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Co-op boss says criminal gangs are operating ‘exempt from consequences’

Supermarket group calls for action after police fail to attend nearly 80% of the time to deal with serious offenders

The boss of Co-op is calling on the government to take more action to tackle retail crime amid a warning it has reached record levels as criminal gangs are operating “exempt from consequences”.

Co-op said its latest data showed that of the nearly 3,000 occasions this year where security teams detained serious offenders in its stores, the police failed to show up almost four-fifths of the time, leading to a “dangerous pressure cooker” environment that puts store workers and communities at risk.

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