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Security Guards Told Not to Stop Shoplifters

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 4/28/2026 2:40:43 PM

Security guards are being told not to stop shoplifters over health and safety fears despite a crime wave sweeping the country. The Telegraph has the story. Union bosses are telling their members to “watch, report and be an expert witness for police”, but are explicitly ordering them not to intervene against theft. The Security Industry Federation (SIF) has told its members, “do not put yourselves in harm’s way for those who may not support you afterwards”. The union’s General Secretary Daniel Garnham said that while this diktat went “against the instincts and principles of many good security professionals… someone else’s stock is not more important than your safety, your career or your licence”.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bighambone 4/28/2026 2:55:53 PM (No. 2098264)
From what we have recently been told, it appears that anyone in the world can now easily sneak into the UK illegally, stay as long as they wish as long as they appear to be potential labor Party supporters and voters, and then steal what they wish without any official law enforcement hinderance. Once enough of those people, especially those of African and Middle East Islamic origin get into the UK, it won’t be long before they smuggle enough firearms and other munitions into the UK where both the police and citizens are disarmed, that there will be a good chance that the UK will be on the track to be committing national suicide.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Venturer 4/28/2026 3:39:47 PM (No. 2098278)
I stopped at a buffet on the way back from Florida, and was eating, and I noticed a black woman filling her large purse with chicken. When server came by to pick up dishes I told her what was going on, and was told that Yes, they knew she was stealing the chicken, but it just wasn't worth the hassle to say anything to her and if they did do something they would have to throw the chicken away anyway.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Ruhn 4/28/2026 3:55:42 PM (No. 2098283)
When respect of the commons is gone, societal collapse is next.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 4/28/2026 4:07:41 PM (No. 2098288)
Maybe they could make up for some of the shoplifting loss by firing the security people, who apparently no longer have any reason to be drawing a paycheck.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 4/28/2026 5:50:29 PM (No. 2098323)
So, the third world vermin infesting Britain will now ACCELERATE their wholesale theft of every item in every store. Free stuff!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Hazymac 4/28/2026 6:12:24 PM (No. 2098331)
Retailers will be quickly wiped out. Might as well close up shop. Get the riffraff out, even if they came into Great Britain sixty years ago. The Beatles' song "Get Back" was inspired by the Pakistanis that had begun to arrive onshore. Everyone knew they were no good, even that long ago.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: MickTurn 4/29/2026 12:01:12 AM (No. 2098422)
SO.... whoever is giving this order needs to PAY for all the STOLEN Merchandise! How about a LOCKED front DOOR, with guards that let people in, but they can't get out unless they have a receipt! They jail themselves between the Outside door and the Inside door right inside the Outside DOOR. That room is the holding tank awaiting the COPS!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: mifla 4/29/2026 7:51:50 AM (No. 2098517)
And what happens to the shopkeeper who refuses admittance to a known shoplifter?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: JHHolliday 4/29/2026 9:49:29 AM (No. 2098574)
Where there no law, there is no order. Small shops will be driven out of business. Larger ones can sustain some 'shrinkage' but it's only a matter of time before something will have to be done or some solution like ordering your goods at the counter and an employee sent to pick up your goods and bring them to the counter. This comes from politicians (Democrat) excusing and not prosecuting minor crime. The 'broken windows' theory. For some, this will be a bridge too far and they will leave and take their tax money with them. It's happening now in spite of attempts to stop by even considering an 'exit tax' that would violate the Constitution. Not that they won't try to erect a financial Berlin Wall to keep their citizens entrapped and paying taxes and living under expensive, out of control regulations. They will then either blame it on Trump or chastise their (former) citizens for complaining about being plucked like a goose. For now, we have freedom of movement but you can bet your last dollar that their desperate politicians will try to find a way to hold their remaining tax paying citizens in a state-wide financial Alcatraz.
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