Younger offenders have chased a police automobile via a suburb in Western Australia's Kimberley area in a weird police pursuit.
A Nissan Patrol tried to ram two police autos in Kununurra on Monday evening, WA Police mentioned.
9News understands kids had been behind the wheel of the automobile.
"Regrettably, two nights in the past in Kununurra we had a stolen Nissan Patrol which tried to ram two police autos," Chris Dawson, WA Police Commissioner, instructed 6PR.
Final week, Operation Regional Defend launched in an try and minimise youth crime throughout the Kimberley area after a latest spike.
Extra cops and operational police belongings have been deployed to assist management the scenario.
"We have put a whole lot of additional effort in there to arrest that type of behaviour," Mr Dawson mentioned.
Road crime was a spotlight, with burglaries dropping from 24 to 5 in Broome in per week.
Police have recognized a disturbing social media development, popularised on TikTok, which inspires younger folks to raised each other by growing the amount and seriousness of felony offending.
"We have got different younger ones who're videoing themselves, placing it on TikTok and seeing this as a recreation, it is very unhappy, however now we have to name it what it's, it is felony offending," Mr Dawson mentioned.
The police operation is on a scale not beforehand seen in regional Western Australia, concentrating on the ringleaders of violent crime to suppress and disrupt additional juvenile offending.