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New retail crime app helps track down shoplifters - AOL
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (354+ words) A system that helps retailers report offences such as shoplifting has been hailed a success by police. The Auror platform was rolled out in April in Hertfordshire, allowing large retailers to report crimes via an online app directly to police…...
Shops seeing 'teens and little old ladies' steal
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (561+ words) Shops on a street dealing with shoplifters ranging from "teenagers to little old ladies" is struggling to cope, say business owners. Items ranging from wallpaper to memorial ornaments have been stolen from shops on Sunderland's Chester Road. Nigel Marston, who…...
'I've had someone drag me across the shop counter"
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (703+ words) "We've had instances of us being pushed into fixtures and I've had someone drag me across the counter when I have refused to serve them." Andrew Bond runs the Premier Store in Torquay, Devon, and is one of several shopkeepers…...
Extra Halloween security hired as shoplifting cases soar
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (686+ words) A fancy dress shop owner says he is having to hire additional security guards in the run-up to Halloween because of soaring levels of shoplifting and antisocial behaviour. Gary Wakefield, who runs Lili Bizarre fancy dress and balloon shop in…...
Stockton newsagent says shoplifting is 'out of control"
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (917+ words) Stephen Tate has had to make changes to his shop over the last three decades While shoplifting cases have seen a dip of 5% across England, in Cleveland Police's force area they are going up. A shopkeeper in Stockton-on-Tees shares how…...
Peterborough charity shop loses money to shoplifting every day
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (458+ words) About £20 of stock is being stolen from a Cancer Research UK charity shop in Peterborough every day, according to its manager. Marina Staudze said shoplifting was a "major problem" for the store on Westgate. Police figures showed there were 578 shoplifting…...
Auror retail crime app for Hertfordshire shops hailed as success
9+ min ago (401+ words) A system that helps retailers report offences such as shoplifting has been hailed a success by police. The Auror platform was rolled out in April in Hertfordshire, allowing large retailers to report crimes via an online app directly to police…...
How East of England shops are taking on violent shoplifters
10+ min ago (872+ words) Turning up for work each day, Darren fears he could face violence at any given moment. He has been stabbed with needles and held at gunpoint during an 18-year career on the UK's High Street. Darren is not a police…...
Shops on Sunderland's Chester Road see 'teens and little old ladies' steal
11+ min ago (587+ words) Shops on a street dealing with shoplifting from "teenagers to little old ladies" is struggling to cope, say business owners. Items ranging from wallpaper to memorial ornaments have been stolen from shops on Sunderland's Chester Road. Nigel Marston, who co-runs…...
The retailers fighting shoplifting one social media post at a time
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (694+ words) Disposable barbeques worth £120 gone in seconds. Piles of chocolate bars grabbed. A small child in a balaclava, fleeing with fruit. For six years, the Bournemouth convenience shop owner has seen social media as his most effective weapon in his fight…...