Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson says there aren’t enough police to “respond to crime” in Alice Springs and more support is needed.
“I live in Alice Springs, I’m telling you right now we don’t have enough police, we send Operation Drina in December where we had 40 extra police make a positive
impact,” Mr Paterson told Sky News Australia.“It’s taking police seven and a half, eight hours to respond to a place where it’s been broken into, or crime has been committed.”
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