The crime of shoplifting poses a real challenge, one that some Dauphin businesses know all too well.
There’ve been concerns of ongoing challenges and timely response to calls of this crime, raised concerns that were brought to the City of Dauphin.
A meeting was held with the City of Dauphin, Dauphin & District Chamber of Commerce and the Parkland area RCMP Detachment.
RCMP will report to calls of shoplifting, as long as there are no other higher priority calls ahead of that one.
Some store owners post videos or photos from their surveillance cameras on social media, to help them catch the suspects.
Staff Sergeant Nolan Suss, Area Commander of the Parkland Detachment, knows there has been some success with this method.
“I know businesses are frustrated with stealing and I know that practice has actually identified some people who have been doing this. I guess the best thing is the prevention of the theft in the first place. So if they can set up the environment in their store so as to prevent the theft in the first place; that’s probably their best defence.
Video surveillance is becoming more affordable and is the best way to control shoplifting.
