Certificates handed out by an elite Northern Territory police unit to its members have been released by a court, showing that the force used the Aboriginal flag and a digitally altered image of the sprinter Usain Bolt on the awards. Former officer Zachary Rolfe raised questions of racism and claimed that a racist mock award had been given to the member who behaved most like an Aboriginal person.
Certificates handed out by an elite Northern Territory police unit to its members have been released by a court, showing that the force used the Aboriginal flag and a digitally altered image of the sprinter Usain Bolt on the awards. The certificates appear to have been awarded in 2012 and 2013 to members of the Territory Response Group (TRG), the NT police unit that responds to critical incidents.
Former officer Zachary Rolfe raised questions of racism and claimed that a racist mock award had been given to the member who behaved most like an Aboriginal person
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