The supermarket chain has offered body-worn cameras to workers who need them as physical assaults increase.
Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy has called for a change in the law to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence across the UK.
He said Tesco has invested £44 million in four years on security measures including door access systems, protection screens and digital radios, as well as the cameras, but called for more to be done against offenders.“Money spent on making sure people are safe at work is always well spent,” he said. “But it should not have to be like this. Crime is a scourge on society and an insult to shoppers and retail workers.
“Judges should make use of this power. But we need to go further, as in Scotland, and make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence in itself.” Usdaw General Secretary, Paddy Lillis, welcomed Mr Murphy’s intervention and called for any staff wearing cameras to be “properly trained”.
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