Don’t put expensive items at front of stores because ‘people will nick them’, Labour tells shopkeepers
A worker’s minister told the tradesmen, tradesmen, should not place “high -valuable” items close to the entrances of the store, because “frankly people Nick,” he said.
It comes after showing new numbers The shopping production is at a record level, the retailers accuse the police not to do enough to solve the problem.
When asked for a problem, police minister Diana Diana Johnson said that expensive products such as alcohol should not be exhibited in front of stores and shop owners should do more to deter them shops.
BBC Radio speaks in the 4s Today “I think shops should play their roles to make sure that high -valuable products are not in front of the store, because this is a problem in some stores, they put a bottle of alcohol in front of the store.
“If they will play to sell to sell, they will wear such things. So there must be an approach not only here, but to work with retailers, the government and the police.”
However, the criminal commissioner for Tora Police and Thames Valley Matthew Barber warned people members against confrontation with theft, after claiming that people are the duty to withstand shops instead of relying on shops instead of trusting police officers.
Im I don’t advise people to fight a person who stole. I met someone who stole in a store in Hull.
Im I went directly to the assistants to tell them what happened. I felt the best thing.
“Obviously, a judiciary for individuals to take, but I’m worried about feeling that people should go. I don’t think it’s appropriate,” he said.
The shopping production reached a record level in 2024 and the number of crimes exceeded 500,000 for the first time.
Approximately 530,643 crimes were recorded by the forces in the UK and Wales at 2024/25 – 20 percent increase in 2023/24 and the highest total since the start of the current police registration applications in 2002/0.
Crimes containing theft from the person also remained at record levels. Approximately 151.220 of these crimes were recorded by the forces up to March with an increase of 15 percent from 131,584 in the previous 12 months – the current registration has been highest since 2002/33.
Speaking on Wednesday, the supermarket chain Iceland’s leader Richard Walker argued that theft is worsening because it turned out that criminals could act with “unpunished”.
“Now you have more than 1,000 serious events a year, serious events gangs, violent attacks, needles, knives, hammers, you named it,” he said. Today Program.
“Every Monday morning I go through our weekly serious events report, and first, it is clear that there is no area of the country that is not affected by this issue, from small market towns to large inner cities.
“But the second and more importantly, there is an increasing level of violence caused by a lack of deterrence.”
Answering his statements, Dame Diana said, “I think it actually has a meaning, and that’s why we invest in neighborhood policies, because a police deterrence in our city centers and high streets is really important in starting to deal with shop theft and anti-social behaviors.
“We bring a legislation to make a retail worker a certain crime, and we get rid of what the previous government has brought, this kind of £ 200 limit. If you stole it below £ 200, the case would not continue.
“If you play, this is a crime, whether it is £ 500 or £ 500.”
On Wednesday, the government announced that the use of facial recognition technology was expanded to deal with crime.
Following the latest deployment made by seven British force, London’s Met Police and South Wales police, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and Hampshire will be able to access 10 minibuses equipped with cameras.
Dame Diana said that if the suspects of the officers are used in a “too measured, proportional, proportional manner, she believed that the people would support the use of live face recognition cameras.
However, the Labor Party Barones Shami Chakrabarti claimed that the technology was “completely developed outside the law ve and expressed his fear that the government’s plan was“ another movement towards the total surveillance society ”.
