December 23, 2024

‘We can’t stop them!’ Retail workers in fear as police attend less than quarter of shoplifting incidents

 ‘We can’t stop them!’ Retail workers in fear as police attend less than quarter of shoplifting incidents

‘We can’t stop them!’ Retail workers in fear as police attend less than quarter of shoplifting incidents

The policing minister has said she wants forces “to do far more” to tackle shoplifting after figures obtained by Sky News showed fewer than one in four incidents were attended to by officers in 2023.