The One Show - Retail Crime - BBC
A short clip of last nights, The One Show by the BBC featuring myself and family run business retail owner, Benedict Selvaratnam who has been experiencing more than 10 shoplifting incidents every day.
The filming took place last week in Croydon, London where we were interviewed by One Show reporter/ journalist, Matt Allwright who highlighted the rise in retail crime across England and Wales.
I visited the store to offer expert advice on improving security measures. My findings exposed significant vulnerabilities in the store’s defences, which Benedict has since acted upon to better safeguard his business.
The episode drew on recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, which revealed that theft from retail outlets has reached a 20-year high, rising by 30% in the year ending March 2024. The British Retail Consortium estimates that retail theft is now costing the industry a staggering £1.8 billion annually....
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If you would like to watch the full interview by The One Show, you can view it via the BBC'S app.
The One Show - Retail Crime - BBC
A short clip of last nights, The One Show by the BBC featuring myself and family run business retail owner, Benedict Selvaratnam who has been experiencing more than 10 shoplifting incidents every day.
The filming took place last week in Croydon, London where we were interviewed by One Show reporter/ journalist, Matt Allwright who highlighted the rise in retail crime across England and Wales.
I visited the store to offer expert advice on improving security measures. My findings exposed significant vulnerabilities in the store’s defences, which Benedict has since acted upon to better safeguard his business.
The episode drew on recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, which revealed that theft from retail outlets has reached a 20-year high, rising by 30% in the year ending March 2024. The British Retail Consortium estimates that retail theft is now costing the industry a staggering £1.8 billion annually....
Read more of this article in the comments section below... 👇
If you would like to watch the full interview by The One Show, you can view it via the BBC'S app.
The One Show - Retail Crime - BBC
A short clip of last nights, The One Show by the BBC featuring myself and family run business retail owner, Benedict Selvaratnam who has been experiencing more than 10 shoplifting incidents every day.
The filming took place last week in Croydon, London where we were interviewed by One Show reporter/ journalist, Matt Allwright who highlighted the rise in retail crime across England and Wales.
I visited the store to offer expert advice on improving security measures. My findings exposed significant vulnerabilities in the store’s defences, which Benedict has since acted upon to better safeguard his business.
The episode drew on recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, which revealed that theft from retail outlets has reached a 20-year high, rising by 30% in the year ending March 2024. The British Retail Consortium estimates that retail theft is now costing the industry a staggering £1.8 billion annually....
Read more of this article in the comments section below... 👇
If you would like to watch the full interview by The One Show, you can view it via the BBC'S app.
The One Show - Retail Crime - BBC
A short clip of last nights, The One Show by the BBC featuring myself and family run business retail owner, Benedict Selvaratnam who has been experiencing more than 10 shoplifting incidents every day.
The filming took place last week in Croydon, London where we were interviewed by One Show reporter/ journalist, Matt Allwright who highlighted the rise in retail crime across England and Wales.
I visited the store to offer expert advice on improving security measures. My findings exposed significant vulnerabilities in the store’s defences, which Benedict has since acted upon to better safeguard his business.
The episode drew on recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, which revealed that theft from retail outlets has reached a 20-year high, rising by 30% in the year ending March 2024. The British Retail Consortium estimates that retail theft is now costing the industry a staggering £1.8 billion annually....
Read more of this article in the comments section below... 👇
If you would like to watch the full interview by The One Show, you can view it via the BBC'S app.
A short clip of last nights, The One Show by the BBC featuring myself and family run business retail owner, Benedict Selvaratnam who has been experiencing more than 10 shoplifting incidents every day.
The filming took place last week in Croydon, London where we were interviewed by One Show reporter/ journalist, Matt Allwright who highlighted the rise in retail crime across England and Wales.
I visited the store to offer expert advice on improving security measures. My findings exposed significant vulnerabilities in the store’s defences, which Benedict has since acted upon to better safeguard his business.
The episode drew on recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, which revealed that theft from retail outlets has reached a 20-year high, rising by 30% in the year ending March 2024. The British Retail Consortium estimates that retail theft is now costing the industry a staggering £1.8 billion annually....
Read more of this article in the comments section below... 👇
If you would like to watch the full interview by The One Show, you can view it via the BBC'S app.
Just in case you missed it!
A BBC Leicester Radio interview this morning with myself and radio presenter Ady Dayman talking about the Governments plans to release some prisoners early to help free up spaces in the prison system.
Is it worth sending an offender to prison for a few weeks with no rehabilitation courses, housing and focused support to suit the offenders needs in the community?
We also talked about rehabilitation and the lack of rehabilitation in the community and prisons especially for, "low level less serious offenders", also highlighting the fact that drugs and alcohol and mental health play a major role in offending behaviour and the sad fact that rehabilitation only works if offenders want to receive the help to change whilst some offenders play the system to obtain early release on parole then once free go back to their old ways.
I managed to mention the successful amazing work Stuart Toogood and his team have been doing with West Midlands Police helping offenders rehabilitate and support offenders back into the community so they get the best chance possible to lead law abiding fulfilling lives.
In my opinion tackling the wider issues of class A drug supply and demand is a key priority to reducing many of the social issues and crime we are facing in our communities today.
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Myself on German documentary series Galileo. I did pretty well considering the tragic death of my brother Damo a week before filming. I couldn't cancel either as this was booked weeks in advance and the producers travelled from Germany to interview me 💙🙏
A short clip from my presentational speak at The Professional Security Officer Live, part of The Security Event at the NEC Birmingham on the 2 May 2024!
You can use the link in the comments section to view the full 27 minute video speech. You can also subscribe to watch the full video using the link in the comments section below
In my presentation talked about the sharp rise in violence, abuse and theft that security teams and retailers face on a daily basis. I also highlighted some of the important work we do with Catch a Thief helping retailers protect their, customers, staff and stock from the hands of criminals, highlighted the increased levels of danger that security and retailers are experiencing and what can be done better to significantly improve the safety and security for all who work and shop in retail, especially in high risk areas.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped and supported me on my journey which has helped me get this far.
Hope you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Please subscribe via the Catch a Thief website or use the link provided in the comments section below to watch and download the full 27 minute video presentation.
#retail #security #theprofessionalsecurityofficerlive #TSE
The clip is a part of the Channel 5's series, Shoplifters Caught Red Handed, produced by the award winning production company, Crackit Productions.
Clip S01E09 which was first aired on the, 5 December 2023.
You can find the full series via Channel 5's MY 5 app.
A clip featuring myself Professor Martin Gill and the amazing security team from the West Orchards shopping centre in Coventry, West Midlands!...
This clip highlights the dangers and struggles front line retail and security personnel face on a daily basis protecting the public and the businesses they serve. See how a male suspect is spotted and apprehended by the security team for walking around the shopping centre with a hammer and crack pipe concealed in his jacket.
The clip is a part of the Channel 5's series, Shoplifters Caught Red Handed, produced by the award winning production company, Crackit Productions.
Clip S01E09 which was first aired on the, 5 December 2023.
You can find the full series via Channel 5's MY 5 app.
Terminal Fraud!
A clip featuring myself and Catch a Thief UK from Channel 5's new documentary series, Shoplifters Caught Red Handed.
This clip highlights an attempted retail payment terminal fraud in one of my members stores located in Birmingham.
Two male suspects entered the store asking for baby wipes whilst the other male attempted to manipulate the payment terminal in order to use a stolen bank card to pay for alcohol. The male who was asking for baby wipes was doing his best to cause the shop assistant to be distracted.
The situation got a bit tense at times as the shopkeeper in this instance was aware of their distraction scam and managed to refuse them service and even given them a refund which the suspects requested.
Quite often when this type of scam is taking place and the shopkeeper becomes aware and refuses the goods, the bad customer will then ask to be refunded. Many shopkeepers have fallen victim to this and given the refund, the suspect will change the original stolen card that they used to a different card that isn't stolen to obtain the refund. Retailers can lose their money twice with this scam.
You can see these suspects in full via the Catch a Thief UK website.
My advice to retailers regarding this scam is to contact your terminal provider to have the signature request function turned off. Also If a customer asks for a refund don't give them one and ask them to contact their bank.
There are more episodes in this series featuring my work and the work of other professionals in the industry via My5
#retail #security #channel5 #ch5 #my5
A clip featuring myself from the Channel 5 documentary series, Shoplifters Caught Red Handed.
The series highlights the rise in retail crime and the some of work I do with, Catch a Thief UK - Public Appeals - Breaking News helping retailers deter and detect crime in their stores.
The series also highlights the important work by other security teams and crime reduction partnerships and what is being implemented to tackle retail crime, including My Local Bobby in London, The West Orchards Security Team in Coventry and Retailers Against Crime in Scotland.
The series was produced by the award winning production company, Crackit Productions and is available on My5 for streaming.
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