All good ideas. I can’t speak for any other cities, but in Dallas in the late 70’s and into the 80’s we had shotgun squads organized of police behind one way mirrors. We stopped an ass load of aggravated armed robberies in quick stops, gas stations, and liquor stores. The great thing was that it stopped repeat offenders and was a powerful deterrent to wanna-bes. A good Remington 870 takes care of a whole mess of trouble.
Of course today, sadly, I think society at large doesn’t have the balls for a solution like this anymore.
And that right there is USC's anti-looting plan. Shoot the bastards, problem solved.