Retail Crime a daily stress for essential local shops and must be stamped out: RGDATA tells Ministers at Retail Crime Forum
| Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and Retail Minister Alan Dillon told the special forum on retail crime, attended by RGDATA President Colin Fee and Director General Tara Buckley, that they would deliver on Government commitments including a Retail Crime Strategy and more consequences for shoplifting offences.
“Retail Crime is a daily issue for the 3,500 shops RGDATA represents. It is causing huge stress for owners, their staff and their families. We need fixed penalty notices for shoplifting; custodial sentences for serial offenders and shoplifters need to know that there are serious consequences if they participate in retail crimes. It extremely stressful for shop owners and their staff trying to do an honest day’s work serving their community having to deal with increasingly abusive and aggressive shoplifters on a daily basis.” |
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