Posted on 05/25/2019 1:01:49 PM PDT by lowbridge
Oregon authorities are seeking a would-be thief who was armed with a hatchet when he tried to rob a convenience store, only to flee when the clerk drew a gun and called 911.
However, the clerk's quick thinking cost him his job, with the president of Plaid Pantry in Oak Grove explaining to local station KOIN-TV that the chain has a zero-tolerance policy for weapons.
He said employees are trained to de-escalate robbery situations to avoid injury, according to the station.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released surveillance video of the incident which took place April 28 at the store, seeking tips in identifying the suspect who fled empty-handed and without the 12-inch hatchet.
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There are lots of examples where the display of a weapon de-escalates a situation but people don’t want to report lest they become the criminal and their weapon is confiscated.
Something retarded about Oregon.
[ president of Plaid Pantry in Oak Grove explaining to local station KOIN-TV that the chain has a zero-tolerance policy for weapons. ]
We prefer our employees be hacked to death with a hatchet.
He doesn’t know that the thief wouldn’t have murdered the employee to prevent having a witness.
Good for the former employee.
WTF does de-escalate mean?
It escalated when a guy carrying a potentially very dangerous object entered the place with intent to rob!!
ROFL!!
I hope the man didn’t need the job- fortunately the labor market is tight right now.
Probably would have been wiser just to let him got and not make the 911 call.
“...president of Plaid Pantry in Oak Grove explaining to local station KOIN-TV that the chain has a zero-tolerance policy for weapons...”
Well, president of Plaid Pantry...Tell how you explain to the wife/husband and kids of an employee who is killed because of your stupid policy...
Wow. Really. These idiots are going to end up hiring the criminal instead in the end.
Idiots
Well...I guess all robbers are notified that Plaid Pantry is the place to go for free stuff.
How do you de-escalate a nutcase with a hatchet? I’d like to see the CEO at this stupid store try this. The CEO must be a rat.
Man comes in with an axe. There is not time to “de-escalate.”
Better he had not called 911. Once the guy with the hatchet is gone the situation is safely resolved.
“Plaid Pantry”?
Sounds uber nerdy
The store clerk needs to fend for himself.
I felt very de-escalated when I worked in a Rockefeller Plaza office. :)
When I drove a cab, not so much.
What an idiot.
It de-escalated when the clerk showed a gun.
LOL Yes it did!
Good thing Nick Meli wasn’t working for this bum during the Clackamas Mall murders.
“During that time, Nick Meli, a concealed carry permit holder, drew his Glock 22, claimed to have taken aim at Roberts, but did not fire since there was a bystander behind Roberts. Meli claims that Roberts saw him and that this may have contributed to Roberts’ decision to commit suicide.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackamas_Town_Center_shooting
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