Politics · 1 day ago
England's 500 Worst Shoplifters To Face GPS Tags And Town Centre Bans
UK Home Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
England's 500 most prolific shoplifters will be targeted by up to 17 police forces in a £2.5m crackdown announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Repeat thieves could be fitted with GPS tags, banned from town centres and made to attend regular court check-ins, with prison for those who breach the rules. A similar targeted operation in Bromley last year cut local retail crime by 70%.
Reported by The Guardian · How we write briefs