SF stores install exit gates, chain locks to stop shoplifting | KTVU

[@Mlogan11]

I don't see why the employees have to testify in court to convict the shoplifters. All that should be needed is the video of them taking items without paying for them and them being caught with the stolen items.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Because a camera is not a witness. Only a person can be a witness. Though I agree with your point.

[@supportmytroups7]

Cuz legal bs that’s why it wouldnt work

[@tjmarx]

How do you get across that they did not pay for the items without a person saying that? You need an employee witness to state on the record that the items were not paid for. That's how court works.

[@GameCreatorOfGod]

Film of you is not you and you can say this is not me, it is easy, and after that with no witness there is no way to prove it is you in the film.

[@agn728]

The real answer is you don't HAVE to. I work in Asset Protection and most of the time we will receive a subpoena/request for records and they will state we can either send a Certificate of Records summarizing your qualifications and the evidence provided, and if one is not returned they may reach back out to request testimony regarding the evidence turned over. Otherwise there's no guarantee the files are authentic and/or accurate. On occasion for larger/unique cases they may call in the AP Leader or whoever made/ran the stop/Investigation on the subject, but it's not like cashiers are going to court every time someone pockets a steak lol

[@ChristianHernandez-cs2mu]

We should just go back to the days where people doing bad things were actually punished instead of given the power to sue everyone

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

@@Look_What_You_Did He's smiling as we speak because he knows he's right all along about Hair Sniffer President you guys have.

[@mizv4043]

@natmarelnam4871 no it wont. california voters are too stupid to vote law abiding politicians and DAs in

[@Lemuel928]

Bad things are cruel crimes.

[@brandonknight431]

​@@Look_What_You_DidBiden is the worst president in U.S. history. Lol

[@esexavo]

you voted for this

[@chucknorris2353]

Imagine being so confident that there would be no consequences at all for stealing that you would be willing to do it with a LOCAL NEWS CAMERA CREW FILMING YOU.

[@bellad1063]

I’m saying. A whole news crew, broad daylight, manager at the door… walking with a handful!

[@8avexp]

They will find out one day, much to their surprise, I'm sure, that there are consequences for one's actions.

[@benjones1767]

Those were actors they were all white so you know they’re prob actors because we know who’s really doing all the stealing & we all know who we can’t call thieves even if they are

[@stopminormutilation]

And jail isn’t gonna do shit.

[@Unworthy_Servant7]

​​@@8avexpyes you are right, God will repay each person according to their works, amen my friend, He aks all people to repent (turn from doing evil)and put their trust in Son for their remission of sins. God bless you

[@theprofessional155]

The testifying isn’t the only reason . They still consider shoplifters customers . I asked my manager in retail once why he didn’t ban shoplifters and he said he didn’t want them to complain to corporate. It’s pure stupidity.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

“Pure stupidity” defines the state of America in the past 3 years. Globalized Corporate Conglomerates really have put us into an era of 1984, Brazil, & Idiocracy.

[@27273100]

That's flat-out financial suicide for any business. They gotta make money, so it doesn't surprise me that stores would go to this extreme, but this is the reality we live in. This nation is paying big time.

[@Abcwhatever]

Whats banning them gonna do? They can still go there. And if you ban 100 people, do you expect all your employees to recognize all 100 banned persons?

[@remingtonsteel5945]

@@27273100 Stores just raise prices to items..plus insurance and tax-credit for loses..and Security Guards are just to show that store is making and effort...but are instructed ''hands down''..

[@dethblade4836]

​@@Abcwhatever possibly if the shitbag's face is posted somewhere

[@tx189]

Who wrote the law to let people shoplift and go free?

[@anti-social6368]

Biden’s wonderful democracy of failure that hard working tax payers have to suffer through! FJB

[@robertfain2629]

Liberals

[@d.fenestrator9529]

Democrats, of course, and Kamala Harris mislabled the proposition so people would vote for it.

[@martinnorbeck4657]

Lots of people still dont vote at all. You dont vote, dont complain.

[@James-w6w2e]

Trump

[@peekaboots01]

Decline to press charges? 🙄 Walgreen's policies are insane. They are making shopping inconvenient for paying customers while not prosecuting CRIMINALS!

[@boggy7665]

But it's a misdemeanor due to prop. whatever... fine might be less than the value of the goods stolen? ... no jail, good luck getting any restitution,... not worth calling the police.

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

It's not even the company's fault. You can thank the morons in the state who voted for prop 47.

[@Allergictocatstoo]

It’s an additional waste of money to go to court.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

They don't want to be seen as racists.

[@lancefulbright2685]

@@boggy7665 over 1000 dollar is a felon with today prices it don,t take long to hit that that 1000 dollar mark

[@legalizefreedom451]

SF is a perfect example of what not to do. Thanks SF

[@deenugent473]

It’s now called San Fran-sicko! 🤢🤮

[@robby8558]

@deenugent473 Or San Franȿhíthole

[@ohsnap6506]

It's funny because people will move out of the area and bring their broken policies with them. Deluded

[@badfeng]

Unfortunately it's not just SF where these new norms, deliberately being promoted by elements of the ruling class, as manifesting.

[@steelionx9255]

Thank that idiot mayor and California's governor, not San Francisco!

[@nc5481]

People who claim "stealing from a big store is fine and we shouldn't stop it" clearly don't get that the store will eventually just close down, and then truly decent people in the area will be stuck in an even worse food desert. All crime either directly or indirectly hurts people, that's why they are considered crimes.

[@Johnna-em8xq]

The people who run the united states' cops all sorts of government officials government ran programs all of it they are criminals and some how you folks don't get it and say it's the poor the homeless the drug addicts you people really don't get it. You spent too much time blaming the poor and the homeless or drug addicts for your problems

[@NickolaySheitanov]

It’s cuz big stores are scamming and making heists in a larger scheme using kids in china or hiding taxes it’s just balancing out

[@AnnyLoneAlone]

Stores include losses from damage to goods, shoplifting, and expiration dates in the cost of goods. This is usually 5%.

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

Fr the point is if one is stealing then everyone will be stealing and it will soon close down , gonna happen again on the next store

[@josgood5412]

@@AnnyLoneAloneyou are justifying theft?

[@andrewdavis623]

This is what happens when you don’t prosecute crime. The stores won’t stop them because they could get sued or someone gets hurt. The police can’t charge them if it’s not over a certain amount. Even if it is they will most likely be let out. It’s messed up.

[@badcp455]

Isn't Biden's America great?

[@memorymedia6188]

Perfect strategy to bring more and more elements of a security state penopticon. Cloward and Piven strategy of chaos and demoralization. Modern communism in the USA.

[@SL-lz9jr]

@@badcp455dude, this has been a problem going back years. Please find another slogan to use.

[@SL-lz9jr]

The reality is we would need to pump more funding into the criminal justice system in order to process and prosecute all crimes. Are you willing to ask Congress to adjust their budget allocations or are you willing to pay additional taxes? We need to get the funding from somewhere. As it currently stands, many court cases are crazy backlogged and it can take weeks or months before a trial takes place. If I were wrongfully accused of a crime I did not commit and I couldn’t make bail and had to wait it out in county jail until the matter can be resolved by a judge, I would be absolutely miserable and terrified of dying in county jail. All because city resources were tied up prosecuting misdemeanor offenses. Is it right? No, absolutely not. Criminals should be punished. But it’s going to require a heck of a reform across the entire system in order to start prosecuting every enforceable crime. And bear in mind court cases usually take multiple days for arraignment, motions to delay a case, or if a lawyer has to reschedule due to conflicting schedules, plus jury selection, etc. This is all before it goes to trial. And in between that prosecution will be negotiating with defense for a plea bargain because settling this out of court saves the city (aka tax payers) money. Operating a trial costs money. And we would need to build more courtrooms just to have space to process these cases. And hire more prosecutors, cops, detectives, public defenders, county jail staff, etc in order to process all these extra people.

[@kylewilson9260]

Dude, I love in Orlando and we don't have problems like this. This isn't a systemwide problem. It's San Francisco. It's you. You guys are the problem.

[@SOLDOZER]

You can get a murder conviction with circumstantial evidence and no body. But you can't get a shoplifting conviction with video evidence?

[@moozillamoo2109]

What conviction? It's not even a crime.

[@joedoe8655]

Exactly their doing this on purpose letting them run rampant then as an excuse make everyone wear a microchip to monitor and control you.

[@masterchief119-i9p]

Pathetic ain't it?

[@laradavenport903]

​@@masterchief119-i9pThey are still doing crime! Nothing will stop them.😂 Even the videos!😂

[@OOICU812]

This is just another example of what happens when bad behavior is not punished. 🙄

[@redwingdog22]

And voting blindly because a D is next to a name.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

​@@redwingdog22or an R

[@booshmcfadden7638]

@@UnchainedAmerica LOL! (R) in San Francisco. That's hilarious, man. Try some more whataboutisms. That's great.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

@@booshmcfadden7638 I meant anywhere else. D or R...whatever. The Blind voting isn't smart voting.

[@EricaAllispn-d2h]

Walgreens is putrid anyways

[@mayjimeno2327]

In our small town here in the Philippines only a month back, a thief was apprehended & beat up by the store clerks. No charges for any of those who mauled the perp. Now that's a good way to handle shoplifting!

[@IsraelTorres-vg1uu]

😂

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

NO, IT'S UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO ACTUALLY PROSECUTE CRIMINALS.

[@taryntaryn9090]

Agreed. Do the pukn job you're paid a huge salary to do!! Protect the people.

[@sneat2028]

How is the DA going to prosecute if arrests are not being made?! Think, before you post a ridiculous comment!

[@eddiemunster8634]

No, it's up to the voters to vote for politicians who live in the real world, not these naive idealistic ideologue Progressive Democrats

[@bobwoods1302]

The stores are not pressing charges because it's more expensive than the thefts. Watch the story before commenting.

[@frey8725]

They can't prosecute theft if nobody presses charges. It's like there was no theft and that's what the stores are doing. They aren't prosecuting because the employees would have to show up for court instead of working.

[@jeffmorello1556]

People who DON'T shoplift or loot stores are paying higher prices and losing valuable time because of thieves that DO shoplift and loot. All those security measures cost the stores a lot of money and the stores pass those costs on to its paying customers. If you value the businesses in your neighborhood's we may need to defend them ourselves

[@JamesBlue28]

A few months back Walgreens CEO told shareholders that the amount they've lost is within the expected range and that they may have over exaggerated the problem. So, when they blame theft for closing stores or raising prices, they're lying.

[@vickiefinney6073]

My husband and I report all shoplifters we see while in store's. I don't care what people think, I'm not going to sit by and watch these people just walk out the door without paying and here we are struggling to buy food for our family

[@iloled2924]

@@JamesBlue28ou’re incorrect. The Walgreens CEO was referring to the company as a whole, taking into account all of its nationwide locations. Individual locations like those in SF that have been the target of rampant retail theft have absolutely experienced major financial losses that have resulted in those stores no longer being financially viable due to massive shrink. There is no reason for a corporation to keep individual stores that are losing money within its portfolio, especially when the reason is shrink due to rampant theft. Nobody is “lying”, you’re just not looking at the nuance and context of what is being said.

[@JamesBlue28]

@@iloled2924 Walgreens planned the SF store closings in 2019 because the city has too many locations. They didn't start spinning the "It's because of organized retail theft" narrative until 2021. It's PR.

[@TheFrenchPug]

We need a Batman.

[@gustavtarankov3899]

The problem is that the consequences for shoplifting are too soft or null. As a teenager my major fear was going to jail for shoplifting. Paying restitution, going to court etc. We need more severe punishment for thiefs.

[@kaynkayn9870]

I dont get it. Dont these companies lobby for the most insane human right violation stuff, but they cant get an anti theft law that even the people want??? What is going on. It's not like politician care about poor people who stole the stuff. I really dont understand it.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

My biggest fear would have been facing my father after getting caught, that is why I have never shoplifted in my life!

[@Blu3_777]

Worry bout self and you get to live another day

[@DaveAnderson-ic6oo]

But what about the 8th amendment? Prisons are already overcrowded. America has more prisoners than any other country in the world. And your solution is to lock up homeless people for stealing candy and sodas? Yay. We’re gonna get right on it. Hey you, put down that shampoo. You’ll do 8 years!! 😮

[@DaveAnderson-ic6oo]

@@phillhuddleston9445 That’s good to know. Thank you for sharing that. I feel the situation getting better already. 😮

[@dynoreed7235]

Recently, in my community, I saw two guys run out of a local grocery/retail store with a new garbage can full of new stuff, but they were immediately arrested by local police. I only saw it happen once and I shop there weekly. Very little is locked up in stores in my area. I don't understand why the local government puts the responsibility of law enforcement on the store. Unprofitable stores will close, and then the government will have less to tax.

[@stevenroshni1228]

When the worst that can happen to somebody who steals items, is that they don't get to keep them, it becomes a game.

[@brandonknight431]

Liberals for u

[@johne3999]

That's a good way of putting it and it's exactly right. It's like the best carnival game ever. It doesn't cost anything to try, the prizes don't suck and you actually have a good chance of winning. 😂

[@bobjoe5937]

Liberals love chaos and crime. A liberal would high five you as you walk out with your stolen goods.

[@codediporpal]

At least they still prosecute murder. It would be like Grand Theft Auto without that.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

Just arrest and jail these Shop lifters! Period. There MUST be consequences for breaking the law.

[@metayoshi1712]

going vigilante is also breaking the law in the po po eyes (Assault. Battery. Attempted Murder on a first degree.) and those get charged more intensively than being a shoplifter on a grand theft scale despite all factors being felonies. problem is in CA, any theft under a grand in total would just make the cops look the other direction and call it a day, then you people question why it then becomes a pain in the ass to buy a quick drink at local "convience" stations and pharmacies. Beefing up security isn't going to solve the shoplifting issue when some people can idk... find ways around it with the infamous walmart banana trick now that every store is moving towards self-checkout.

[@MAGnetICus_Attractus]

Just arrest the CEO's price gouging. Dollar store increased prices by 25% due to supply shortages during a emergency.

[@rogersmith7808]

@@MAGnetICus_Attractus It's called supply and demand.

[@ssuwandi3240]

My visible fence would do. Normally i turn on the sprinkler thereafter . Great warning sign also helps. Like enjoy EV fence standing up..

[@MAGnetICus_Attractus]

@@rogersmith7808 yes increasing profits due to emergency shortages of supplies is illegal. I guess price gouging only applies to the little guy making a few bucks selling toilet paper during supply shortages.

[@casienwhey]

"Ultimately it's up to retailer to protect their goods and hire security if needed." If that statement is representative of how the police feel about theft in SF, you just learned everything you need to know.

[@waynefoote3781]

security at walgreens ended up in a death weeks ago remember?

[@wenlin6936]

It’s pathetic. Not sure what police is for lol. Then stop collecting our taxes if we need to protect ourself

[@genxx2724]

The police are being passive aggressive. They’re angry about BLM, “defund the police”, people shooting them, and just generally being treated as pariahs and not supported, as well as Prop 47. Every encounter they have now requires then to document a ton of demographic data. Their attitude is that we made our bed; now we can lie in it.

[@charliepiland3285]

@@waynefoote3781…a 100% legally justifiable self-defense response to a deranged violent assaultive POS criminal’s theft & assault/battery…

[@Mr.EeToMyself]

Our cops wanted 80$ an hour to work the mall.... until it closed.. the wouldn't show up if their guys weren't paid.

[@asmith9140]

As an ex store detective I blame store layout ,lack of staff and lack of punishment ,it's one thing stealing to feed out of hunger but stealing for greed i have no sympathy

[@bbmak0]

There is really no point to run a store front biz in CA.

[@TheOtto3663]

Or to even live there

[@stickerdan]

Sure, it's only a huge place with hundreds of thousands of stores. I wouldn't doubt the guys in my hood would beat the living shit out of a shoplifter. I never see that where I live.

[@bobwoods1302]

Nah except for a State GDP bigger than Texas and Florida combined. 😂🤣

[@jillbelas7266]

​@@bobwoods1302Who gives a shit? I would much rather live in Switzerland than China. Switzerland has a much lower GDP than China.

[@waynefoote3781]

WOW! I want to open up a shop for my artwork here in san francisco, but I have big fears that it will get robbed...looks like I will have to do it online instead for sure. This stuff is waaaayy out of control!

[@drgonzo305]

You know what would be a even better idea? Prosecuting shoplifters, actual consequences

[@matthewblasco2730]

@cassandra9699need to stop saying good Christian’s all religions are evil that an money are the worse thing we created so I wouldn’t say that anymore lol but I’d agree with the AR part lol

[@matthewblasco2730]

@cassandra9699 I know it makes them think it’s a good idea when it’s not makes them more evil than they already are

[@RusticRonnie]

@cassandra9699the problem is, your reply doesn’t even make sense relative to the statement. They didn’t say they were gonna shoot they didn’t mention religion, you brought it up out of nowhere.

[@noobsaibot8844]

But but but but but but but but but Trump! Trump! Trump! MAGA! MAGA! MAGA! 😖😖😖😖

[@aicofrena505]

Why would you say Christian that sounds more like a Muslim don't they chop off fingers out in the Middle East for a consequence

[@alberts2208]

When I was a kid there were undercover security posted as shoppers who were allowed to grab you, detain you and call the cops. Now the thieves are untouchable. Blame the attorneys who bring on these lawsuits allowing thieves to file ridiculous lawsuits.

[@supertuesday600]

The Leftist Demon-rats are enjoying destroying American businesses. 😉

[@mariaesposito274]

Blame the State, lawlessness. You need a New Sherrif in town...

[@PerennialWheat]

​​@@muhlenberg2608nah there's no law that makes shoplifters specifically untouchable. It's corporate liability, found in all 50 states. It's cheaper to file an insurance claim for loss then deal with a potential lawsuit. The problem is worsened in California due to a horrible DA and media highlighting it more in cali rather than other states.

[@patriciajackson3250]

Yes. We are living in the " times" that the WORD speaks of. I will pray for you and you pray for me!! And watch how...GOD is gonna change things...I do not feel sorry for a criminal, who continues to do evil. In the end, " he or she will reap what they sow!!

[@Sornago]

​@@PerennialWheat plus when someone trys to stop them and they get stabbed or shot

[@thomasgurchiek3301]

You know back in the day before boxed items where put on the shelf. The clerks weighed, measured, and picked the items for you...geee how times are making their way back around.

[@mattsmith4589]

Even being from this city it's still disturbing seeing people so comfortable just taking stuff of shelves with no regard for anyone else

[@TheFrenchPug]

That has to be beyond disturbing. It was never like that 10 years ago.

[@BothBarrels]

Right? Its like a bunch of goofs defunded the police and decriminalized crime or something.. weird how that works out

[@911eVoX]

Because they've been doing it uninterrupted for years

[@ArmedandDangerous918]

they ain’t hurting nobody else just the greedy companies

[@gloriouspurpose_]

Yea being broke will do that

[@weirdarto]

Speaking from personal experience, this is just one of the reasons many shoppers just want to buy everything online. I don't want to have to call and wait to get basic items unlocked from a case. I also don't want to be exposed to criminals that are grabbing things and running. I just have everything I need delivered.

[@paanne1013]

I feel the same way...Amazon Prime is the way to go for me.

[@yackawaytube]

Ever heard of porch pirate?

[@chipbuttytime3396]

You don't mind waiting in all day up to 10pm to get a delivery?

[@lucasw2880]

I think the way to go is these stores need to institute a membership policy. You don't hear about Costco's or Sam's Clubs having any kind of theft problem. Walgreens, Walmart, Target, etc.. can charge $20/month membership. You have a membership, or your not getting in...

[@LoLoLifeinFlorida]

I agree with you!

[@specialed171]

Just two weeks ago, a customer walked out the door with 40-50 boxes of flooring from my job. The MOD actually met him at the door to ask for a receipt. He didn’t care and just walked right on by. We got hit again 2 days afterwards for another 40 boxes. That was like $5,000 worth of flooring in less than a week.

[@MellonCollie_28]

People do not give a rip anymore. Why? Look at all our leaders--corruption exposed and nothing happening. People follow chaos. The powers-that-be are allowing this.

[@schoolruler2]

How do you even sell or just that much flooring?

[@Box545x39]

Theft was met with hanging, hands chopped off, etc. Same with stealing someones horse (car).

[@specialed171]

@@schoolruler2 It was probably for a customer of his that he was installing. Difference is he just pocketed the money from both the material and labor instead of just labor.

[@txmade4371]

Where is it at? I would love to buy some from that guy.

[@jkhegarty857]

In my Walgreens, they use a pictured coupon of the item. You pull that off the shelf, and when you want to check out, you hand the clerk the coupons. They go to a locked cabinet & retrieve your items. It's a safeguard for the store, but it's a longer wait in line for the customer.

[@akiira69]

When I was 17(1997) I was arrested for shoplifting the movie Seven from a KMart. Since it was my only brush with the law I was ordered to do 250 Hours of Supervised Community Service and write a 3 page essay on the consequences of my actions. It was while doing the research for the essay on the consequences of shoplifting and the history of shoplifting that I discovered the legal shoppers suffered because of my stupidity. This one brush with the law thankfully opened my eyes and I have never committed a crime since then. Sadly for some businesses the only course of action is to permanently shutting down the stores with high shoplifting which hurts those who need the products the stores sell.

[@calypso]

At least it was a great movie what you tried to steal man, I love se7en, best David Fincher movie ever

[@Lrasm13]

Bless your honesty....I was a horrible criminal for decades.. but finally found Jesus and changing is naturally coming to us

[@akiira69]

@@Lrasm13 we all find ways to change our life around. What unites us all is that we are willing to say "If I do not change myself now what will I become".

[@shawnbottomley6381]

Just wow, now they are locking up 10 dollars worth of ice cream in a freezer which is cheaper then the movie you tried to steal @akiira69 in 1997 which is just sad. Seeing a 10 dollars worth of ice being locked like that in this video is just sad. would I want to wait 5-15 minutes for someone to come by once they are free to unlock the freezer or go somewhere else where i am able to get Ice cream that isn't locked up..... Gee hard decision. I say one good way to turn people off from getting those 10 dollars Ice cream which is already a rip off.

[@coreybabcock2023]

Smdh I did worse no CS

[@fionaodowney6116]

I worked as a front end cashier for Walgreens. I had people come in and simply help themselves to whatever they wanted whenever they felt like it. daily theft of feminine hygene products, razors, hair dye, whatever, I was told to simply ignore them, which I did until I was held up at gunpoint at closing and the manager refused to come out of the back room where he was counting the deposit. He stated it never happened because no cash was taken, however that was an impossibily because the cash drawer was in the back room. Managment ignored my request for a sit down meeting, the police were never called, the take was : It never happened: the guy was just hanging out because it was cold out, and "he was waiting for the bus", despite camera footage which clearly showed the incident: IT NEVER HAPPENED!! The next working day I called in Dead. The manager said :"You can't quit like this! Whose going to do all the work?" I said "I guess you are. Goodby now." Why Walgreens will go down in flames, incompetance, idiocy, living in an alternate universe.

[@RubOneOutRosie]

let me guess.. they were all black

[@nevinkuser9892]

Damn. Sorry to hear you were held up at gun point. That's terrifying. You can't depend on businesses to care about your wellbeing because they're just out to make a profit and don't care about employees. Have you found a new way to survive and pay for your life? I sincerely hope you can recover from being in that situation.

[@rnegoro1]

That's stressful.

[@Rezplz]

I would have gaslit him back by saying I did clock in and you are still paying me

[@anastasiaangelikova]

Which Walgreens store is this?

[@kneehisniper6209]

Only a state that decriminalizes being a criminal could blame the store for getting robbed. Absolutely absurd that stupidity can exist on this level.

[@TorontoLifeByRy]

And yet the People of California will vote the same government in again and if they do the people of California will only have to blame themselves.

[@deshaunx776]

No, It’s stupid to think massive chain stores that come into communities by wiping out the local small businesses that directly contribute to their communities won’t get robbed by the people it has disenfranchised. Have you seen the number of homeless in SF?? But by all means, continue to feel worse for the company worth $18.5 Billion than you do for the homeless and mentally ill individuals who are stealing toiletries and over the counter pills 🙄

[@geoh7777]

Woke home office policies of non-prosecution of thieves gets higher prices for customers, lower returns to investors, weakening of the social fabric of the nation.

[@a.grimes4202]

OP’s logic makes no sense. If your house is robbed because you didn’t lock your doors, it’s not the thieves’ responsibility to lock it up for you. Ridiculous argument.

[@boldsign]

@@a.grimes4202 So you expect Target to lock up their store and keep everyone out? It wouldn't be much of a store then.

[@sellsellsell2000]

Just have all items printed on a card board and place it on the shelves. Take the card board of the items to the check out. Wait for the store to hand you the items purchased.

[@massimoforesti]

And yet, if the employees try to stop it THEY'RE the ones who get in trouble

[@joannaprevost426]

Not only that,but fired for doing so ! We are living in Clown world

[@Ambera3407]

Stopping shop lifters is racist.

[@philsadler7087]

That's sooo fucked up. San Francisco is done for... It's really sad.

[@darkliightXxX]

i aint risking my health for the company

[@guyncali2]

@@darkliightXxX That wasn't really the point of the comment you replied to, but understandable sentiment none the less.

[@amethystsunangel1955]

We drove down to the French Quarter in New Orleans and almost everything in Walgreens was in cages or locked up. As paying customers, this is no way to do your shopping. At least not quickly, or conveniently. We just left. Retail stores are letting shoplifters just walk out of the stores these days, even firing employees who try to stop them. It's no wonder this is common place now. And because it's a free for all at these stores, the rest of us have to pay higher prices to cover their loss.

[@danasmith858]

And all you need to do is look at who their customer base is to know why it's this way, I seen turn styles in the mobile Walmart so they couldn't run out with shopping carts. Nothing like that where I'm from

[@greatspirit]

Sto voting Democrat then!

[@scoobydoo8498]

​@@greatspirityeah thats the answer 😂

[@mh23hm]

@@scoobydoo8498 It is the answer if you care about reducing crime. It's liberal policies in these ultra blue cities that encourage these lowlifes to shamelessly steal like this. They have no fear of punishment anymore since they know they will get no jail time. People finally starting to realize they're the ones who are going to be inconvenienced if you let the criminals run wild. It's too late for SF though, people in that city are too deep in propaganda to think logically... but people in other cities will take notice of how far cities liek SF have fallen and think twice about voting in far left politicians that have no idea what they're doing.

[@side_of_beef]

​@scoobydoo8498 Must be since everywhere else in Louisiana isn't Democrat and shoplifters get tackled to the ground by customers or employees, and are then thanked by the cops. Only stores in N.O. and parts of B.R. lock the majority of things up due to their city policies. I work all over this state and have lived here my whole life.

[@windytavern0086]

This stuff started getting worse after 2014. None of these in store deterrents work unless there are actual consequences when someone is caught. Many CA politicians have been supportive of policies that have created this environment through loosening accountability. It’s quite sad and embarrassing for the state.

[@704musicent]

I think a lot of it has to do with jail and prison overcrowding. It's why so many offenders get in trouble and get let free they don't have the room to keep everyone locked up unless you do something extremely serious. There didn't use to be so many criminals but now....

[@chris135x]

Thank you! Someone else who understands that the politicians have created this problem.

[@chris135x]

@@704musicent It has more to do with politicians saying things like "it's racist to stop crime from happening". And then, the governors of each blue state told the police departments to never stop crime because "racist".

[@KC-bv9kf]

Who voted for the politicians? Who didn’t vote? They get what they deserve. Voting is a responsibility.

[@yell0wberry]

The odd thing about it is, if you walked into a bank and passed a note to a teller, demanding they give you money out of the cash draw and you got so much as one damn dollar, it is treated as a felony

[@jpstevens938]

What people have to realize that these thieves are stealing something from you-your time. Let’s say an average grocery run is 15 minutes. Now you can double or more because you have to ask an associate to open the shelf for you. They may be helping other customers so you’ll have to wait instead of grab and check out which add to the time tremendously.

[@SK-lt1so]

"They don't want to press charges because employees would have to appear in court." Gee, maybe accommodate the law-abiding witnesses, instead of the criminals? Maybe?

[@KB-kp2oz]

One day you'll get it.

[@quietstorm9966]

They don't wanna have to lock up white people so they decline to press charges.

[@mil237pitas]

It’s not a “shoplifting” problem, it’s a San Francisco problem.

[@Luisjusthere]

It’s a voting wrong problem

[@marilynphan1622]

It's a Democrat problem - They don't care

[@Luisjusthere]

@@marilynphan1622 agreed, funny I just posted about Portland also doing something similar. Makes you really wonder

[@FierceZs1]

blck ppl problem

[@mitch_the_-itch]

Its a Marxism problem.

[@deebee4575]

The people of San Francisco voted for this. I’m glad they’re getting exactly what they voted for.

[@Kfreitasgamer]

@deebee4575 No common sense at all where comes to what's good for the people in that city! Man, most voters would rather not voting for Republican than their safety and to others!

[@TheCreedBratton]

Anyone but Trump really seems to have been a brilliant idea

[@LiLoTech]

Yeah, it only happens in SF. Crazy.

[@okamijubei]

​@@Kfreitasgamerthat's because Republicans are cheaters. They are just as worse... Which is why you should vote for a third party

[@okamijubei]

​@@TheCreedBrattonwith a heavy price

[@TankOR9563]

Because of the shoplifting, other stores around the country have had to raise prices to cover for the loss. I can not afford to shop at Walgreens in Wisconsin anymore and I know that I'm not alone.

[@LoneWulff829]

As an employee we hate that everything is locked up as well. We have to stop get the items out and check out that items making it hard to do much else. It's a pain for us and for the customer. However, if we don't do that you'll never get what you are after anyway because the items will be forever stolen and out of stock.

[@Itsme-mx5tl]

Chaining up the food is discrimination against THIEFS....😅

[@joevarga5982]

@@Itsme-mx5tl The real crime here is your spelling.

[@XxowendanxX]

I would not patronize a place with chains. Too inconvenient. Better to just shut the store down

[@jeffmaas9308]

Has anyone asked you to unlock something just so they could walk away with it anyway? I don't see the locking up being effective for any length of time, ultimately as a thief why not just ask for a dozen locked up items and put them all in a cart and then walk away with all of them at once anyway.

[@joevarga5982]

@@jeffmaas9308 Because the clerk holds the item in their hand and takes it to the register. They don't just hand it to you.

[@nothingreallyrhymeswithora9377]

A reminder that places like Japan can have literal staffless stores where people can go in, shop and then pay for things without actually stealing. Countries like Japan also have one of the lowest crime rates in the world. Think about that.

[@truth6242]

No drug users in Japan and people have more respect for each other. I am actually moving there soon anyway.

[@Kharkovkid]

"Yellow is the new Black"...

[@JakobHill]

Japan's crime rate is low because their society values social harmony over all else. Regardless of what the legal system says, Japanese society assumes criminals are guilty until proven innocent. Prosecutors have been caught faking evidence to maintain the country's high conviction rate, which has resulted in at least 1 wrongful execution (likely many more). And because society values harmony over all else, police and prosecutors will "let things slide" to keep the peace. Japanese police would rather let men beat their wives and let the Yakuza run their racketeering schemes than risk public disorder and the shame that comes with it.

[@mnelson5388]

It's because they have few drug users and no blacks.

[@JustMe99999]

The 13% aren't in Japan.

[@WNHTCT]

Walgreens and Walmart and the others need to get together and sue the Hell out of the government for legalizing theft! Insurance companies need to do the same.

[@rnettles6241]

And you think that will come out of London Breed's personal bank account? NO. It will come out of taxes, which will be raised to make up for the loss.

[@WNHTCT]

@@rnettles6241 the goal is to overturn the stupid laws, not necessarily win a monetary reward. Surely, they are unconstitutional. Same with defunding the police. Don’t our tax dollars go to fund them? Isn’t it written somewhere that the state governments have an obligation to use certain monies to support a police force? Or am I wrong?

[@Mogul20478]

TO be perfectly clear.....theft has not been "legalized" anywhere in the country.

[@Bekssss]

​@@rnettles6241safety cost $$$

[@hlee-w9u]

You mean the insurance companies that won't pay claims when the policy holder is entitled to it?

[@acidangel111]

Pointless. Ya know exit gates don't work right? Here in east texas walmart removed them . People kept vandalizing them . Caused them wayyyy more money in damage and helped 0.0 percent ( yes absolute zero ) . So why bother?

[@majestyk3337]

Customer: "I didn't buy anything." Clerk: "Ok, I'll open the gate for you." Shoplifter: "I didn't buy anything". Clerk: "Ok, I'll open the gate for you."

[@bmwlover56]

Don't leave through the self checkout area then.

[@joeyzasa7383]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Atyler1]

comrade clerk W

[@Letsgo44444]

This is actually insane the govt doesn't punish these people so they learn NEVER to do it again. Also walgreens is beyond out of their minds. Just wow..

[@badcp455]

The current government hates America.

[@wolfensteinman7978]

It's San Francisco California, they will not punish anyone unless you are a legal gun owner then they will gladly throw the book at you. The way the law is written shop lifters will not be punished unless they harm someone and even then if there is not b bodily injury then he will be let go with no bail set. Thank the liberals for this nonsense and it's only following to all the places the liberals are moving to, Florida, and Austin.

[@vanturner9403]

I’m a California native for 50 years now. This is the democrat policy. The criminals become the victims. I regret having ever voted Democrat.

[@scarecrow559fresno]

it is not the governments job to stop criminals their job is to promote the democrat party

[@Letsgo44444]

@@scarecrow559fresno 😂😂

[@americandissident9062]

Eventually it’ll be a store where you walk in and go to a kiosk and select what you want, and it get packed up in the secure back room by robots and brought to you after you pay. Shoplifters would have to break into the secure back room, but all you’d need is armed security.

[@r0ckworthy]

We already have armed security, like police and security guards. They're not allowed to shoot anyone that's the problem in the first place. And if the thieves can't break into the store room they'll just start breaking into the trucks delivering the stuff to the stores.

[@57Jimmy]

It’s actually happening now. When Covid hit, stores were providing online shopping with pick up OR delivery. And many of them still do.

[@SYKOK1LLER]

Armed security being Terminators and Robocops.

[@darkpisces8125]

I already know this. All expect the robots part.

[@themanwithnonamecalledwyat7575]

Lol imagine that waiting line though No thank you

[@Will_Bx_NYC_718]

This is haeppning everywhere. In New York all stores have the glass cages around all products, and locks on the freezers. It slows down the shopping expereince greatly.

[@shawnd980]

Change the law so that shop owners can physically resist these clowns. It will stop immediately.

[@jamess8477]

Here in Az it's like that . Some places even have armed guards..

[@justmytwocentsdontgetmad]

In my country, it's commonplace that all retailers or businesses (big or small) hire security guards to prevent clowns like these from a looting spree. I'm surprised businesses in the US still aren't doing the same

[@santed.4109]

They could hire security personnel or buy lock boxes.

[@okamijubei]

​@@justmytwocentsdontgetmadblame the ones that complains the ones that says "using security force in a retail store is turning America into a police state."

[@theirishman088]

Yeah but If the cops physically touch someone the lawsuit is in the millions lol. Its just not worth the headache bc these scumbags know if they are touched for stealing a $1 item they will sue for hundreds of thousands or more depending on injury.

[@dbay500]

I lost count of how many times I gave up waiting for a staff to come unlock an item that I wanted to purchase. How can we continue to support our local retailers when convenient stores are now so inconvenient? More and more stores are shutting down. This is extremely sad.

[@911eVoX]

Yea because they are at another part of the store dealing with potential theft

[@ronbennett7885]

Encourage stores to go Members Only. However, the SFPD and DA likely don't enforce trespassing laws either. So, the only viable alternative left is for stores to offer online ordering with curbside pickup / delivery only.

[@thedopplereffect00]

Move. I don't have to deal with that in my city

[@chiquita683]

Vote Blue get a zoo

[@its_marcus2023]

Who’d you vote for last election?

[@hkraytai]

This is my neighborhood Walgreens and half the times I have seen people shoplifting while I was there. There are homeless encampments spread out in that areas and what if they are arrested? They don’t get charged unless witnesses make a statement and willing to appear at the trial. The employees don’t want to do that. And the homeless don’t care if they spend a week in jail. Free food, shower and a bed. Up to $950 is not a felony so it’s not a deterrent.

[@rhuttrho88]

Why do you all vote for corrupt trash democrats over and over again?

[@travisli-rufus1949]

Damn the law is not working, every should just take.

[@martinnorbeck4657]

They wipe their butts with the tickets they receive.

[@TheFrenchPug]

Legal tasering needs to be implemented for store associates.

[@cfonde]

Yet you'll continue to VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS, now won't you?

[@mannygarcia1810]

A glass gate?!?!? What a joke!

[@LostChildOfTime]

Presentable for paying customers. Strong enough to stop the lightweights, though the heavysets could just Hulk smash it.

[@KrDizzy14]

Ours is metal but they could just hop over it if they really wanted to. Not that tall.

[@tqlla]

Instead of making stores fend for themselves, they should just make shop lifting illegal.

[@TheFrenchPug]

It is illegal. But the prosecutors won't take the cases. Even if it's over $950 you have to be very lucky if they even get a court date.

[@katiee.4396]

@@imacomputer101 Oh poor Steven.

[@rickdunn3863]

Come on man, EVERBODY knows stealing is illegal. It's liberals that cause this, get liberals out of office and this will END.

[@ArmedandDangerous918]

@@imacomputer101cops might as well just live in walmart 😂

[@katiee.4396]

@@imacomputer101 Oh poor Tyler.

[@earlleary]

I managed a retail store for 12 years, and had several incidents. The best was during the holidays, long lines, and two woman with a boy around 12 years old had a cart full of stuff in line. Next thing j knew the boy had passed put in line and people were screaming " GET HELP!" So I went over to him, and he had his eyes shut , laying there, I asked the lady if she had called 911 yet, she said, and I quote , " I don't know who he is!" In my head I was like " WHAT!" I saw them all come in together, they were standing together, then I realized the lady with the shoping cart was gone! I started looking around, and she had snaked her way down an aisle and was heading towards the front door. So I said " Oh, ok , I'll call.911, just hold on! I went behind the counter and picked up the phone and dialed 911, and said " Hey, can you send the police to my store, there's a shop lifting in pogress!" Lol! That boy miraculously healed himself just like that! And the three of them took off out the door, WITHOUT the cart, thank you! 😂

[@coreybabcock2023]

So what

[@four4eight]

Lol, deserved 😂

[@sakitoby1581]

That's an excellent reminder that whenever there's commotion in a public place, some sudden eruption of chaos, be sure to look ALL AROUND even as you might potentially want to offer assistance. Helping is great and all, but there's also the very real possibility that's it's a diversion to do something nefarious. We're all naturally curious (ok, nosy) and want to see what's going on, but the wise among us know it can be detrimental to get tunnel vision and fail to look all around for what might REALLY be going on...

[@pepethepatriot7524]

If it's so what, then why are you even commenting @@coreybabcock2023 ?

[@ss_whole]

IT'S A MIRACLE !

[@Heinrich99]

When convenience stores become inconvenient.

[@Murillos1]

In California, we don't have convenient stores, we have inconvenient stores💀

[@derp8575]

Coming to a store near you! Seriously! What a joke!

[@shaunhill5768]

How about the prosecution of shop lifters . Drrrr

[@indianadave8881]

Back in the 80's I worked at Sears, and our loss prevention often chased thieves out into the parking lot, and drug them back into the loss prevention room. Called the cops, and charges were filed. Back then thieves were afraid of getting caught. They were sneaky about it... There were consequences.

[@mojojeinxs9960]

I worked at the Clinique counter back then. If someone stole a tester bottle they were arrested. 2020 was about to sign another year lease then the riots started police car was burned in front of my building. I moved out a week later. Haven't gone into the city since.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

May as well put up hidden cameras, move the last of the honest, working people out of there... then turn the entire city into an apocalyptic reality show.

[@jrsc01.]

Did you mean 'drag' them back into the stores, or take them back and 'drug' them lol...

[@wipatriot510]

After working LA/AP for 4yrs in the bay area in the late 80's early 90's, I'm surprised that there are retailers left...back then shoplifters were arrested and prosecuted to fullest extent of the law, now it's commonplace to just let them walk out with merchandise not paid for and nobody does anything...

[@KA-id4wt]

Because the liberal DA will drop all the charges after the officers do all the work of arresting them and filing paperwork.

[@Team33Team33]

And then you wonder why inflatrion exists. NOTHING is really worth ANYTHING anymore apart from the money it costs to PROTECT if from being stolen. Thats the kind of shit you are being sold and they are stealing. Security is included in the price which is so low that shoplifting isn't prosecuted anymore.

[@victorbarajas4705]

This is ridiculous! What they NEED to do is to start punishing crime!!

[@luigivincenz3843]

a certain political party runs the DA, mayor, city council, senate and police chief. They ALL belong to a certain political party which loves criminals.

[@memorymedia6188]

Scanning to exit the store? That is highly illegal. Preventing exit = KIDNAPPING.

[@victorbarajas4705]

@@memorymedia6188 not paying for stuff you take out of a store = stealing

[@XxAznVietRetardXDxX]

If you plan on not buying anything, they’ll let you out. No problem.

[@buysncharge]

​@@memorymedia6188if you steal. You can be detained. You're not kidnapped. You're going to jail.

[@johnjaw90]

I have saw someone stealing from Walgreens and CVS, I asked cashier if they do anything .. they said no.. Yet I get pooped on and denied just using 2 coupons.. because staff don't understand them make me feel like a criminal .

[@tjmarx]

To be clear you were filming the new security measures at this store for 2 hours and saw at least 4 people shoplift successfully despite the new measures you were reporting on? And nowhere in your report did you mention then that the new measures clearly and obviously were ineffective?

[@rayharvey1330]

How about you have to show ID before you're allowed to enter a store?🤔 The little dumb security gates in the video ain't stopping no one.

[@davidcaylor7484]

Security Gatos... and when there is an emergency and someone's life was at risk due to the delay the gates caused... be prepared for a lawsuit.

[@rayharvey1330]

@@davidcaylor7484 Yeah...they gotta stop losers at the door. You can spot a bum / thief from a mile away...from the smell, the clothes they wear, masks, hoodies etc. Make everyone scan an ID at a security guards desk before they even enter the store.

[@thaimassage23]

They were part time actors just for the filming.

[@rayharvey1330]

@@thaimassage23 That one homeless looking old White dude who was stuffing stuff under his jacket deserves an oscar.

[@alansnyder8448]

It is clear the $950 shoplifting law needs to be undone. Can someone knowledgeable explain the process to undo it. Maybe Fox News or a local channel could explain how we screwed up and how to undo it.

[@User5_]

Sue the state and win; judge would place an injunction on the law - or the state legislators would remand the bill/put out another bill nullifying it, if it passed, newsom would need to sign it.

[@mocheen4837]

Why do I even bother paying when others can just walk out the door???

[@pauletteadams4344]

@@mocheen4837 I TOTALLY 👍 I have actually seen people taking items from Marshalls and Ross, and Loss Prevention just stands there and does NOTHING. I don't want to buy anything but food.

[@msriram9884]

There needs to be some kind of citizens movement, to undo these laws. This is creating havoc in the community.

[@alansnyder8448]

@@User5_ Thanks for the response. More detail would help. Is there a specific example were this was done in the past? Who can start the process? Who can join it? Is there a specific jurisdiction that has the best chance of success?

[@john316godlovesyou5]

When you have cities such as SF, LA, NYC, and Seattle where they have liberal leaders who protect the criminals instead of law abiding citizens and businesses, you are going to have lawlessness and public safety issues.

[@thomasmartin5503]

Retailers take conservative positions, choosing to limit cost instead of doing the right thing.

[@peekaboots01]

Exactly! It's mind boggling how no one comprehends that!!

[@patcocivera7555]

and people still live there????

[@UAa320]

Maybe if these individuals were prosecuted and not released so easily this wouldn't happen so often. Let the criminals do what they want

[@Uniacoty]

Tbh the amount of shoplifters is only increasing. Jails in cities like San Francisco are already full, that's why shoplifters are released quickly. The only way they can stop shoplifting is by hiring armed guards that are able to Taze/Pepper spray shoplifters when needed.

[@sebastianorozco1114]

Liberals 🚮

[@JJenkins-j9k]

Maybe if they were given mental health treatment…

[@klj2382]

Or get beat with a stick like that shop owner just did last week

[@RacerX1971]

Oh yes in SF where restaurants cant give out plastic straws yet agencies can give out clean needles. What you see is brazen and they are not afraid of the law. Btw, wheres London Broil's tough talk. This is horrible.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

Yessir. Here in San Francisco, we can have paper straws wrapped in plastic, but we cannot have plastic straws wrapped in paper. 😏✌️

[@stickerdan]

For the last 5 years or so, everything that I can buy for $11 on Amazon cost $22.50 at CVS or Walgreens. They are making the shoppers pay for their losses when all they needed to do was put everything behind a counter or under lock and key and grab it for the shopper or institute a member card like Costco to enter and leave, but these stores did nothing to stop the thieves. Trust me, if a cop in San Francisco saw you shoplifting like that in the video, you'd be under arrest. But cops don't patrol inside stores and the stores won't confront the shoplifters so now the customer pays way higher prices for the mishandling of these businesses both by the retailers and government.

[@joepaden7724]

You do realize this is a weird thing to have so much shop lifting? The stores don’t need these kind of policies in most locations in the USA and there is nowhere near as much shoplifting in those locations. It has more to do with what’s happening in SF and way less with Walgreens policies.

[@ohlordy2042]

And why, do you think, retailers won't confront shoplifters? Think before you answer, Einstein.

[@genxx2724]

I wondered why the store prices were so high, ripping us off. 🤔

[@styrenebuilds6851]

And most of that that you get for $11 on Amazon is stolen . That's way you see people stealing full shopping carts of laundry detergent .

[@konagirl805]

Don’t worry, the store will shut down soon enough and nobody will have to deal with the higher prices.

[@TheAnnoyingseagull]

The gates is a huge fire and safely risk...

[@mattburns7380]

I work a liquor store here in Modesto CA my boss gives me a lot of leeway when it comes to theft. More then once I've taken thieves to the ground then had them arrested for theft.....it sets a great precedence don't come here stealing or trying to rob the the store stealing gets you put on the floor and if you try to rob the store well you'll get to take the (room temperature challenge)

[@gregsteele806]

Make sure you cover your ASP.

[@mattburns7380]

@gregsteele806 I prefer blades if we're talking an EDC they don't jam and they never run out of bullets I always prefer to try to reason with a situation but will most gladly take action if necessary

[@mitchmiller7204]

@mattburns7380. I'm glad to see that Modesto still has some sanity. I grew up there from 1962-1970. I lived near Pike's Park and went to John C. Fremont Elementary.

[@mattburns7380]

@mitchmiller7204 I'm on the Westside Carpenter and Paradise and I live up the street on Carpenter, it's not to bad just have to watch what you say and do you know how it is

[@vikingshark2634]

What this is going to lead to is that there will be no inventory in stores. Closest you'll get to a shopping experience is that you'll scan inventory cards with barcodes, then it'll be handled like a curbside delivery order. And then three-five years from now, people look around like "how did we get here?" and pretend we haven't seen it coming since 2020.

[@Spaniard711]

Since before 2020..many years ago..

[@kenofken9458]

It won't be anything truly new. Back in the 1980s, we used to have a place called Service Merchandise. It was like a Sears or any other giant retailer, but it wasn't self serve. You had everything they sold on display, but to buy it you had to put in a order form and pay, and then a little while later, your stuff would come out of an upper floor warehouse down a conveyor belt. There was very little inventory "shrinkage" or opportunity for shoplifters.

[@secondchance6603]

It's all intentional so they can push a cashless world on us which is their goal to enslaving us. No cash, no freedom.

[@ba_2three458]

Yep, many retailers are already gearing up for this.

[@kenofken9458]

@JimAllen-Persona As they should. As a consumer, I can't get too upset about these changes. Nobody can stay in business if their inventory keeps walking away unpaid. We can't even properly call what's going on in many cities as "shoplifting." It is outright looting.

[@aerodynamicist4]

It is always the good people that pay for the bad people's actions

[@dmhendricks]

That's by design. Democrats always reward criminals while penalizing working Americans.

[@krikeydial3430]

I love getting a third of my income taken from me by the government to pay for someone else's irresponsibility.

[@AirDOGGe]

Chains do not help. You get the item out for the person and they just walk out with it anyway.

[@LostChildOfTime]

No, they typically bring the item to the register for the customer.

[@johnhasty3411]

So tell me again, why is the government giving up on law enforcement?

[@iHadWaterForDinner]

Less tax dollars spent on cops and more for their pockets. They’ll never lower taxes.

[@nonenone-ll7ln]

as a paying customer, anything that makes my shopping experience slower and more frustrating is going to send me elsewhere. and if i'm getting locked in, i'm breaking out. most importantly, i don't shop within 2,000 miles of this place.

[@shawnbottomley6381]

I was thinking how do someone get out of that Safeways if it requires a receipt to get out is my question when you decide not to pay for nothing cause they make everything impossible to get without having an employee to unlock certain things. plus having to wait for a employee for like 5 - 15 minutes finish up else where, I say screw that I am breaking my self out by jumping over those gate that requires a receipt to leave. Like they are treating ya like a thug already, might as well act like one

[@deenikki9690]

Our society is wild. Destroying and disrespecting your own community is beyond me. If you’ve ever complained about why certain retail prices are high this is the reason. Legitimate consumers are making up for the company’s losses. A sickening cycle.

[@71dembonesTV]

"our society"? no, this is one demographic doing what they do.

[@ImpossiblyBlack]

​@@71dembonesTV If you were actually paying attention you will find that the people shoplifting represents a rather diverse crowd.

[@sloth6247]

@@71dembonesTVthat was a white guy in the video. Lol

[@71dembonesTV]

@@sloth6247 we must vary on our definition of white. no big deal

[@71dembonesTV]

@@ImpossiblyBlack paying attention to what? real life observation or what the MSM spins up to support their agenda?

[@leeeel811]

All these security measures screw with the customer more than the thief. How do you get through the receipt scanner when you bought nothing. In my area we have one ways gates and I just ignore them which causes alarm which I ignore also. I don't steal so these alarms going off don't bother me and the store can't do nothing.

[@GojoTheHonoredOne9]

No punishment, no crime deterred 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@douglasmartinez2756]

It’s very simple. Only allow people into the store that are willing to be identified, or sign up for membership.

[@afisemenaborevlaka48]

That's a great idea. Actually that's the end game of the total surveillance state and they have the technology to do it. Seems allowing crime to rise through inaction is working and is making ordinary well meaning citizens like you react in a manner that is against our own individual freedom and dignity.

[@TheFrenchPug]

They need to do it like a restaurant does. Keep them outside until their personal shopper is ready to assist them.

[@Teardrops-In-The-Royal-Family]

Well… this is how Sams Club and Costco work…. You can’t get in without showing your membership card, and you can’t leave without scanning your receipt.

[@jdos5643]

Or have ppl sign up for a Walgreens card that would need to have certain amount of credit and only ppl with that card can access the store?

[@rayharvey1330]

Yeah... Make show / scan Photo ID before you're allowed to enter a store? Would save a lot of locks in the store.

[@ardentdfender4116]

The city of SF has so many problems it is absolutely crazy a city has this much problems. If the store don’t care to prosecute the shoplifters and protect their regular customers then you should think twice about shopping there as well.

[@maryperry1773]

Walmart has cops 24 and 7, Walgreens has nobody, hmmm

[@rodprops]

Here in NYC, certain stores in Harlem and the Bronx were shut down due to rampant shoplifting. At a Walgreens in the Bronx, I've seen numerous people taking whatever they wanted, then walking right out! I just shook my head. That store is now closed. 😕🤬

[@ElPalcoTigreHermano]

certainly I am super blessed to live in Mexico, I hope you guys evolve sometime

[@RailRide]

Indeed. My local Walgreens (also in the Bronx) was in a location that has been continuously occupied by a retail business (first a supermarket, then Thrift-D, then Rite-Aid before it became a Walgreens) since before the 1970's. It closed in November 2022, and is still empty. Same reason as all the other closures (points to video).

[@dieterrosswag933]

I hope they close

[@dieterrosswag933]

​@@ElPalcoTigreHermanothe irony

[@magoolew5131]

Now the thieves just have to go a little farther to shoplift, that's all.

[@e.m.5499]

Soooo... they think that little glass or gate gonna stop them? Insane. Them thieves gonna LOL as they keep going w/handfuls of free stuff.

[@stevencooper4422]

Exactly, if they can hop turnstiles, they can hop these "gates"

[@rogersmith7808]

Yea I didn't see any of those "security features" that someone couldn't defeat in less than 3 seconds.

[@e.m.5499]

@@rogersmith7808 I know right! Insane... these folks (business owners) are losing their shirts & their inventory & that's the best they come up with??? Good grief.

[@grainos5]

Can't the thief just...ask for the item to be unlocked, take it and then walk away? How is this supposed to stop them at all?

[@dustinduzgames1276]

Because then their face gets looked at

[@agagqbq]

it stops repeat offenders

[@jamesb16616]

Unless the clerk holds it, until payment is received. I worked in a store that did that for cigarettes and over the counter medication.

[@X23ReZ23X]

@@dustinduzgames1276 lmao like they care, crackheads just staring at the camera as they steal

[@Melissa404Vee]

All you gotta do is jump the gate!! 😂😂😭😭😭

[@Mchannelw]

They do that all the time at the train stations in SF too. So glad I moved out of SF several years ago.

[@vicentelopez3888]

Yes you can jumping on my garrote. 😂. Hillsborough now

[@Pazenelmundo]

Since the Mayor is soooooo incompetent they have to lock even the bags of potatoes

[@stevekwan8232]

What good is security when they can't do anything

[@seeharvester]

All they need to do is come up behind the mfs with a ball bat and get to work. That sh!t would stop right now.

[@sollyparker3947]

Yes they being paid to do nothing

[@milesj179]

@@seeharvester, right, or a MF’n crowbar. 😡

[@Direct.injection212]

When you prosecute, you need a witness. Security can arrest to how they saw the crime happen.

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

​@@Direct.injection212also prosecution should mean something. It's like getting in trouble in school.

[@Teddy31976]

All stores should have this!!! I recently quit retail because I couldn't take it anymore. I worked at a high end department store and people would blatantly steal 1000's of dollars in clothes while staring at you because you couldn't do anything.

[@terryvlunsford1610]

That's what happens in locations run by progressive Democrats. That's the agreement they made of not pursuing criminals who steal less than $950 worth of goods. Criminals are aware of this and are only too glad to participate.

[@williamglenn777]

Reminds me of being a teacher in today’s schools. Students stare at you as they do no work, play on their phones, and create disturbances. They know there’s nothing you can really do about it. At this point, there are no real consequences for anyone.

[@nondescriptnyc]

Sure, but that gate is open for far too long after the customer leaves. Thieves can easily wait for somebody to leave and simply follow them out!😊

[@marcuslinton310]

@@nondescriptnyc Exactly and what is to stop them from already having a receipt they can scan. It's obviously not meant to be 100%, it's just an attempt to slow people down, maybe get a better view of their face. Just trying to find something that will help deter a few of thieves.

[@Teddy31976]

@@williamglenn777 I know right 👍

[@edd868]

The gates and the one way out thing are pretty useful... I'd probably also think a sliding door that closes for a couple of seconds longer of someone sets off the theft alarm would be good too.

[@MeoMiyo]

So sad, close the store and let them suffer with no stores in their communities.

[@Atyler1]

they would stop having kids and farm like normal humans without capitalism

[@stupidstormy36]

With everything enabling these shoplifters, including the retailers themselves, to do what they want, it's no surprise they have to resort to this. Still proves to be mostly ineffective. The customers are ultimately paying the price, both figuratively and literally, for the actions of these lowlifes.

[@elmahdi5]

Write your Congressman and tell him to take the drugs off the streets, the indoctrination out of the schools, and to raise the minimum wage and maybe those human beings will become encouraged to become a part of the society that only benefits the wealthy White and Jewish elite(Jews are White too).

[@congressisdenofthieves1296]

This isn’t petty theft, it’s looting. In a state of emergency like this, looters should given capital punishment.

[@terryvlunsford1610]

Most Democrat run cities consider any theft below $950 as a petty theft. That doesn't mean the store owner does. The D.A.s have put the word out, therefore the cops won't waste their time pursuing the criminals.

[@waynefoote3781]

@@terryvlunsford1610 Neither do the witnesses this is STUPID!

[@Devonellah]

@@terryvlunsford1610 That is bullshit -- Quit using your divisive ignorant comments to further divide people... We ALL know this is no joke -- so please stop lying. Maybe you are from Russia or maybe a Troll but the death penalty is a harsh judgement too -- there has to be some SANE solution that isn't all crazy and extreme.

[@typealphacorp1156]

State of emergency, what are you talking about.

[@blurtam188]

Capital punishment for stealing food - very smart person you are. I bet you call yourself a Christian too huh.

[@hippyhare798]

I don’t understand you see the guy taking stuff from the shelf why do you let him just walk out?

[@thomask4836]

We used to have good laws and justice but that's a thing of the past.

[@ocean12]

Keep voting democrat Your leaders are making tons of money off of the chaos

[@waynefoote3781]

yeah...what the hell happened?

[@rayharvey1330]

@@waynefoote3781 Someone brainwashed people into voting for a feable old President who can barely string a sentence together, woke policies created high inflation, opened up the border, wants puberty blockers for kids and signed a bill so men could dominate women's sports.

[@thomask4836]

@@ocean12 - Yeah but the reason I keep voting Democrat is because the only other choice is those republicans. You know, the January 6th crowd?

[@ocean12]

@@thomask4836 hillary organized and planned jan 6 so Trump would be blamed. Capital police were also involved Democrats are destroying America and the world Just compare liberal cities to conservative cities We would all be better off w no federal govt overlords Each state can run itself So, even if Obiden or Newsom runs for POTUS, you feel they are better than any republican? No matter how many wars they start, how high inflation goes, out of control crime, worsening poverty, threats from china and russia, gun confiscation, out of control school indoctrination, billions of illegals stealing tax payer money and using our precious resources. Human and drug trafficking is out of control. Military men from China are invading. Our constitutional and civil rights are being eroded. Our children are being taught to hate themselves, eachother, their parents and America. They graduate dumber than when they went to kindergarten, Parents are losing their rights to raise their own kids. Liberals want to sterilize and mutilate kids to control population. Since when did a president mandate medical procedures for people or be forced out of work. Liberals feel its fine to abort babies up until birth, and commit infanticide once they are born. So many great things being done by demoncrats. Soon America will be a socialist and then communist country. When there are more people on govt assistance than working, the system will collapse. Read up on the soviet union. Plus liberals want to stop oil. Well i hope everyone is prepared for modern society to collapse...no oil means no electricity, internet, transportation, supply chain, plastic, tires, road repairs or new roads, heat, AC, cell phones or computers. Things will go back to the old days. Travel will be by horse or you walk. People will grow and raise your own food or starve. Hope you live on some acreage. No more hospitals or medications. No grocery stores. No online shopping. Better learn how to raise sheep and make your own wool clothes. The list goes on. You had one false reason against republicans. Pretty weak argument

[@mbgrocott7115]

Watch Sacramento politicians make this step of chaining off an area like this illegal. The politicians see this kind of theft as a way to put reparations into action without passing legislation that takes from the state's funds, which they'd rather keep for themselves and their staff.

[@RoseKindred]

I'm waiting for the ADA claims. Blocking off entryways that require a receipt is not ADA-accessible. And Cali has a LOT of ADA cases with how loose their codes are.

[@akishaparker7976]

I’m from Canada and was shocked when I visited a Walgreens in Vegas, just about everything was locked up (even nail files). There were tons of security. It was was super strange to me. We are now getting gates in our grocery stores here. I get it, but it’s annoying for speed walkers like myself.

[@user-nh3gu1ge3d]

Only in liberal areas. In most red areas, everything is perfectly fine. Because in red areas, they prosecute the fuck outta thieves. Pretty good deterrent.

[@KittenBowl1]

Where in Canada do you live?? This is a common thing in the ghettos of Canada, even 15-20 years ago in every Walmart in the ghetto areas of Canada (both in suburbs of Toronto and Vancouver), they lock up everything anything over $10 especially razor blades but anything pricey they locked up everything. In Shoppers Drug Mart, even 20 years ago they had entry and exit only gates. Security camera is always looking at the gates and security is standing by the exist gates and one always by the cashiers area. You must lead very sheltered life. Some parts of Canada is just like LA downtown and there are gangs also in Canada.

[@petersimplife]

I live in small town in Ontario, Canada. About 15k population I have never seen of heard of shoplifting happening.

[@akishaparker7976]

Try a more populated area, you will see it more often ( I'm also from Ontario)@@petersimplife

[@dl1277]

​@@petersimplife ive never seen a lion in the wild but doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

[@bemazizi4863]

The doors should be taller because idiots will jump over them. I’m so happy things are being implemented.

[@aquariandawn4750]

Shoplifters are very athletic people

[@jeciel85]

These thieves are so disgusting. Should be put in jail.

[@jbl0ggs]

CA is a god forsaken state

[@bobjoe5937]

Liberals think they're stunning and brave.

[@yangluvslyf17]

Unfortunately it’s Prop 47 that makes these thieves untouchable

[@krikeydial3430]

So progressive! 🤣

[@garrylearmonth9313]

Don't let people into the store, you ask at the front door what you want, you pay for it and and a staff member goes and gets it for you. It would absolutely suck to do this but the alternative is simply to close the store down completely. That would absolutely stop shoplifting. What has the world come to.?????

[@antifugazi]

Are you serious??

[@shaniya3847]

Not everyone will want to wait in line and most people like to pick their own items

[@pirate1197]

We need to punish these people. Democrats won't do it cuz they'll lose their voters.

[@impv1se]

thats regarded

[@MaXiMoS54]

store pickup from online orders will probably become the norm that way they can get rid of cashiers and self checkout theft

[@ohroonoko]

2:05 As a former Loss Prevention Director, I have overseen tens of thousands of shoplifter arrests and prosecutions and I can say less than 0.001% ever go to trial. As long as Agents are trained right and follow the industry standard rules of apprehension and write clear unmistakable factual reports, no lawyer let alone a public defender ever wants to challenge the charge because they know they cannot win. They always advise pleading "no contest" and no employees get summoned that way. This police officer lacks the specialized experience in retail crime to understand this.

[@velociraptor6124]

Because the majority of police know that they are sight officers... No specialized training needed.... 99% of the time it's a you call we haul.... Prosecutors need to specialize in processing retail theft not the police.

[@ohroonoko]

@@velociraptor6124 Indeed, this police officer should not be speaking to the media on this subject rather than spreading misinformation.

[@rogersmith7808]

The punishment they received in court is not a deterrent so they just go back to stealing again. The normal sentence for a shoplifter where I live was $50 fine and six months probation. When you factor in they've probably stolen thousands of dollars worth of merchandise over time before getting caught that $50 fine doesn't mean squat.

[@lizmowrey9866]

Make things affordable & people won't have to steal. Crazy concept