Latest Crime & Security insight and analysis – Page 60
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Features and analysis
Fury at 'no jail for shoplifters' advice
Fury at 'no jail for shoplifters' advice
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Features and analysis
Kent police hunt for links between raids
Kent police say they are keeping an open mind as to whether the latest ram raid in Kent is linked to similar incidents in the county.
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Features and analysis
Retailers pay price for high crime rate
The average cost of crime for retailers was £2,815 in the past three years, according to research conducted by insurance company Zurich.
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News
Police want fake IDs for stings
Industry agreement on how to tackle underage drinking has hit a snag as it seems that police chiefs will push for the use of fake IDs in test purchasing stings.
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Features and analysis
Crime
A robber accidentally slashed the arm of his accomplice with a meat cleaver during a store raid.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Beware the enemy within. Thieving staff is the last thing you need.
It was good to get a retailer's recommendation for a supplier that helped him nail down the mysterious case of the missing Richmond King Size 20s cartons that disappeared every shift that a certain employee worked.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Still on staff - not thieving, just not working.
Staff are meant to work, right? John Maxwell Jones, who runs Burgess Stores at Goudhurst in Kent, had a 'worker' who took sick days without ringing in or producing a medical certificate and then left without notice, leaving a note on the deli counter and leaving John short-staffed at an ...
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Features and analysis
Man arrested over horror fire attacks
A man has been charged over a terrifying firebombing campaign against retailers in South London which left two men dead and several more injured.
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Features and analysis
crime
Two men armed with knives escaped with cash from a Spar store in Sunderland.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: If you catch them with their fingers in the till, don't hang about, fire them.
I'm not going to identify this Essex retailer because he still hasn't fired the member of staff who has spent most of her time stealing bits and pieces from him on a daily basis ever since he took over the business and its staff 18 months ago.