Body Cameras for Food and Retail Workers?

Crime in the UK has become so insane that employees at coffee shops and grocery stores are now wearing body cameras for their own safety. The government wonders why average citizens are taking to the streets to protest. What has changed among the demographic of the UK to cause violence toward these workers to increase by 50% in the past year?

Grocery chain Lidl has invested £2 million on body cameras. Employees in every store will be required to wear a body camera as a safety precaution. Popular coffee chain Pret A Manger has also begun asking their employees to wear a camera that will be turned on in “specific circumstances.”

Shoplifting across the UK has doubled from last year, with 16.7 million recorded incidents, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The BRC believes that thieves have looted over £2bn so far this year. More alarming, the BRC has reported 1,300 cases of violence and abuse against retail workers DAILY.

News reports cite that shoplifting and violence have simply increased since COVID. Who is assaulting food and retail workers? The UK was once considered a developed nation where people could go to work or shop at the store without the fear of violence. The UK, America, Canada, and every nation that has seen the demographics of their population drastically change in a short amount of time are experiencing a massive uptick in violent crime. Open border policies are turning modern societies into second-world nations with low-trust societies.