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The Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative Limited, (WRCI), is a county wide Partnership approach to prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in retail and licensed business premises in Warwickshire.
Our aim is to achieve a safer environment for the whole community in which to live, work and socialise.
The day to day operation of these schemes is a partnership process between the members, WRCI Limited, Warwickshire Police, CCTV, local radio schemes BID schemes and local Community Safety Partnerships.
There are retail schemes at Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Stratford, Rugby, Nuneaton, Bedworth and Atherstone, with over 400 members.
There are Pub Watch schemes at Leamington, Stratford, Rugby and Nuneaton. The scheme members identify individuals who they wish to be barred from member premises, by submitting incident reports and are then provided, via a secure online system, with details of offenders who satisfy the criteria for inclusion on the scheme.
This process is managed by two administrators employed by WRCI Ltd. but housed by Warwickshire Police. They operate under a set of data sharing protocols agreed with Warwickshire Police.
Members hire or own radios which allows them to communicate with each other, the Police, Rangers, Town Hosts and CCTV Control Rooms.
The day time scheme for retail members ensures that prolific offenders are identified to all members and allows for early identification of them which results in the prevention or disruption of further offending in member stores. Persistent offenders are excluded from member stores.
The night time scheme with its exclusion process puts in place a strong control mechanism around member premises and town centres to prevent and reduce violent crime and disorderly behaviour. Violent or Persistent offenders are excluded from member premises.
The scheme is self-funding from membership.
Our aim is to achieve a safer environment for the whole community in which to live, work and socialise.
The day to day operation of these schemes is a partnership process between the members, WRCI Limited, Warwickshire Police, CCTV, local radio schemes BID schemes and local Community Safety Partnerships.
There are retail schemes at Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Stratford, Rugby, Nuneaton, Bedworth and Atherstone, with over 400 members.
There are Pub Watch schemes at Leamington, Stratford, Rugby and Nuneaton. The scheme members identify individuals who they wish to be barred from member premises, by submitting incident reports and are then provided, via a secure online system, with details of offenders who satisfy the criteria for inclusion on the scheme.
This process is managed by two administrators employed by WRCI Ltd. but housed by Warwickshire Police. They operate under a set of data sharing protocols agreed with Warwickshire Police.
Members hire or own radios which allows them to communicate with each other, the Police, Rangers, Town Hosts and CCTV Control Rooms.
The day time scheme for retail members ensures that prolific offenders are identified to all members and allows for early identification of them which results in the prevention or disruption of further offending in member stores. Persistent offenders are excluded from member stores.
The night time scheme with its exclusion process puts in place a strong control mechanism around member premises and town centres to prevent and reduce violent crime and disorderly behaviour. Violent or Persistent offenders are excluded from member premises.
The scheme is self-funding from membership.