Policing minister Chris Philp has urged shop workers, security guards, and members of the public to use their power of citizen’s arrest to tackle shoplifters.
Retailers across the country are facing an epidemic of shoplifting and Mr. Philp, addressing a fringe meeting hosted by the Policy Exchange think tank at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Tuesday, said, “I would also just remind everyone that the wider public, including shop staff, and security guards do have the power of citizen’s arrest, and where it’s safe to do so I would encourage that to be used.”
