Taskforce launched to tackle retail crime after rise in offences

Police launch taskforce in bid to tackle rise in shoplifting in Glasgow

The retail crime taskforce will include 14 uniformed officers and detectives who will operate in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, where most of the offences are recorded.

Cops to crack down on shoplifters in Lanarkshire as new taskforce targets areas with highest retail crime

The Retail Crime Taskforce will address a rise in offences such as shoplifting and was created following a £3m funding allocation from the Scottish Government.

Police taskforce to tackle shoplifting after rise in retail crime

A dedicated police taskforce has been set up in response to a rise in shoplifting and other retail crime in Scotland.

Taskforce launched to tackle retail crime after rise in offences

A POLICE taskforce has been launched in a bid to tackle retail crime.

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Shoplifting has soared to such to “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are up by 50 per cent. Reports of violence against women and girls have surged so alarmingly in the last few years that the police declared it a “national emergency”.

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