新西兰提议允许公民逮捕商店行窃者和使用武力,因为零售盗窃行为不断增加。 New Zealand proposes to allow citizens to arrest shoplifters and use force, amid rising retail theft.

新西兰计划修订《犯罪法》,赋予公民和零售商更大的权力,逮捕商店行窃者和使用合理武力,以遏制日益增加的零售盗窃行为。 New Zealand plans to amend the Crimes Act to give citizens and retailers greater powers to arrest shoplifters and use reasonable force, aiming to curb rising retail theft. 然而,新西兰零售公司和工会警告说,这可能会增加暴力并危及工人。 However, Retail NZ and labor unions warn this could increase violence and endanger workers. 在联合王国,一项新的《犯罪与警务法案》旨在保护商店工人,对商店行窃和袭击行为实行更严厉的惩罚,包括对袭击零售工人的行为规定新的罪行。 In the UK, a new Crime and Policing Bill aims to protect shop workers by introducing stricter penalties for shoplifting and assaults, including a new offense for assaulting a retail worker.