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Shoplifting doubles in Merseyside as police chief says there is ‘never an excuse’
Hear the arguments behind the debate over retail theft, rising incidents and the pressures facing families.
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00:00It's a mixture of all kinds, from having worked in retail a long time ago.
00:06Some of the things that people would pinch would just be absolutely stupid,
00:09like a bottle of salad cream.
00:12I wouldn't do it. I'd never shoplifted it in my life.
00:15The amount of security cameras, I don't know how people can do it.
00:18I mean, I've had people...
00:20When I've left the store, I had a lady come up to me
00:23and she said, do you want something out of this shop?
00:26I couldn't believe it.
00:27She said, no, I'll get it for you.
00:28Yeah, I couldn't believe she'd say that to me.
00:31There's no real punishment at the end of the day,
00:34which is sad, but it's just the state of the country at the moment.
00:39Yeah, it is a problem, and I just think,
00:42what gives somebody the right to go in and pinch something?
00:45That's somebody's livelihood, if it's a little corner shop,
00:48or the likes of Primark, or John Lewis,
00:51because at the end of the day, the retailers are going to put the prices up
00:54to cover the cost of the losses.
00:56And, yeah, it's just scumbag behaviour.
00:58Just don't do it.
01:00It's all about money and resources again, isn't it?
01:03How many people, police officers, are put on that particular problem?
01:09And it is very, very common.
01:12Name and shame.
01:14Everyone's on social media.
01:15Well, not everyone.
01:17I'd say 90% of people are on some kinds of social media.
01:21Name and shame.
01:22But then again, that leads into stigma,
01:24if your mum's being caught, pinching, something.
01:26So I don't know what the answer is.
01:28Well, I don't know.
01:28But first, let's find a question.
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