Some Salt Lake City businesses say they have been dropped by their insurers and are increasingly paying for repairs out of pocket.
Amy Hawkins, Ballpark Community Council Chair, asks a question during a town hall with Salt Lake City police, the mayor and other officials at The Gateway earlier this month about challenges related to homelessness that business and property owners face.Shatterproof glass, three secure doors and eight catalytic converters.
But Ballpark businesses say they have been dropped by insurers after repeatedly filing claims, meaning such expenses are increasingly coming out of their own pockets. last year “is a drop in the bucket to what the state is able to do and what they’re just beginning to do.” Salt Lake City police Sgt. Nathan Meinzer listens during a community block party at the Gail Miller Resource Center this month.
Still, documenting her experiences is cumbersome. To report a crime or concern, such as abundance of needles in her parking lot, she first calls the Salt Lake City Police Department’s nonemergency line and gets a case number. Then she files a report on the “SLC Mobile” app so the city is aware. Bob Danielson, owner of Alpha Munitions, at the community block party at the Gail Miller Resource Center.
Hill recalled an instance where a homeless man locked himself inside Costa Vida’s restroom at The Gateway in an attempt to stay there overnight. When he ultimately left, the man bashed in a glass door. It was the second time the door had to be replaced, Hill said, and that time, it cost $800. When asked about Hill’s remarks, Salt Lake City police said they can’t comment on generalities. A police spokesperson said a call similar to the Costa Vida situation Hill described happened on April 1. Police were initially told that a person broke out a window and left. “There was no information to suggest the person was inside the restaurant, refused to leave, or was initially violent towards others,” the spokesperson said in an email.
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