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NT Police struggling with severe staffing shortage as officers await promised government funding

New government changes coming into effect will put extra demands on an already stretched police force.  (ABC News: Hamish Harty)

Millions of dollars promised for policing in the Northern Territory are yet to hit the ground, despite the jurisdiction dealing with a chronic police shortage and a prolonged crime wave.

Earlier this year, during a fly-in visit to Alice Springs, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced $14.2 million in federal funding would be put towards frontline territory policing.

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