All Crime articles – Page 36
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NewsViolent offences and threats to "cough on staff" surge in Central England Co-op stores
Incidents of verbal abuse and violent offences against convenience store workers, including threats to cough and spit on staff, have soared in Central England Co-op stores in the past four weeks.
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NewsFacewatch updates technology to identify mask wearers
Security firm Facewatch has updated its facial recognition technology to allow identification of people entering a store wearing surgical facemasks.
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Features and analysisHow to prevent criminal damage at your store
Four Champion retailers discuss the different types of crime they have experienced and the resulting security measures they have taken.
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NewsFour men convicted of carrying out armed robberies at c-stores
Four men have been convicted of carrying out a spate of armed robberies at convenience stores and betting shops in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
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NewsCoronavirus: Stockpiling shopper attacks store manager for refusing milk sale
Convenience store manager Anita Nye is imploring the general public to treat hard-working shop staff with far greater respect, after she was brutally assaulted by a customer who was attempting to stockpile milk.
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NewsMP secures time for new bill to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse
Alex Norris MP has successfully secured parliamentary time to consider new legislation to protect shopworkers.
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NewsIncidents of violence and abuse against shopworkers up 9%
Incidents of violence and abuse against shopworkers have risen to 424 each day, up 9% on last year, according to the British Retail Consortium’s latest annual crime survey.
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NewsMPs join call for new legislative protection of shopworkers
A specific new offence for attacks against people serving the public needs to be created in a bid to better protect shopworkers, a group of MPs have stated.
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NewsNew partnership to improve retailer access to anti-shoplifting technology
Retailers now have greater access to GDPR-compliant facial recognition technology which helps guard against shoplifting, following a tie-up between Vista CCTV and Facewatch.
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NewsScottish convenience retailers hit by shoplifting “pandemic”
Shoplifting is now “essentially a pandemic” in Scotland, with almost all retailers who responded to a new survey on retail crime saying that they were victims of shoplifting on a daily basis.
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NewsLatest shop theft figures “vastly underestimate” scale of problem
New official figures revealing a 3% drop in police-recorded shop theft “vastly underestimate” the scale of the problem, according to the Association of Convenience Stores.
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NewsCentral England Co-op supports shoplifter rehab scheme in Birmingham
Central England Co-op has linked up with West Midlands Police to support a pioneering scheme in Birmingham aimed at helping prolific shoplifters enter rehab and turn their lives around.
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NewsPolice appeal following traumatic armed raid on Derbyshire store
Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a traumatic armed raid on a village shop in Overseal earlier this week.
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NewsGovernment under mounting pressure to take action on retail violence
The industry has reiterated calls to the government to take action to tackle violence and abuse towards shopworkers.
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NewsSouthern Co-op launches £100,000 fund aimed at reducing retail crime
The Southern Co-op has launched a £100,000 Safer Neighborhood Fund aimed at reducing retail crime.
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NewsPolice appeal for witnesses to “distressing” c-store robbery in Bedford
Bedfordshire Police are appealing for witnesses to a “very distressing” convenience store robbery in Bedford, in which a staff member was in fear of his life.
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NewsJTI pulls more gantries from retailers convicted of selling illicit tobacco
Three further c-store retailers convicted of selling illicit tobacco have had their store gantries removed by JTI.
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Dear Jac
So much crime…so little help. Is it worse than ever?
This retailer has good reason to think it is so.
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NewsRetailer convicted of selling illicit tobacco twice escapes jail
A retailer convicted for the second time in two years of selling illicit tobacco from his store has avoided jail on health grounds and because magistrates thought there was a “realistic chance of rehabilitation”.
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NewsACS calls on retailers to respond to 2020 Crime Survey
Store owners and managers who have been affected by retail crime in the past year are being urged to record their experiences in the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) 2020 Crime Survey.