Retail Bosses Push for Security Tools Amid Surging Crime
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Retail bosses are advocating for security guards to carry pepper spray and truncheons to combat escalating shoplifting and violence. Lord Walker, a supermarket exec and government advisor, labels shoplifting as violent crime, not just petty theft. A recent survey shows that forty-three percent of customer-facing staff experienced hostility or abuse in the past six months, with twenty-two percent facing physical threats. Shoplifting offences in England and Wales rose by five percent, prompting a new Crime and Policing Bill to make assaulting retail workers a specific crime. However, high street leaders argue that tougher measures are needed to protect stores and their people immediately.
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