The acting Victorian chief commissioner of police, Shane Patton, and the police minister, Lisa Neville, address the state opposition's claims of a 'crisis' in crime committed by African youth 'gangs'. Patton says it is a misconception that police have not acknowledged the problem and says police 'don't view this as an escalation in offending'. He says: 'It's not just African youths who are involved in, if you like, public disorder incidents, it's youth of any nationality, of any appearance.' Neville says there is a 'small number but a core group' of 'criminal thugs, or street gangs' who are causing significant harm. 'It is absolutely unacceptable to see communities terrorised and the fear created that we've seen,' she says.