There were half a million shoplifting offences in the UK last year. What more do you think shops could do about this?
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00:00There are obviously not enough police around, and security guards, you know, they, it's not the most popular job, so there's a huge problem, really.
00:11When you've got people out shoplifting, I don't condone it, but I totally understand as well why they do what they do.
00:18Provincial measures of tagging meat in supermarkets and whatever else, you know, I'm sure it helps, I'm sure it works.
00:31It's really something that is troubling shopkeepers, especially small shopkeepers, but even the big guys, they're very, very worried.
00:42I think you can only arrest somebody once you've left the shop, so if they're fit and they just make a run for it, you know, it's unlikely a middle-aged security guard will be able to catch them.