our members are as well.
01:09How would you feel if you were on these panels and you were going for promotion,
01:12you didn't get a promotion, then find out that it wasn't actually above board?
01:16If there are accusations or speculation that other people have been recruited in the same way by Michael Murphy,
01:24then they need to report it to ICAC.
01:26The new acting commissioner today confirming he had been a panellist in the same recruitment process
01:32that saw the downfall of Michael Murphy.
01:34As the acting deputy commissioner at the time, it was totally appropriate that I was on that panel.
01:40The assistant commissioner hasn't made it clear if he'll apply to keep the job for the long haul.
01:45Regardless, some are calling for the next police commissioner of the Northern Territory
01:49to hail from outside the force, interstate.
01:52It's probably time that we looked at outsourcing the management of the Northern Territory Police Service
01:57for the same reasons. We are too close, there's no separation.
02:02A new chapter after an abrupt ending to the last.
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