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NewsPolice launch appeal after forecourt staff member assaulted during robbery
Officers from West Yorkshire Police are appealing to members of the public for information following a robbery at a filling station that left a staff member needing hospital attention.
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NewsMan charged with a dozen thefts from the same petrol station
A 44-year-old man from Essex has been charged with a string of offences committed at the same BP filling station.
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NewsGovernment to target 5,000 hand car washes in £1m illegal working crackdown
The Prime Minister has announced an extra £1m of funding and a new team of investigators tasked with tackling people who do not have the right to work in the UK, with hand car washes first in the initiative’s firing line.
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NewsVars gains accreditation to electronically request driver details from DVLA
Forecourt security firm Vars Technology has been granted the ability to electronically request vehicle-keeper details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s main database, allowing the firm to more quickly use number plates to contact motorists associated with drive-offs and no means of payment incidents.
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NewsPolice seek man over £800 of stolen fuel
Drive-offs may often go uninvestigated by authorities, but officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police are actively seeking a man suspected of stealing £800 worth of fuel.
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NewsMajority of shoppers back facial-recognition tech
A survey of over 2,000 adults has found the majority of people support retail firms deploying facial-recognition systems to protect retail workers.
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NewsIdentical twins jailed for knifepoint forecourt holdup
Two brothers who are identical twins have been jailed after being convicted of robbing a petrol station while armed with a knife.
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NewsNew partnership syncs till-point data with CCTV and ANPR footage
A “groundbreaking” partnership between security firm Big Brother and Epos provider Madic that allows till-point data to be automatically synchronised with footage from ANPR and CCTV systems has been announced.
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NewsPolice seek perpetrator of forecourt knife robber
Officers from Police Scotland are seeking a man who held up a filling station in Dumbarton at knifepoint.
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NewsPolice continue to use Criminal Behaviour Orders to ban shoplifters from petrol stations
Two police forces have issued separate Criminal Behaviour Orders to shoplifters, banning them from entering petrol stations.
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NewsPolice hunt fuel card fraudster
Hampshire police officers have been conducting a complex financial investigation following a number of incidents where a fuel card has been fraudulently used at petrol stations across Portsmouth and Waterlooville.
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NewsPenny On The Move warns about thieves siphoning above ground tanks with pipe from nearby field
Penny On The Move is warning fellow forecourt owners with above ground fuel tanks in the Cumbria area and beyond to be on high alert. This follows two recent incidents at its sites in the county in which thieves siphoned off diesel with a plastic pipe connecting to an artic truck in a nearby field.
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NewsArrests for illegal working rocket… but fines for hiring illegal workers remain unpaid
Arrests for illegal working – including those employed in hand car washes – have soared to their highest levels since records began, reports the Home Office.
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NewsMan who stole from petrol station and supermarket more than 100 times jailed for three years
A prolific shoplifter, who targeted a supermarket and petrol station in Waltham Forest more than 100 times, has been jailed for three years following a Met Police investigation.
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NewsMan jailed for forecourt rooftop standoff in Cornwall
A thief who stole alcohol from a forecourt shop before climbing on its roof and threatening to blow the place up, has been jailed for 27 months.
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NewsAuror app helps BP get shoplifters arrested
BP is seeing some excellent results using the Auror app to tackle shop theft.
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NewsMan jailed for robbery and violent disorder
A man involved in a robbery at knifepoint as well as a separate violent disorder incident at a petrol station has been jailed.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SHOP SECURITY: Crime and punishment
Forecourt operators are finding new ways to combat shop crime, with MFG reporting a 60% reduction in theft in a two store trial using Chirp electronic tags on targeted items.
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NewsSeven people arrested in car wash immigration raids
Seven people at two car washes in Congleton have been arrested as part of an ongoing operation to tackle organised immigration crime.
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NewsMan banned from BP and Shell garages for five years
A prolific shoplifter has been banned from entering BP and Shell Garages in the Reading and Wokingham area as well as Co-op and Tesco stores in the same region.