{"id":7331,"date":"2023-09-25T02:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/shoplifting-epidemic-hits-major-european-city-as-stores-offer-to-equip-staff-with-bodycams\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T02:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:28:10","slug":"shoplifting-epidemic-hits-major-european-city-as-stores-offer-to-equip-staff-with-bodycams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/shoplifting-epidemic-hits-major-european-city-as-stores-offer-to-equip-staff-with-bodycams\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoplifting \u2018epidemic\u2019 hits major European city as stores offer to equip staff with bodycams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major retail chains in the United Kingdom have grown so concerned about increased shoplifting they have provided employees with body cameras to deter crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Recently, we\u2019ve had a massive increase in the cases of shoplifting,” Benedict Selvaratnam, owner of the Fresh Market in Court in London’s Croydon, told Fox News Digital. “Where it used to be three to five incidents in the week, now we\u2019re suffering from anywhere to three to 10 a day. It\u2019s very much out of control.”<\/p>\n
Fashion chain Primark joined supermarket chains Tesco and Sainsbury\u2019s in supplying employees with body cameras and adding security guards and CCTV cameras and systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The increased measures occur as businesses like Target, Foot Locker and Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods all warned that their profits have been under pressure from loss of inventory due to thefts. Department store chain John Lewis said earlier this month shoplifting had reached “epidemic” levels in Britain.<\/p>\n
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