Police plan 'supermarket cells' to hold shoplifters and drunks
'The short-term lockups could hold prisoners for up to four hours where they would be finger-printed, photographed and have a DNA sample taken.
They would allow beat bobbies to remove offenders from circulation without spending too long off the street themselves.
Offenders held in the cells could then either be released with a fine, or referred for further action or charging.
The so-called "supermarket cells" have already been piloted in Selfridges on Oxford Street.'
