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Northern Tasmania shootings prompt calls for dozens more police to tackle Launceston crime spike
Tasmania’s police union believes the key to helping improve the spike in firearm crimes in the state’s north is to put more officers on Launceston’s streets.
Key points:
- The Police Association of Tasmania wants an additional 33 police officers to be stationed in Launceston
- A former northern police commander says there needs to be a full-time Special Operations Group based in Launceston
- The latest Launceston shooting victim is in a stable condition in the Launceston General Hospital
There have been 11 gun-related incidents in Launceston, which is northern Tasmania’s biggest city, in the past seven weeks and only four have been solved.
The victim of the most recent shooting, a 52-year-old man from the suburb of Invermay, remains in a…
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