The wife of a senior Northern Territory police officer has withdrawn an application for a domestic violence order against him, after he made an assurance to the court.
Darwin Superintendent Daniel Shean, 48, appeared in the Darwin Local Court this morning for a hearing on the application, which was made by his wife Tammy Shean early this year.
Superintendent Shean had previously sought to have the application dismissed, with his lawyer Luke Officer arguing at an appearance in March it was an abuse of process and there were no reasonable grounds to support it.
Today, the court heard Superintendent Shean had made an "undertaking" to the court, which did not include any admission of liability, and his wife had withdrawn the application.
The details of Superintendent Shean's undertaking are subject to a suppression order.
Mr Officer requested the order on the basis the application had been withdrawn and no findings had been made against his client.
He also told the court his client was a serving police officer who had been targeted during the anti-vaccine mandate protest in Darwin at the weekend, which was the subject of ongoing criminal proceedings.
Chief Judge Elizabeth Morris agreed to grant the request.
But she said an undertaking was still an assurance the court took seriously.
"An undertaking is a serious thing that is given to the court," Judge Morris said.
A spokesman for NT Police confirmed the agency was aware a police officer had appeared in court on a civil matter that did not relate to his employment, but had no further comment.
"As the matter has been dealt with by the court no further comment will be made," he said.
