00:00The new software has helped detectives track, arrest and build cases against offenders more quickly,
00:06as officers who used to have to wait up to 28 days or even longer for CCTV footage can now
00:14get it in minutes.
00:16Scotland Yard said the tech is being used by retail giants including Tesco, Boots, Marks & Spencer and Greggs,
00:23whose bosses have spoken out about the impact of the surge in retail crime on their businesses.
00:30In recent cases in the capital, a teenage boy went on a shoplifting spree worth more than £100,000 at
00:37Boots and Holland & Barrett.
00:39He was spared jail by a magistrate at Highbury Corner Youth Court in May, when he was told to seize
00:46the opportunity to turn his life around.
00:49The Met said that when the new system was used there was a caution, charge or other criminal disposal
00:56in 29.4 per cent of cases, compared with the average of 7.3 per cent before it was introduced.
01:06Chief Inspector Rav Pafania, the Met's lead for business crime, said the tool is helping the force identify shoplifters more
01:16quickly
01:16and bring more of them to justice.
01:19The platform is currently being used by subscribing retailers in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham,
01:27Lewisham, Greenwich & Bexley.
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