Calls for a permanent police presence in the crime-ridden suburb of Karama by more than a thousand residents have been rejected by the -- from the Karama Shopping Centre indicates a decrease over the last 12 months, while other suburbs in the response area show an equal demand on policing resources”. -- supported the funding of Neptune NT—a private security company—to do nightly dog patrols in Karama and the nearby suburb of Malak. -- to help solve that town’s crime crisis. She said a similar program will be established in Darwin’s northern suburbs next.