Posted on 09/08/2023 1:14:53 PM PDT by DFG
A Walmart in Atlanta that was shuttered after it was set on fire by suspected arsonists is installing a police “workspace” inside the store — the latest dire measure aimed at curtailing the shoplifting epidemic that has hit big box chains, groceries, pharmacies, and other retailers.
The Walmart grocery store and pharmacy in Vine City, a low-income neighborhood on Atlanta’s west side, will feature a work area for cops when it reopens in May, the retailer said.
Police officers will be able to fill out paperwork and hold meetings in the space in addition to charging their phones and body cameras.
“You’re thinking about going into this Walmart to do some shoplifting or a robbery or whatever — you see the APD logo and you say, ‘Ah, not today’,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told RoughDraft Atlanta, a local newspaper.
“After talking with the Merchants Association on MLK and Clark University and other people in the neighborhood, folks were saying they want to see more police presence,” Dickens added.
The mayor said that the goal of the “workspace” is to keep shoppers and retail workers safe while also making sure Walmart minimizes “shrink” — or loss of inventory from theft or damage — so that the company doesn’t decide “they don’t want to stay here anymore.”
Last December, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned that the company may be forced to shutter locations in areas where governments are taking a soft-on-crime approach.
In 2022, big box chains, grocery stores, and pharmacies lost an estimated $94.5 billion year due to shrink, according to The National Retail Foundation.
Large retail chains such as Target, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, and Macy’s have reported a drop in sales — a significant portion of which could be attributed to shrink.
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In the old days, they’d give them free donuts.
.. gotta protect that stuff.
When employees are being assaulted, robbed and fired for defending themselves from violence.. business as usual.
But when the Chinese goods profits are at stake? We snap to action.
In rideshare, the market I work in, when drivers are assaulted nothing happens. When passengers money is at risk the companies snap to action.
It’s hard for me to rejoice.
But we already knew Georgia was full of thieves. What took Walmart so long?
I was going to say, just open a donut shop and hot dog stand.
Great idea. Them people don’t want to be around cops in the first place.
Yet another troubling sign of the continuing collapse of our once civil society...
Easiest thing is to close it down; listen for the racist hollering.
In 2022, big box chains, grocery stores, and pharmacies lost an estimated $94.5 billion year due to shrink, according to The National Retail Foundation.
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94.5 Billion could pay a ton of off duty cops to work retail stores.
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GREAT MOVE
The Walmart grocery store and pharmacy in Vine City, a low-income neighborhood on Atlanta’s west side, will feature a work area for cops when it reopens in May, the retailer said.
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I can hear the cries of racists now. “I’m offended. There’s no cops working out of Walmart in white areas of town.”
For which the obvious answer is, “Gee I wonder why?”
Big retailer get protection.
Small retailer fend for themselves.
Or a lot of one-way plane tickets to Africa.
The solution is to merely make sure that stores are protected when capturing and holding thieves for what should be a mandatory arrest.
What happened to grabbing the thief and holding them until the police arrived?
Or even a lot of “personal protection” for managers to use in stopping these thugs.
Let the ‘hood be a retail desert.
Let the ‘hood be a retail desert.
But if you shut down the Target, where will men go to use the women’s restroom?
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