Supermarket giant with over 900 locations wants to makes big security change to combat ‘very real threat’

A SUPERMARKET elephantine with implicit 900 locations wants to marque a large information alteration to combat a "very existent threat".

Iceland boss, Richard Walker confirmed connected LinkedIn helium would "happily" springiness facial designation a proceedings successful his stores.

Mr Walker added, provided the usage of facial designation was "legal and proportionate".

In March this year, implicit 443,000 incidents of store theft were recorded by police, the House of Lords revealed.

Footage of unit and information struggling to enactment a halt to specified incidents person besides gone viral connected social media.

Now bosses astatine Iceland are looking astatine much impactful ways of stopping it.

In a missive to the Home Office, published connected November 5, the House of Lords acceptable retired recommendations to "help tackle the occupation and assistance support the nationalist and our system safer.”

The database included improved reporting systems for retailers and the instauration of a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker.

Plus, guidance for the usage of facial designation technology by backstage companies.

In effect to this report, Mr Walker said: “I marque nary apologies for putting the information of Iceland colleagues and customers first.

"We urgently request further betterment to code the increasing severity of this issue.

"I won’t station connected present immoderate of the pictures and details of the superior incidents from the study that I person each week - but harmless to accidental they are truly upsetting.

“Right now, information guards are precise constricted successful their quality to enactment against brazen, nonrecreational criminals who run without fearfulness of consequence.

"Enhanced ineligible powers - to hunt and safely detain offenders - would make a stronger deterrent for criminals and assistance reconstruct safer precocious streets for everyone.

“And arsenic I’ve been saying for a portion now, we request confirmation from the Information Commissioner's Office that we should beryllium capable to stock images of perpetrators connected societal media groups.

"The information of my colleagues is much important than the information extortion rights of known offenders.

“Lastly…whilst we don’t yet usage it, I volition happily proceedings and usage legal, proportionate facial designation exertion arsenic an effectual effect to the precise existent menace my colleagues face.”

The House of Lord's study revealed that astir 17 cardinal shoplifting incidents instrumentality spot each year, costing retailers a whopping £2billion.