The management of a large shopping centre is considering leasing part of its facilities to a cinema chain that wants to take advantage of the concentration of potential customers using the centre. Leasing facilities to the cinema means that the shopping centre will need to be open until 11:30pm on weeknights and 12:30pm on weekends to provide access to the cinemas customers.
The lessees in the shopping centre have raised concerns about the possibility of increased break-ins. The centre鈥檚 management asks your advice on the possibility of increased risks.
Tell the assessor how you would:
1. Gather information on existing threats in the shopping centre鈥檚 current operating environment
2. Identify similar situations with like organisations
3. Identify changes to the stability of the current operating environment
4. Determine the potential threat to the assets of lessees in the shopping centre
5. Identify actions that the shopping centre鈥檚 management might undertake in the light of potential risks|||Just a few tips, others may add more.
1. Get info from the local police on crime stats in the area, both the centre and any small shopping centres close by. Also talk to any private security firms that may operate in the area.
2. Talk to managers of similar centres in other suburbs if available. Ask what their procedures are.
3. This would identify different age groups that would use the centre, there is a likelihood that teens and twenties would be the biggest customer base for the cinemas, especially at night, causing concern to those only there for the shopping.
4. Those using the cinemas may not be customers for the shops, and may be drug and alcohol affected. This is known to be a problem in this type of centre, especially in low income areas.
5. Depending on your area, and shopping regulations and hours, it may be advisable to do what many Australian centres do, close off the main shopping precinct at shop closing time, so that cinema patrons are confined to the cinema area, and kept clear of the shops.
