Despite being open, an Alice Springs movie theater’s front entrance had to be boarded up after it was broken into five times in the previous four weeks.
On Wednesday, Alice Springs Cinemas posted a picture of the theater’s boarded-up front entrance with the message “come on in we’re open” on their Facebook page.
The owner revealed that while the theater is still accessible to the public, its doors had to be boarded up since they had been broken into repeatedly.
“Hello, everyone. Eye sore warning, they wrote.
Yes, despite the fact that they are mended, we had to board up our doors because we were so afraid of having them broken into and having to schedule ANOTHER late-night glass replacement.
They said that during the last “four weeks,” the movie theater had been broken into five times.
The post went on to say that while “we’re happy the Northern Territory Government and Federal Government have come to the table with some temporary answers,” “we’re still calling for a 24/7 Police Presence in the mall to assist the businesses that have left and the current ones that are slowly fading away.”
The theater contacted security screen specialists Crimsafe and placed an order for new doors to replace the damaged ones.
These agencies, who are doing such a terrific job, are so overworked that we’ve had to resort to this in the meantime. There is now at least a 3-week wait for Crimsafe and new doors, of which we have on the way.
According to the owner’s tweet, there will be “as much signage as possible” left up to inform the community that the theater is still operating.
Don’t assume that we are shut down because the doors are boarded up. Your assistance is more important than ever for us. The post was finished.
It occurs a week after another shop owner said that a guy with a hammer tried to enter his establishment.
Four police vehicles ‘immediately’ responded to the situation on Elder Street, according to the unnamed owner, and pursued the guy.
But the enraged guy said that neither an arrest nor detention of the suspect had occurred.
He stated that the guy had his hammer taken away but was then let go, much to the dismay of the four “scared” ladies who worked for him.
The company owner alleges in a video posted by the community organization Action for Alice Springs that he employs three women and one girl and was made to feel “disgraced” by the city’s escalating crime rates.
“A person came up to our shop and sought to enter.”
We have four female employees, and he attempted to enter our establishment with a hammer.
He stated that the police had pursued the guy up the hill, taken his hammer, and then released him.
He is permitted to stroll the streets.
Meanwhile, we’re doing a haphazard breathalyzer test outside through the gap as I hurry here.
It’s astonishing how dangerous and absurd this place is. We are now experiencing an issue with crime.
You don’t even accept a person who enters a place of business with a hammer. Take him into custody, but don’t even.
“I won’t apologize for standing up for my workers and for the people of Alice Springs; what’s happening here has turned into an awful disgrace,” I said.
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