| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:West Ealing Why Are Council and Police Failing Us? | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 01/09/25 17:03:00 |
| Well done Paul. Clearly a quiet day for you to have so much time to Google so much. Sainsburys in Chiswick has had the scan to exit system in place for years. Other shops have also had them in place for years. Some shops, including Morrisons in Brentford, keep high value items like spirits in locked cabinets. So shops are taking preventative action. Your assertion that its the fault of shops having stock out on open shelves is yet more silliness from you. Most shops instruct staff not to apprehend shoplifters because of the danger should the criminals get violent. This applies to shops with manned tills or self-service. I was in Oxford last week and witnessed a shoplifter being challenged by three members of staff in a Sainsburys Local. She just laughed at them and ran off with her bottle of cider and wasnt chased down the road. What you might find problematic is the lack of available magistrates courts to deal with the proliferation of what is a relatively low level offence. Its often months before coming to trial and sentences are too lenient to be a deterrent. Removing the minimum value requirement wont change that, and the police arent really bothered with theft (hence those cycling types who snatch phones getting away with it). |