THEFT FROM SHOPS – HESSLE Theft from shops in Hessle has increased since the beginning of January and some of the items stolen are high value products.

JANUARY UPDATE
The neighbourhood policing team have increased the patrols of retail outlets to provide reassurance and deter offenders.
We have been making personal visits to each incident, gathering together all of the reported offences, searching shop CCTV and Hessle CCTV for images of suspects and identifying those offenders who are carrying out regular shop theft.
We are making regular arrests and by collating all of the offences for each suspect we can present the full extent of their offending to the courts.

FEBRUARY UPDATE
We have achieved a reduction in recorded shop theft and also identified one person responsible for half of the 6 recorded crimes in February who is being dealt with through the courts by way of summons.
Local staff are now well aware of any regular shoplifters for this area and can
Easily identify them in person and from shop CCTV systems.
Although we will continue to carry out regular high visibility patrols of the Hessle shops to deter offenders and reassure customers, this will be removed from out local policing priorities.