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Posted on 03/01/2023 7:03:55 AM PST by Twotone
On February 9, Nike sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and city officials asking for more police at their MLK Community Store, which has been closed for months because of ongoing retail theft, with the shoe brand even proposing to pay law enforcement directly if it would bring them the protection they were requesting.
According to KGW8, Nike proposed two options. The company was open to creating an "intergovernmental agreement" with the city of Portland to directly fund full-time police officers who would be selected to police the store. A second option would be to pay off-duty Portland Police Bureau officers as contracted security.
According to the Oregonian, Nike released a statement that said, "Because a safe and secure workplace is essential for our employees, consumers, and communities, we have proposed a sustained and coordinated partnership with the City to better protect employees, consumers, and the community surrounding our MLK Community Store."
Sarah Mensah, Nike's North America general manager, and chief security officer Joe Marsico said their company closed the MLK Community Store "in response to deteriorating public safety conditions and rapid escalation in retail theft.
The letter sent to Wheeler and Portland officials said "to date, the proposed solutions offered and the current public safety situation" did not leave any room for the store to reopen, leading to the company's new proposal.
Nike said that under their new plan, they would continue to hire private security in addition to the police. The difference is that the private security contracted by the company is not legally allowed to intervene physically in a retail theft crime, which is a common practice in American retail stores. The police would have the power to detain and arrest individuals caught in the commission of a crime.
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It’s on MLK Blvd.
Shrug Portland
“MLK Community Store”
It is dangerous enough when they name streets and boulevards after the guy.
;-)
Shrug Nike.
The first question I thought of was, why are they even interested in keeping the store open?
Is Nike really stupid and deluded enough to believe that the people in charge of Portland are going to increase the police presence anywhere? That’s racist and fascist.
How’s that Defund the Police working out for you Nike?
Maybe they should sell just work boots.
LOFL at Phil Knight, 85-year-old douchelord. *spit*
“...the community surrounding our MLK Community Store.”
Yep. Sure. Dumbest place to build. At least in ‘The People’s Republic of Madistan,’ long known for it’s COMPASSION and Communist ties, puts the COURTHOUSE and the JAIL on their MLK Drive. *SNORT*
Also read elsewhere that Nike is sitting on BILLIONS of dollars in merchandise they need to move before it’s too late.
Too bad, so sad. I’ve never purchased a Nike product (not even second-hand) and have never bought anything with their logo on it for my kids, and they knew why. Stupid SHOULD hurt.
Oregon proposed $1000 a month, no questions asked, to the poor and homeless. Nike just wants to be in place to sell a pair of shoes with a $1000 price tag.
EC
Go woke, go broke!
Herndon said he worries the ongoing issues with theft at the Nike Community Store could jeopardize its future.
“Criminals do not care about history,” he said.
Sorry, can’t hear you. WHAT kind of protection?
LOL, at war with their “customers”
Nike has a problem. They could make their store into the equivalent of a ghetto bodega, with all the valuable goods behind bulletproof glass. But then, the non-criminals who would like to buy shoes will be offended that they are not allowed to try on shoes before they buy them, and will go to another store.
I think the only solution is to lock customers into the store while they are trying on shoes and only let them out (through an airlock-type arrangement) once they have paid for the merchandise.
Nike just wanting to APPEAR they are interested in reopening these RISKY stores.
No real interest at all.
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