WARWICKSHIRE RETAIL
Working in Partnership to Create a Safer Shopping Environment in Warwickshire
Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative
WRCI is a Partnership arrangement to prevent and reduce crime and anti social behaviour in retail business premises in Warwickshire.
The scheme is based on a proven Partnership approach, which has been active in Warwickshire since 2001. Since then shop lifting and fraud in shops has fallen by 23%.
The Partnership members identify the most prolific individuals who are committing crime or acting in an anti social manner in their premises at target meetings.
The WRCI Retail Business Crime Advisors in conjunction with the local Police then prepare target packages.
Members are then provided with the target packages, which contain photographs of these individuals and information about the methods they use to commit crime, their behaviour and known risk factors.
The packages also contain information on individuals who have been banned under the scheme from entering member’s premises.
This is a unique information sharing arrangement.
Join Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative
- TO work in Partnership to Create a Safer Shopping Environment in Warwickshire.
- TO reduce the level of retail crime, and anti social behaviour in member premises.
- TO exclude persistent and prolific offenders and troublemakers from member premises.
- TO protect staff from acts of physical violence and verbal abuse.
- TO protect and create employment.
- TO encourage greater economic investment by creating & promoting a safer place to shop work and live.
- TO benefit from being part of a multi-agency Partnership team to reduce retail crime in Warwickshire.
- TO have access to target photograph packages to aid identification of prolific offenders and excluded persons.
- TO have access to intelligence information and risk assessments of prolific offenders and excluded persons.
- TO build staff confidence and morale.
- TO create a safer shopping for your customers.
- TO receive free crime prevention advice.
- TO display provided door stickers as a visual deterrent to thieves.
- TO meet with other Partners to agree future targets and exchange information about local issues.
- TO help create a stronger business community.
To join the Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative online, please click the button below to take you to the online form.
Alternatively, you can download the WRCI leaflet and fill in the paperbased form. The leaflet can be downloaded using the link at the bottom of this page.
The Partnership
Retail Radio
WRCI members join local retail radio schemes to communicate with each other, patrolling police officers and Community Safety Officers and Town CCTV schemes.
CCTV
Town Centre CCTV cameras can be alerted to monitor and provide information on the movements of suspected offenders and troublemakers.
Local Police
Apprehension and arrest of thieves. Police Community Safety Officers provide a very visible presence patrolling and visiting retail premises. A closer working with the retail community
Magistrates
They have been briefed about WRCI and can deal more appropriately with suspects appearing before them who are subject of exclusion orders from WRCI members businesses.
Other Key Partners
Town Centre Managers, Shopping Centre Managers, Businesses, Local Authorities and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
Contact details
If you would like further information or to speak to one of our Retail Business crime Advisors, contact:
North:
Sabrina Aston: 079171 83766
South:
Mike Cornes: 079171 83764
Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative,
Community Safety Team,
Warwickshire Police H.Q.
Leek Wootton,
Warwick, CV35 7QB
Tel: 01926 415000 ext: 8200
A copy of this information and a paperbased application form to join the WRCI can be found by downloading the following PDF file.