Retailers in Darwin's CBD say crime among drunken itinerants is 'out of control', prompting calls for a stronger police presence.
"It's scaring the living daylight out of the tourists, they come in and hide in my shop," he said.
"As retailers, we've seen what's happened in Tennant Creek and Katherine. We've just lost Alice Springs, I fear that's where we're heading if we don't get this under control.""This is the worst Christmas I've had in the CBD and I've got 15 years I've been in the CBD, people are voting with their feet and not coming into the city," he explainedHe said he had installed a lockable panic room in the back of his gallery for staff.
Nigel said the security guards were limited in what they could do, as they could not touch nor arrest people."Surely that money would be better put back into the police force."Police crime statistics show there were 58 per cent more business break-ins in Darwin this year than last year, property damage was up 12 per cent, but assaults dropped by 11 per cent.
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