Residents of NT community say they’re waiting hours for police after reporting serious crimes

Peppimenarti community reports long delays and a lack of medical services due to ongoing violence and antisocial behaviour

Residents in the remote Northern Territory community of Peppimenarti say they wait hours" for police assistance even when they have reported serious crime such as family violence, sexual assaults and gunshots, and claim the lack of policing would not be tolerated anywhere else.

About 200 people live in Peppimenarti, six hours' drive south of Darwin. Lawyers recently instigated a racial discrimination claim with the Australian Human Rights Commission alleging a lack of police resources for residents in the community.

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