Police Introduction
We have established operating procedures for Civil Recovery and there are agreed
guidelines in place with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and
Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS). We have worked with the
Criminal Justice Development Department of the PSNI to establish Civil Recovery
in Northern Ireland.
Retail civil recovery is a method used by many retailers to recover losses,
damages and expenses (such as the cost of apprehending the wrongdoer, security
costs and damage/loss to goods or property) directly from shop thieves. ACPO
(the Association of Chief Police Officers) has paid close attention to civil
recovery from the programme's inception in 1998 and protocols have been agreed
with retailers and RLP.