The Best Buy closest to me down in Albuquerque always has a cop car out front. Always. Not responding, but as a deterrent. I guess they pay extra for that, but who knows?
The car probably doesn’t run. Otherwise it would have been stolen by now.
they do
cops who want extra time can sign up for these security details
my company always had a cop in the parking lot on the weekends. we cut a check for it.
The one in Fair Lakes, Fairfax, Va has a cop car out front every time I go by and the last time I was there, a cop was hanging out near the front door. Guess it’s that bad, even here.