Police in Blackpool working to stamp-out shoplifting

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Officers from Blackpool have been working with local shops to improve security measures to prevent shoplifters.

Using recent data, officers identified hotspots within the resort that had seen a spike in shoplifting offences.

Since February 2023, during a number of plain-clothed operations, officers have detected 37 crimes. Within that they have:

- arrested two people

- interviewed eight people, all resulting in positive disposals

- stop searched 20 people

- issued two penalty notices for disorder

- provided seven community resolutions.

Officers will be carrying out additional uniformed and plain-clothed patrols in Blackpool to prevent shoplifting in the run-up to the festive season. Additional security measures have also been placed in some stores, to help prevent shoplifting offences.

Sergeant Paul Regan, from Blackpool Police, said: “The operations that we’ve conducted over the past year have supported some of the highest-affected stores in the Blackpool South area.

“We will continue to stamp-out shoplifting and hold offenders to account.

“The message is clear. You never know when you will be in the presence of a plain-clothed police officer.”  

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