The Australian Retailers Association said one in every four of these shoplifting incidents involved "abuse or assault" against workers.
In an ongoing trial, staff at 30 Coles stores across Australia are being fitted with cameras to only be turned on in "threatening situations".
The title sounds misleading, from the text of the article it's more of a panic button to alert emergency services than it is passive monitoring of employees or customers.
Lol, cheese DRM. Just when I thought more DRM was impossible.