Supermarkets Will Fund Government Facial Recognition Operation to Target Shoplifters

Government will roll out Operation Pegasus after getting the big supermarkets onboard to pass CCTV images of shoplifters onto the Police National Database.

A sign warning shoplifters, outside a branch of Boots the chemist in west London on Sept. 5, 2023. Chris Summers/The Epoch Times

Britain’s biggest retailers have agreed to fund a new facial recognition police operation to target shoplifters.

According to the Times of London, the new crime-busting initiative— named Operation Pegasus—is part of government efforts to ensure police show zero tolerance to shop thefts, the newspaper reports.