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Retail security staff could soon be equipped with facial-recognition-capable body worn cameras

August 2, 2021

Retail security personnel could soon be equipped with body worn cameras capable of facial recognition as violence towards staff continues to escalate. Technology company Reveal has unveiled the world’s first…

Videos of a man dressed in a Spiderman costume punching and kicking an Asda employees have driven yet more demands for new laws to crack down on violence towards shop workers.

Video of Asda worker being kicked in the throat ignites latest demands for new laws to protect staff

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July 27, 2021

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Videos of a man dressed in a Spiderman costume punching and kicking an Asda employee have driven yet more demands for new laws to crack down on violence towards shop…

Shop workers across the UK continued to face “appalling violence, threats and abuse” as a new study reveals over 1.2 million incidents occurred last year.

Boots latest to issue bodycams to staff as violence against shop workers continues to surge

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February 9, 2021

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Boots has become the latest high street retailer to fit its employees with body-worn cameras as it seeks to protect them from a continued spike in violence. The health and…

Usdaw welcomes government inquiry into shopworker violence after incidents double in 2020

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December 20, 2020

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Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed a new inquiry into the rise of violence and abuse towards retail workers. On Friday the union announced it had secured the necessary 100,000…

Superdrug to issue body cameras as it prepares for “even bigger spike” in violence this Christmas

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December 1, 2020

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Superdrug is planning to issue its staff with body cameras as it prepares for a further surge in violence towards its staff during the Christmas shopping period. The health and…

Body cameras issued to hundreds of Co-op staff amid unprecedented “levels of violence and abuse”

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July 23, 2020

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Co-op has issued hundreds of its frontline store staff with body cameras amid fears for their safety as violence towards them skyrockets. The grocer has provided staff at 250 stores…

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Retail security staff could soon be equipped with facial-recognition-capable body worn cameras

Boots latest to issue bodycams to staff as violence against shop workers continues to surge

Usdaw welcomes government inquiry into shopworker violence after incidents double in 2020

Superdrug to issue body cameras as it prepares for “even bigger spike” in violence this Christmas

Body cameras issued to hundreds of Co-op staff amid unprecedented “levels of violence and abuse”

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Retail security staff could soon be equipped with facial-recognition-capable body worn cameras

Video of Asda worker being kicked in the throat ignites latest demands for new laws to protect staff

Boots latest to issue bodycams to staff as violence against shop workers continues to surge

Usdaw welcomes government inquiry into shopworker violence after incidents double in 2020

Superdrug to issue body cameras as it prepares for “even bigger spike” in violence this Christmas

Body cameras issued to hundreds of Co-op staff amid unprecedented “levels of violence and abuse”

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The on-demand wine merchant taking on the grocery delivery giants

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