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Private security firms are increasingly being used to patrol shops and private open spaces. What happens if they overreach their powers, asks journalist Samira Shackle
A mother whose black son was 'arrested' by store detectives has blamed racism.
Kirsty Buchanan OBE, who is a former Number 10 aide, called for a probe into the use of private security guards after her son was pushed to the floor by two 'street rangers' last week.
Police chiefs have long admitted they do not have the resources to investigate high-volume crimes like shoplifting, which has caused business to hire private security.
The 15-year-old boy, whose mother Kirsty Buchanan is a former Number 10 aide, was forcibly detained by the two men on the floor of the shop in Chichester, West Sussex.