Special Report: Thieves Targeting Elm Park Caught By Police Officers-But Theft Still Under Reported By Stores.

Havering continues to be plagued by shoplifting, but ongoing work between shopkeepers and local ward officers is showing progress. Police say constructive engagement is making a difference, but underreporting and high staff turnover in retail outlets mean many thefts are still going unrecorded.

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London News: ‘Thrifting’ has come to mean blatant theft carried out in full view of the public, shop and security staff-Lawless west Ealing.

didn’t expect a simple visit to a newly opened Poundland shop in West Ealing to provide my first experience of ‘free shopping,’ or ‘thrifting.’ In layman’s terms this is shoplifting but it goes beyond the clandestine theft that police officers and shop staff have dealt with since time immemorial. ‘Thrifting’ has come to mean blatant theft carried out in full view of the public, shop and security staff.

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