Alex has announced that up to 25,000 shoplifters could be tagged with tracking devices in a major crackdown on shoplifting.
Prolific shoplifters will have exclusion zones imposed on them that ban them from high streets – or even certain shops – through tags which use GPS-monitoring technology that will alert the police if offenders stray into areas they are banned from.
Alex believes that the electronic ankle tags will hang 'like a sword of Damocles' over those who consider reoffending as they know that they are liable to go to prison if they step out of line.
Locally, the plan is working with Gloucestershire Police stating that shoplifting is coming down in Cheltenham following an intensive targeted operation against well-known shoplifters.