David Davies: There is a way to increase police numbers and reduce shoplifting, at no extra cost

David Davies: There is a way to increase police numbers and reduce shoplifting, at no extra cost

David T.C. Davies is a former Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, former Welsh Secretary and former MP for Monmouth. Shoplifting is soaring, retailers are bleeding cash, and the police increasingly will not deal with it. Although one hard-pressed shopkeeper in North Wales, repeatedly targeted by shoplifters, managed to get the police to attend — but only so they could order him to take down his “shoplifters are scum” notice. Various “so…