"I am really surprised he has come out with this. In fact, we have all been working hard together retailers, police and PCCs - as part of the Police and Retail Crime Action Group which was set up two years ago by the last government to tackle shoplifting and it has been a collaborative effort to get to that point."
"Speaking to The Telegraph, Sir Mark said the retail industry was right to say to us, please step up more'. He said: And we have done. They need to step up more. There are some of them who are fantastic and I'm not going to name a good and bad list, that would be invidious. But I'm just putting a marker down."
"He said the sector was still losing 2 billion in stock a year, despite having spent 1.2 billion on high tech extra security measures in the last two years."
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called on retailers to step up efforts to tackle shoplifting. Andrew Goodacre, CEO of the British Independent Retailers Association, expressed surprise and described the call as off-field given ongoing collaboration. Retailers, police and PCCs have worked together through the Police and Retail Crime Action Group established two years ago. Police response times have improved and there have been high-profile raids on illicit shops. The retail sector still loses 2 billion in stock annually despite 1.2 billion spent on enhanced security in the past two years.
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