Legislation will not be enough to solve a rise in shoplifting without tougher police action, the former policing minister has told LBC.
at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Kit Malthouse said the "House of Commons can legislate all it wants" but "if there’s no action on the ground on a daily basis, it won’t make much difference".Mr Malthouse, who served as Policing Minister under Boris Johnson, said a move could be made to make assaulting shop staff an aggravated assault, but called for more "assertive police action".
The heads of 90 retail giants - which include high street mainstays Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Boots - have written to the government demanding action following soaring levels of retail crime.He added: “We need to look at who is actually committing these crimes. So we know that the vast majority…are committed by drug addicts. People who are seeking this stuff to make money to feed some sort of habit.”
"They have more resources now. They have more police officers and they should be absolutely targeting this."
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