Arrest - Armed Person - Alice Springs
Where: Hartley Street, Alice Springs, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Strike Force Viper has arrested a 51-year-old male following reports of an armed person at a shopping centre on Hartley Street this morning.
The Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports around 9am that security observed a male allegedly walking around the area armed with a knife.
CCTV operators identified the male near a bank on Gregory Terrace.
The male allegedly did not follow directions from attending members and produced a knife. One member deployed their taser and the male was arrested, before being conveyed to hospital for assessment.
He has since been conveyed to the watchhouse where he is expected to be charged later today.
Strike Force Viper continue to investigate and anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
— NT PoliceCrime in the Alice Springs council area
Alice Springs is a council area in Northern Territory with about 30,875 residents. It has a Crime Score 93 out of 100 (very high), 5th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (94th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 93.
- Violent
- 6,708 per 100k
- Property
- 12,732 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 2,575 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,968 per 100k
See the full Alice Springs crime profile
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