Rejected petition Any shop that has Black Friday sales has to pay the whole cost of any police call out

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There have been dozens of call-outs of Police around the country because superstores like Tescos and ASDA had 'Black Friday' events and failed to plan for the crowds in terms of in-store security and the incidents caused by hundreds of shoppers competing against each other for 'bargains'.

Tax payers should not have to foot any of the bill for this ill-thought out marketing event, and all the costs of the police and ambulance call outs should be paid for by the shops.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Deployment of police to such scenes is an operational matter for forces - govt cannot intervene in operational policing matters.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 29 November 2014
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