Lancashire police and crime update 18 Nov 2024

Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw gives an update on shop thefts from Preston city centre

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00:00512 Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire. I'm here today in Preston

00:05with Lancashire Police because we are doing a launch of the Operation Vulture which is

00:10Lancashire Constabulary's response to shoplifting and tackling shoplifting and attacks on retail

00:18workers here in Lancashire. I'm really concerned about how widespread this has become. It's almost

00:25an endemic. Shoplifting is seen as being a victimless crime. It's absolutely not.

00:30It's not acceptable. There's no excuses for shoplifting. We really need the support of

00:36businesses and shop workers to report every incident because the police will go out and

00:43whether it's £10 or £1,000 they will catch the perpetrators and get the prosecution.