New scheme to tackle shop robberies

Title

New scheme to tackle shop robberies

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Jeff Collins reports after visiting Scotland Yard to find out about the British Retail Consortium setting up a joint robbery intelligence desk to record robberies, identify trends and individuals and reduce retail crime. Speaking are Consortium spokesman John Burrows; Commander Roy Ramm of Scotland Yard (Head of Specialist Operations); Peter Thorpe, security head for Threshers Wine Merchants. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Roy Ramm; John Burrows; Peter Thorpe

Keywords

Shops; Shoplifting; Policing practice; Robbery; Crime reduction; British Retail Consortium; Off-licences

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