Small businesses respond to crime prevention package

Police will manage a six million dollar crime prevention programme, installing bollards and similar measures to prevent ram raids, as part of the government's response to such attacks. Police Minister Poto Williams announced the Small Retailer Crime Prevention yesterday, saying it will help the retailers who don't have the resources to protect themselves. It follows a spate of middle of the night ram raids in the city, some carried out by children as young as seven. First Up's Matthew Theunissen visited one part of Auckland where crime is driving some business owners to the brink.