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ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 Contacts NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE, FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 Contacts Published by the Northern Territory Police, Fire & Emergency Services. © Northern Territory Government 2020. You may download, display, print and copy any material in this report, in unaltered form only, for your personal use or for non-commercial use within your organisation. Except as permitted above you must not copy, adapt, publish, distribute or commercialise any material contained in this report without prior written permission from the Northern Territory Government through the NTPFES. FOR ALL LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES DIAL 000 IF CALLING FROM A MOBILE DIAL 112 Queries about this report or the information contained in it should be directed to: Chief of Staff Office of the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) The Northern Territory (NT) Police, Fire and Emergency Services (NTPFES) can be contacted by: PO Box 39764, Winnellie NT 0821 (08) 8999 5511 (business hours) (08) 8922 1560 (after hours) NT Police 24-Hour Police Assistance Line (non emergencies): 131 444 Crime Stoppers (toll free): 1800 333 000 [email protected] www.pfes.nt.gov.au 2 NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 <Level # Building Street address Suburb NT Postcode> Postal address <GPO Box XXXX Suburb NT Postcode> E [email protected] <Date Month Year> Minister for Police, T 08 89XX XXXX Fire and<Full Emergency name/Position Services title> <Address/Department name> File reference <TRM No.> GPO BoxGPO 3146 Box <XXXX> DARWIN<Suburb NT 0801 NT Postcode> Dear Minister As part of the presentation of the agency’s Annual Report, and in accordance with Treasurer’s Direction R2.1.6, I am pleased to provide you with a report on the operations and achievements of the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services (“the Agency”) for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. As Accountable Officer of the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services, I give the following representation to you, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that: a) proper records of all transactions affecting the agency are kept and that employees under their control observe the provisions of the Financial Management Act 1995, the Financial Management Regulations and Treasurer’s Directions b) procedures within the agency afford proper internal control and a current description of such procedures is recorded in the accounting and property manual, which has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Management Act 1995 c) no indication of fraud, malpractice, major breach of legislation or delegation, major error in or omission from the accounts and records exists d) in accordance with the requirements of section 15 of the Financial Management Act 1995, the internal audit capacity available to the agency is adequate and the results of internal audits have been reported to the accountable officer e) the financial statements included in the annual report have been prepared from proper accounts and records and are in accordance with Treasurer’s Directions, and f) all Employment Instructions issued by the Commissioner for Public Employment have been satisfied. Jamie Chalker APM Commissioner of Police and CEO of Fire and Emergency Services 28 August 2020 OUR MISSION: To serve and protect PAGE 1 OF 1 OUR VISION: A safe and resilient Northern Territory NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY The Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services acknowledges the First Nations people throughout the Northern Territory, from the red sands of Central Australia to the coastal people in the Top End. We recognise their continuing connection to their lands, waters and culture. We also pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with whom we work and who we serve and protect. We pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to their leaders past, present and emerging. 4 NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 Contents Key Locations 06 Corporate Governance 66 Commissioner and CEO Overview 08 Our People 74 About the Annual Report 10 Financial Statements 100 Who we are 11 Crime Statistics 172 Organisational Overview 14 Appendices 184 Organisational Performance 22 NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 5 NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services Key Locations NTPFES Headquarters Harts Range Police Posts NAB House Humpty Doo Alpurrurulam 71 Smith Street Jabiru Bulman Darwin NT 0800 Kalkarindji (Wave Hill) Apatula (Finke) Katherine Haasts Bluff NT Police Force (NTPF) Kulgera Imanpa Peter McAulay Centre Lajamanu Kaltukatjara (Docker River) McMillans Road Ltyentye (Santa Teresa) Milikapiti Berrimah NT 0828 Maningrida Milingimbi Metropolitan Social Order Maranboy Minjilang Engagement Unit Mataranka Minyerri Phoenix Street Mutitjulu Nyirripi Nightcliff NT 0828 Ngukurr Robinson River Post NT Police Recruitment Office Nhulunbuy Titjikala NAB House Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Umbakumba (Groote Eylandt) 71 Smith Street Numbulwar Warruwi Darwin NT 0800 Palmerston Willowra Papunya Screening Assessment for Peppimenarti Employment (SAFE) NT Pine Creek 37 Woods Street Pirlangimpi Darwin NT 0800 Ramingining Police Stations Tennant Creek Adelaide River Ti Tree Ali Curung Timber Creek Alice Springs Wadeye Alyangula (Groote Eylandt) Wurrumiyanga Angurugu (Groote Eylandt) Yarralin Arlparra Yuendumu Avon Downs Yulara Batchelor Police Shopfronts Borroloola Parap Police Beat Casuarina Daly River Multi-jurisdictional Darwin Facilities Elliott Kintore (NT) Galiwinku Warakurna (WA) Gapuwiyak Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) 6 NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 NT Fire, Rescue and Emergency Maningrida Mataranka Services (NTFRES) Nhulunbuy Pine Creek NTPFES Headquarters Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Timber Creek Level 5, NAB Building Numbulwar Ti Tree 71 Smith Street Palmerston Emergency Darwin NT 0800 Pirlangimpi Response Groups Ramingining Fire Stations Ali Curung Tennant Creek Alice Springs Avon Downs Wadeye Berrimah Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) Warruwi Darwin Kalkarindji (Wave Hill) Watarrka Humpty Doo Kulgera Yuendumu Jabiru Maranboy Katherine Volunteer Fire Brigades Ngukurr Marrara Alice Springs Rural Papunya Nhulunbuy Wurrumiyanga Ramingining Palmerston Howard Springs Yarralin Tennant Creek Humpty Doo Yulara Koolpinyah Virginia / Bees Creek NTES Volunteer Units Yirrkala Alice Springs Cox Peninsula Fire and Emergency Daly River Response Groups Darwin Adelaide River Galiwinku Batchelor Gapuwiyak Borroloola Harts Range Elliott Katherine Kintore Lajamanu NTPFES - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 7 Commissioner and CEO Overview The 2019-20 year was one that has and will mark history for the Northern Territory Police, Fire & Emergency Services (NTPFES) for a number of reasons. Firstly, I would like to thank the outgoing Commissioner and CEO Reece Kershaw and interim Commissioner and CEO Michael Murphy for their professionalism, guidance and stewardship of the NTPFES. I was honoured with my appointment as the new Commissioner of Police and CEO of the NTPFES on 11 November 2019. In my tenure so far, we have already faced some unprecedented challenges but I am extremely proud to lead this agency, bringing us together to serve and protect the people of the Northern Territory community. With that, I am proud to present the agency’s 2019-20 annual report. I have commenced resetting the culture of our agency through the development of Project 2030: Back to Basics to Set Our Future. This was launched in January 2020 with the intention to draw focus back to the frontline, particularly the regional and remote workforce across the tri service. We began the development of the Police, Fire and Emergency Services Ten Year Strategy to formalise our commitment to our people and our community, who are at the heart of everything we do. We are blessed with a wonderfully rich and diverse operating environment and it is our responsibility to serve and protect our communities. I established two new strategic priorities for the agency - our people and our community. These are of the utmost importance and will remain front and centre as we deliver on our new mission: to serve and protect, and strive toward our vision: a safe and resilient Northern Territory. 2020 marks 150 years of policing in the Northern Territory. This is an opportunity to celebrate our achievements, reflect on our past challenges that made us who we are as an agency today and strive to create a better future for all Territorians through the important work we all do for the community. We continue to deliver on business at the heart of our organisation – fighting fires, locating and arresting criminals, preparing for weather events and generally keeping our communities safe. It is when an event such as COVID-19 is thrust upon us that we truly appreciate the value of our people and their dedication to serve and protect, putting their community first before themselves. COVID-19 has changed the way we deliver our services and created what is now known as the new normal. Ongoing investment in our people through the development of key infrastructure in 2019-20 allowed our people to continue to meet community expectations through our service delivery. Not only have we maintained our business as usual posture, but we also upheld border controls for much of the 2020 period. If it were not for our partner agencies across the Northern Territory Government as well as our Commonwealth colleagues (Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force), we would not have been able to protect Territorians as effectively as
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