Sainsbury's security head warns of more crime and fewer police

The head of corporate security at Sainsbury’s says that the future will see fewer police resources and more crime. Police say BCRPs have a greater role to play

Phillip Hagon, head of corporate security for Sainsbury’s, was speaking at an Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) regional engagement seminar on business crime at the Hilton Hotel, Whitley. He looked ahead to a 20 per cent reduction in police resources and an increase in the volume of crime including anti-social behaviour and the growth of organised crime. And he called on police to “engage the security industry in a more intelligent way”.

Lee Kettlewell, of the Home Office crime strategy unit, said key future targets for the Government were anti-social behaviour, which continued to be a priority, serious acquisitive crime and serious organised crime.

Chief Superintendent John Liversedge from Thames Valley Police urged all the businesspeople in the room to get involved with their neighbourhood action groups and crime and disorder reduction partnerships and urged local businesses to get in touch with their local business crime reduction partnerships.

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