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Recommendation 11
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Mandate adding a "business crime flag" to offences committed in retail environments.
Recommendation
As a starting point, we recommend that it is made mandatory to add a “business crime flag” to offences committed in a retail environment, including assaults on retail Violence and abuse towards retail workers 63 workers. This simple step would give an important early indication of the scale of the problem and allow police forces better to understand patterns of local crime and the risks shopworkers face.
Paragraph Reference:
71
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 September 2021. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗