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Vancouver launches retail crime task force as violent shoplifting grows - BC | Globalnews.ca

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The City of Vancouver is launching a new task force aimed at coming up with solutions to retail crime.

The move comes as the Vancouver Police Department reports a nearly 12-per cent hike in shoplifting incidents in 2024 .

The task force will include experts in small and large retail, police, security, social services and law.

Gourmet Warehouse founder Caren McSherry calls the exercise a waste of time.

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