Proven liar and NT Police Commander Shaun Gill told a local radio station a male teen was arrested after allegedly throwing a gas bottle at a person in Darwin overnight and threatening people with an “edged weapon”, but that did not align with facts presented in a police press release, which is not the first time Mr Gill has misled the public.

Mr Gill, who it appears was promoted to Commander from Superintendent recently, misled the coronial inquiry into the death of Kumanjayi Walker last year, when he stated in a sworn statement that the so-called “Noogudah” awards handed out amongst TRG unit members over many years were not racist. That was later contradicted when certificates were produced, which the Coroner later called “among the most grotesque examples of racism” presented at the inquest.

The NT Independent previously revealed that Mr Gill presented two awards at a ceremony and was involved in producing them, including one for “the most coon-like BBQ ever!!” and another that stated it was awarded “for expressing your utmost level of Aboriginality while being an elite member of the TR[G]”.

No disciplinary action has been taken against him or the four other officers for filing false sworn statements, with the NT Police announcing in July that no criminal charges would be brought against the five lying officers after a joint ICAC-NT Police investigation that was heavily flawed.

Mr Gill is now apparently doing the media rounds in Darwin on behalf of NT Police as a Commander, appearing on Mix 104.9 Wednesday morning, where he shared a few laughs with presenter Katie Woolf, who did not ask about his role in the cover-up of the racist awards he helped produce.

Outside of Mr Gill’s past lies, it appears he was not fully briefed on the matter he was speaking about on Mix or chose not to report the correct facts.

Mr Gill said police arrested a 16-year-old male “last night” in the Bagot community, after receiving reports of “a person running around the community threatening people with an edged weapon and at one stage, throwing a gas bottle at somebody”.

“So, obviously that level of offending is concerning,” he added. “We can report that a 16-year-old male has been arrested with regards to that, and those investigations are ongoing.”

But a press release from the NT Police contradicted his claim and stated the incident involving the 16-year-old occurred “around 6:30am” Wednesday morning, not last night.

The statement also contradicted Mr Gill with other facts, including that the teen allegedly threw the gas bottle “at [a] residence”, not at a person and that he attempted to enter the home before fleeing the scene after another male tried to de-escalate the situation.

Mr Gill made no mention of that on radio.

It is unclear whether the press release was accurate or Mr Gill.

The five lying police officers at the coronial inquest, including Meacham King, James Gray-Spence, Craig Garland, Mark Clemmons and Mr Gill, were never interviewed by the ICAC as part of its investigation and the NT Independent understands the NT Police Professional Standards Command also did not interview the five about their false statements.

Police Commissioner Martin Dole was the officer overseeing the joint NT Police-ICAC’s Operation Beaufort investigation on behalf of the NT Police’s Professional Standards Command last year into the production of the racist awards and perjury, which it was later revealed was established not to make any adverse findings against the officers.

The NT Independent published an investigative series last December, after Operation Beaufort was released, that showed the officers knowingly lied about the awards and accessed police computer drives ahead of the investigation, with one officer accused of attempting to tamper with evidence and another later admitting he produced some of the racist material.

No action has been taken against any of the five lying officers for misleading the courts and Coroner Elisabeth Armitage pointed out in her final report that many of them had been promoted since filing false statutory declarations.

It was revealed on radio Wednesday, that Mr Gill is currently overseeing an “anti-social behaviour” crackdown in Darwin and Palmerston.

“Honestly, I’m a man of simple means here and I like to keep it really simple,” he said. “So, in essence if you see [something] you deal with it. If there’s drunks, you deal with them. If there’s anti-social behaviour, you deal with it and the like as well.

“We’re going across Darwin, Palmerston and Casuarina and basically targeting all locations at once. It’s really anybody who thinks that they can carry on, or anybody that gets drunk in a public place and wants to carry on, I’m very happy to deal with it and go from there.”

Questions have been raised previously about whether any stat decs signed by Mr Gill and the other lying officers would hold up in court to secure convictions, given their proven lack of credibility.