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Desperate measures
As this edition went to press we were in the midst of the selection process for the next Prime Minister. By now you’ll know who that is, but whoever is PM takes over when many are struggling and desperate for change
You can’t please everyone all of the time - that it the mantra of today’s politician who, on one hand is trying to address key issues while on the other desperately trying to avoid a Twitter storm by saying something that a tiny number of the population considers ‘offensive’ resulting in being ‘cancelled’, sacked and out the door without really knowing why.
There are many key issues on the table that need addressing including illegal immigration, the NHS, the green agenda and others, but the most prominent is the current cost of living and the rising costs of goods across the board from food to fuel. This crisis is leading experts to predict a summer/autumn of rising crime levels if the new PM doesn’t tackle some concerns, such as the price of a tank of petrol straight away.
This means that thefts across the board couldbe on the up for the time being which comes as no surprise to any of us; desperate people do desperate things. Security systems therefore will be heavily relied upon if the predictions are correct.
Video surveillance manufacturers have spent a lot of R&D time on developing systems that can add business benefits such as stock control, thermal behaviour analysis etc and these are a real bonus for retail managers, but the main focus will probably need to be on loss prevention for the time being. We all know this yet some stores are still failing to protect stock and staff properly even with the prior knowledge that high value items will be the target of thieves. Only recently we saw the Apple store in Covent Garden robbed by an armed mob running off with kit. The Police response was to ask for any footage of the robbery that the public may have taken on their phones. That is surely not what we mean by video security best practice.
Make sure your customers know about the increased threats they face and that they are not relying on unsuitable or outdated methods while the nation gets back on track.
