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(4) These figures are not available. Calls for police assistance which subsequently do not

result in an offence are not retrievable from the database.

(5) During the day, regular police patrols are allocated to shopping centres. These

patrols may be in the form, or a combination of, vehicle, foot or bicycle patrols.

At night, and as resources allow, shopping centres are policed by regular vehicle patrols and whenever possible, by police dog patrols.

(6) Actual cost associated with policing Canberras shopping centres are not specifically

recorded. All costs are absorbed within each Patrol Districts budget.

(7) See 6 above.

(8) Considerable effort is put into crime deterrence in Canberras shopping centres. The

main shopping centres are patrolled regularly by foot patrols, and other smaller

centres are patrolled as resources allow.

The ACT Region Crime Prevention Unit advises shopkeepers on matters concerning security and crime prevention, concentrating on deterring theft and/or break and enter.

(9) Canberras shopping centres will continue to be policed by regular patrols and

shopkeepers will be advised on appropriate crime prevention measures.

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