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Crime and courts / Alice Springs, NT

New police tasers to be introduced in troubled NT community

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NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole said the remote community of Wadeye, south-west of Darwin, would be one of the first areas where the $6.5 million overhaul of frontline taser technology.

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The new Taser 10 will be introduced for police officers across the Northern Territory.
The new Taser 10 will be introduced for police officers across the Northern Territory.

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