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I lived for a while in a block with "secure off street parking", and we too had the issue of little scrotes walking in after the car had gone through.
So we all met up like responsible residents and agreed to be very careful about not pulling away until the gate was shut, watching all the time.
We all did this, but they could still get in, which we found very perplexing.
Until that is I walked up to the roll-down metal shutter and found that I could literally pull it up off the ground with one hand.
If it does not lock down, then this kind of shutter is worse than useless- all it creates is the illusion of safety, which is worse than having no shutter at all as you take fewer precautions.