Great Britain: Tesco supermarket offers to equip its employees with body cameras

UK supermarket giant Tesco (300,000 employees) is offering to equip every frontline shop worker with a body camera in a bid to counter the sharp rise in physical assaults perpetrated by customers, and thus enhance their safety.

By Jessica Agache-Gorse. Published on 08 September 2023 à 12h27 - Update on 08 September 2023 à 12h27

On 03 September in a letter published in the Mail on Sunday, Tesco CEO Ken Murphy claimed, without giving more detailed figures, that physical assaults in Tesco stores had increased by a third compared with the same period last year. Hence why he hopes the use of body cameras will better protect those he considers “unsung heroes.” “They deserve to be safe at work”,…

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