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London mayor urged to introduce tags for repeat shoplifters

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Croydon’s executive mayor, Jason Perry, has written to the mayor of London Sadiq Khan calling for GPS ankle tagging to be used on persistent shoplifters in Croydon – creating exclusion zones around retail centres, deterring repeat offending, and enabling fast recall for breaches. The proposal…

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