NT police members allegedly circulated explicit AI video of senior officer

Sep 24, 2026, 12:53 AM· 1 hour ago· Original: EN

Former Northern Territory Police assistant commissioner Janelle Tonkin takes her old colleagues to court for sharing an AI- generated sexually explicit video that used her professional photograph.

NT police officers allegedly circulated sexually explicit AI-generated video of former assistant commissioner

In short:

Members of the NT Police Force allegedly shared a deep fake pornographic video of a female colleague.

Former NT Police assistant commissioner Janelle Tonkin says last year an AI-generated, sexually explicit video was created using her official NT Police photograph.

What's next?

Ms Tonkin says the incident sits within a "broader set of experiences" in the NT Police Force, which she intends to reveal "when the time is right".

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