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On Tuesday July 14th, 2009 members of the public flooded the Tasmania Police with calls after believing a police training exercise involving a shooting at Northgate Shopping Centre was real. Many Tasmanians believed an armed gunman was on the loose after overhearing transmissions on a police radio channel. |
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The radio transmissions were part of a training exercise conducted at the Tasmania Police Academy which involved a number of transmissions on the police radio channel and were not connected to any real events. Some transmissions were overheard by members of the public who were not aware they related to a training exercise. This resulted in a number of phone calls by concerned members of the public to the police communications unit.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25784855-421,00.html</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 01:35, 15 July 2009
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| Location | Glenorchy, Tasmania |
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| Opening date | 1986 |
| No. of stores and services | 65 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Northgate Shopping Centre is the third largest shopping centre in Tasmania. located in Glenorchy approximately 10 kilometres northwest of Hobart. The shopping centre is located on the Main Road within the CBD of Glenorchy with all stores located on the one level and a large undercover carpark situated below the main building.
The centre was opened in November 1986 as a convenience centre anchored by a Coles Supermarket along with 46 speciality stores. The centre has since been refurbished and expanded in October 1995 this included the addition of Target and Best and Less to the centre as major anchor retailers.
There are also approximately 65 other speciality stores.
Police Training Exercise
On Tuesday July 14th, 2009 members of the public flooded the Tasmania Police with calls after believing a police training exercise involving a shooting at Northgate Shopping Centre was real. Many Tasmanians believed an armed gunman was on the loose after overhearing transmissions on a police radio channel.
The radio transmissions were part of a training exercise conducted at the Tasmania Police Academy which involved a number of transmissions on the police radio channel and were not connected to any real events. Some transmissions were overheard by members of the public who were not aware they related to a training exercise. This resulted in a number of phone calls by concerned members of the public to the police communications unit.[1]
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