Wangki Police Catch Up with Fitzroy Crossing Officer in Charge Mark Howes
Recorded Thursday April 10 2025
Hours before Wangki Radio's stolen car incident, Officer in Charge Mark Howes caught with Andrea to update her on how the last fortnight had been. He didn't even mention stolen cars to not jinx us, alas it made no difference 🙁 Good news – Its been found!!!!
In other news, last weekend there was a significant increase in domestic violence due to an increase in alcohol in town due to sly grogging.
Prevention is better than cure so if you a grog shipment is on its way – Crimestoppers 1800 333 000.
Courses are also available for men. Police would rather everyone be safe then arrest them after incidents.
Animal cruelty incident – police responded to an animal cruelty but this has now been referred onto RSPCA for investigation. If community see anything they are concerned about in the first instance contact RSPCA, but if they are unavailable contact the police and they will assess the situation.
Bayulu incident – this was handled well by community and police working together.
Jobs Expo: – Police were at the Jobs Expo to talk to kids from Fitzroy Valley DHS and the community about the jobs available – community liaison officers, cadets and police officers. Some lucky kids got to see then handcuffs, pepper spray and tasers!
Mark shared that he would love to see more locals serving as police officers and while people may be wary of the requirement to move, things can always change and the current tenure is six years.
Footy is going well with a match between Nookanbah and Fitzroy happening Wednesday night and as dry season kicks off more matches between communities will be happening.
Mark is away for two weeks, but Wangki will catch up with Jodie on April 24 after Easter.
We will begin to share info about various issues going forward from May so if you have a topic you want to know more about please let us know.
Listen to the whole interview here:
https://omny.fm/shows/kimberley-voices-6fx/police-mark-howes-10-april-2025
