lol - The source is the San Francisco Chronicle
Private “NATIONAL” security guards. A couple of guys wouldn’t cut it Id bet.
“ The articles suggest that private security guards are the only solution..”
No, they aren’t.
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This proves Walgreens is RACIST!
Who are these 'brazen shoplifters'?
They say Walgreens’ policy is to not get involved. They don’t want anyone getting injured or getting sued, so the guys just keep coming in and taking whatever they want.”
I’ve heard many retailers have similar policies. So the criminal element know that nothing will happen to them. So what happens? They become more and more brazen in their crimes. In the absence of any opposition, they get bolder and bolder.
It is not just San Francisco. The Walgreen’s half a mile from my house, just off an interstate highway exit, closed for the same reason here in Phoenix. I was told the culprit was the Greyhound Bus Station across the street.
If I were homeless, San Fran. would be my choice of locales. You can steal with virtual impugnity and suffer no great consequences. Gotta love it! /s
Thou shalt not steal.
If the stolen item carries a 10% profit margin the store needs to sell nine of them just to break even. Eventually they collapse under the weight of the math.
Perhaps they should go back to the old method used over 120 years ago.
Like a bank, you go in and up to the counter and tell the clerk what you want. He then sends a boy into the back to fetch it. You pay for it and leave. You never get to go back into the stock room.
“private security guards”
If they try to stop the looters, walgreens gets their butt sued off and/or the marxists will burn the store down.
It’s what San Franciscans voted for - and presumably will continue to vote for. No sympathy.
If shrinkage losses were no longer tax deductible, retailers might grow a pair.
Obviously attributed to racism.
Ferals gonna be ferals!
In terms of the pay the security officers receive, it is not expensive at all. Unarmed security officers typically are paid just above minimum wage per hour. Armed make only a dollar more per hour. I know from personal experience as a security officer in Los Angeles during the 2008 recession, and today in Charlotte, my roommate makes only $14 an hour as an armed guard. Their last raise was 8 cents an hour. I am not kidding. The security companies might get lucrative contracts, but they don’t pay their employees well at all.
There is no solution.
Have you forgotten that California pretty much legalized shoplifting under $950 (Proposition 47)? It is only a misdemeanor. The cops don’t show up.
Even if the security guard stopped them (a risky proposition) the cops wouldn’t arrest them. They might arrest the security guards for false imprisonment.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-prop-47-shoplifting-theft-crime-statewide
Some family friends ran a grocery store in “the hood.” 3rd generation, was once an area of German and Polish immigrants.
They had typical problems, but were well-known and respected by local folks, knew most customers by name, employed local kids, adapted business to local standards, needs and problems. They refused to put everything by plexiglass, refused to sell hard liquor, etc…. They carried a full range of vegetables even though it was a money-loser.
The 3rd generation got into their late 50s and finally sold out to some Arabs. The new owners put bars on all windows and bulletproof glass on counters. Got rid of most fresh and bakery products, put in a hard liquor section, etc. etc.
The area immediately become a food desert. Not another grocery store within at least 5 miles.