The industry fears government plans to widen powers will see violence against staff who "don't go to work to do law enforcement".
  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    So a vigilante system with government encouragement.

    This will not end well, retail workers are not police!

    • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Doesn’t have to be retail. The law says any criminal code being broken. You could arrest people for all kinds of things, for example public drunkenness.