The Remote Service Ribbon was developed to recognise and promote the past and future of remote policing within the NT.
 
Remote policing areas in the past could be described as being harsh, under resourced and demanding not only on the serving member, but on their families which endure the same conditions. Historically remote policing was conducted on horseback with one man stations covering a large district. A large part of the core business of policing in the Northern Territory has always been our remote service to our indigenous communities and maintaining real relationships with these remote regions.
 
This Ribbon recognises and rewards all members being Police, Auxiliary and Aboriginal Community Police Officers for their service to remote policing.