OPINION: Shop theft to be taken seriously with government crackdown, by James Lowman, chief executive, ACS

The government an­nounced last week that it is going to introduce a new standalone of­fence for assaulting a retail worker. This is being introduced along­side other preventative measures like invest­ment in facial recogni­tion to spot offenders and electronic tag­ging for prolific shop thieves. This is a big step forward from the government. It is sending […]