Retailers Against Crime fight high street crime

A national information sharing organisation Retailers

Against Crime (RAC) has been launched today to tackle crime on the high street, it has been announced.

Working in conjunction with specialist IT and services supplier HICOM with its National Business Intelligence System (NBIS) it is been launched to reduce crime in the retail sector.

Members of the RAC in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northwest England will be alerted to known violence or acts of theft in their area. This new web - based technology will allow for a more efficient rate of recording an offence based on identifying the type of act, where it has happened, when it occurred and the origin of the perpetrator.

Maxine Fraser, National Director for RAC, explained: “Incidences of all thefts, acts of violence and volumes of shrinkage are inputted into the system. Incidents that were deterred and sightings of targets or active individuals who travel through regions locally or nationally are also entered into the system allowing us to track criminal activity and identify trends in the location and movement of criminals.”