A man who allegedly went on a rampage inside an Alice Springs bar with a star picket has turned himself in, NT Police said.
Suspicious vehicle fire in Katherine under investigation: Police
Police and fire crews in Katherine were called to a vehicle fully engulfed in flames in a quiet street in Katherine East on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
Police hunt prisoner who escaped from Alice Springs watchhouse
NT Police are searching for a 23-year-old man who escaped custody on Tuesday afternoon while handcuffed and being escorted between the Alice Springs Local Court and the police watchhouse.
Petition to sack Police Commissioner passes 9,000 signatures, Chief Minister calls him ‘outstanding’
A petition calling for Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker to be sacked has passed more than 9,000 signatures, while yesterday Chief Minister Michael Gunner said he was an “outstanding” commissioner, when asked if police officers supported the top cop in the wake of the not guilty verdict in the Constable Zach Rolfe trial.
Brutal pub assault in Alice Springs under investigation: Police
NT Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a group of men who allegedly joined in on the brutal bashing of an Alice Springs bartender after he ejected a drunk patron who had threatened people with a star picket.
‘F**k all the cops to the max’: Indigenous man shot by police in Palmerston was former Don Dale detainee
The man an NT Police officer shot two weeks ago in Palmerston is 19-year-old Peter Skeen, a former Don Dale inmate who unsuccessfully sued the government last year, alleging he had been assaulted by corrections officers at the notorious youth prison in late 2016.
A police officer left the force every two days from late November to mid February, official figures show
Official figures show one NT Police officer has left the force every two days between late November to mid February, keeping the attrition rate roughly double what it was in the 2019-2020 financial year, a period the NT Police Association referred to as having “one of the greatest resignation rates of police officers in NT history”.
Cutta Cutta Caves murder accused remanded in custody
A man charged with murder over the alleged shooting death of another man near the Cutta Cutta Caves has been remanded in custody after his first court appearance in Katherine today.
Woman assaulted and robbed of electric scooter in ‘unprovoked’ attack: Police
A 14-year-old allegedly knocked a 62-year-old woman off her electric scooter in Palmerston and proceeded to drive it around until being chased by the woman and a bystander, at which point an 18-year-old man who was also involved in the robbery is alleged to have fled the scene on the scooter, NT Police said.
‘It’s a sweet gig, just get to do cowboy stuff with no rules’: Court suppression lifted on Rolfe text messages
Several months before the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, Constable Zachary Rolfe described his job as getting to do “cowboy stuff with no rules” in a text message to an Army mate, that has now had a NT Supreme Court non-publication order on it lifted, the media have reported.
Police catch three teens for alleged unlawful entry, one treated in hospital after dog bite
NT Police have said they caught three teenagers who allegedly unlawfully entered a Wanguri house in the early hours of Saturday morning, with one of the alleged offenders being treated in hospital after being bitten by a police dog.
Driver rescued from burning wreckage by police
Two quick-thinking NT Police officers were able to pull an Alice Springs man from his burning vehicle after he crashed his ute while suffering from a possible medical episode on the way to work yesterday morning, NT Police said.