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Require police to attend every retail shop theft

Submitted by Neil Mackay on Thursday 21st September 2023

Published on Tuesday 3rd October 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Signatures: 305

Petition Action

Require police to attend every retail shop theft

Petition Details

The Government should require the police to attend every reported shop theft. Retailers feel unprotected and there has been a massive growth in offences.

Additional Information

In 2014, shop theft of goods below £200 was made a summary offence.

I am a retailer based in Cambridge. I have been campaigning on this subject for many years. I believe that the crime of shop theft has become regarded by the public as a lesser form of crime. Recently various factors have conspired to see a large growth in the number of incidents. If this situation is allowed to continue and to escalate I believe it will become the norm and be impossible tide to turn back. The government must act now before it is too late.


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