SF stores install exit gates, chain locks to stop shoplifting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2023
- San Francisco supermarkets and retailers are implementing unprecedented security measures to thwart what has been described as rampant shoplifting.
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We should just go back to the days where people doing bad things were actually punished instead of given the power to sue everyone
We will. Cali is pushing too far and there will be a massive backlash. Things can only get worse for so long before people lose hope and do desperate things. Minorities think they're the only ones capable of this but they're very wrong.
Yeah... that seems to be working a real treat for trump...
@@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.
@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad The current US president is doing far better than the previous. Hair sniffing? No wonder you are frustrated when toddler level retorts are all you can muster.
@@natmarelnam4871 no it wont. california voters are too stupid to vote law abiding politicians and DAs in
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.
Because a camera is not a witness. Only a person can be a witness. Though I agree with your point.
Cuz legal bs that’s why it wouldnt work
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.
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.
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
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.
“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.
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.
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?
@@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''..
@@Abcwhatever possibly if the shitbag's face is posted somewhere
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.
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
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
Stores include losses from damage to goods, shoplifting, and expiration dates in the cost of goods. This is usually 5%.
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.
I’m saying. A whole news crew, broad daylight, manager at the door… walking with a handful!
They will find out one day, much to their surprise, I'm sure, that there are consequences for one's actions.
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
And jail isn’t gonna do shit.
@@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
Who wrote the law to let people shoplift and go free?
Biden’s wonderful democracy of failure that hard working tax payers have to suffer through! FJB
Liberals
Democrats, of course, and Kamala Harris mislabled the proposition so people would vote for it.
Lots of people still dont vote at all. You dont vote, dont complain.
Trump
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!
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
SF is a perfect example of what not to do. Thanks SF
It’s now called San Fran-sicko! 🤢🤮
@deenugent473 Or San Franȿhíthole
It's funny because people will move out of the area and bring their broken policies with them. Deluded
Unfortunately it's not just SF where these new norms, deliberately being promoted by elements of the ruling class, as manifesting.
Thank that idiot mayor and California's governor, not San Francisco!
Decline to press charges? 🙄 Walgreen's policies are insane. They are making shopping inconvenient for paying customers while not prosecuting CRIMINALS!
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.
It's not even the company's fault. You can thank the morons in the state who voted for prop 47.
It’s an additional waste of money to go to court.
They don't want to be seen as racists.
@@boggy7665 over 1000 dollar is a felon with today prices it don,t take long to hit that that 1000 dollar mark
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.
A glass gate?!?!? What a joke!
Presentable for paying customers. Strong enough to stop the lightweights, though the heavysets could just Hulk smash it.
The people of San Francisco voted for this. I’m glad they’re getting exactly what they voted for.
@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!
Anyone but Trump really seems to have been a brilliant idea
Yeah, it only happens in SF. Crazy.
@@Kfreitasgamerthat's because Republicans are cheaters. They are just as worse... Which is why you should vote for a third party
@@TheCreedBrattonwith a heavy price
You can get a murder conviction with circumstantial evidence and no body. But you can't get a shoplifting conviction with video evidence?
What conviction? It's not even a crime.
Exactly their doing this on purpose letting them run rampant then as an excuse make everyone wear a microchip to monitor and control you.
Pathetic ain't it?
@@xaviercarr4718They are still doing crime! Nothing will stop them.😂 Even the videos!😂
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.
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.
This is just another example of what happens when bad behavior is not punished. 🙄
And voting blindly because a D is next to a name.
@@redwingdog22or an R
@@UnchainedAmerica LOL! (R) in San Francisco. That's hilarious, man. Try some more whataboutisms. That's great.
@@booshmcfadden7638 I meant anywhere else. D or R...whatever. The Blind voting isn't smart voting.
Walgreens is putrid anyways
When the worst that can happen to somebody who steals items, is that they don't get to keep them, it becomes a game.
Liberals for u
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. 😂
Liberals love chaos and crime. A liberal would high five you as you walk out with your stolen goods.
At least they still prosecute murder. It would be like Grand Theft Auto without that.
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.
So a drug store has the right to hold you prisoner until you prove that you’re NOT committing a crime?
It’s not a “shoplifting” problem, it’s a San Francisco problem.
It’s a voting wrong problem
It's a Democrat problem - They don't care
@@marilynphan1622 agreed, funny I just posted about Portland also doing something similar. Makes you really wonder
blck ppl problem
Its a Marxism problem.
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.
Isn't Biden's America great?
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.
@@badcp455dude, this has been a problem going back years. Please find another slogan to use.
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.
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.
All you gotta do is jump the gate!! 😂😂😭😭😭
They do that all the time at the train stations in SF too. So glad I moved out of SF several years ago.
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.
Just arrest and jail these Shop lifters! Period. There MUST be consequences for breaking the law.
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.
Just arrest the CEO's price gouging. Dollar store increased prices by 25% due to supply shortages during a emergency.
@@MAGnetICus_Attractus It's called supply and demand.
My visible fence would do. Normally i turn on the sprinkler thereafter . Great warning sign also helps. Like enjoy EV fence standing up..
@@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.
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.
The Leftist Demon-rats are enjoying destroying American businesses. 😉
Blame the State, lawlessness. You need a New Sherrif in town...
@@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.
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!!
@@PerennialWheat plus when someone trys to stop them and they get stabbed or shot
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.
In our small county, grocery stores hired state police in stores now to deter shoplifting folks.
NO, IT'S UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO ACTUALLY PROSECUTE CRIMINALS.
Agreed. Do the pukn job you're paid a huge salary to do!! Protect the people.
How is the DA going to prosecute if arrests are not being made?! Think, before you post a ridiculous comment!
No, it's up to the voters to vote for politicians who live in the real world, not these naive idealistic ideologue Progressive Democrats
The stores are not pressing charges because it's more expensive than the thefts. Watch the story before commenting.
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.
"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.
security at walgreens ended up in a death weeks ago remember?
It’s pathetic. Not sure what police is for lol. Then stop collecting our taxes if we need to protect ourself
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.
@@waynefoote3781…a 100% legally justifiable self-defense response to a deranged violent assaultive POS criminal’s theft & assault/battery…
Our cops wanted 80$ an hour to work the mall.... until it closed.. the wouldn't show up if their guys weren't paid.
I don’t understand you see the guy taking stuff from the shelf why do you let him just walk out?
So HAPPY 🎉 to see that someone is taking action to prevent thieves from taking whatever they want and leaving.
Same here. 🎉 I am glad they are locking products up and installing a gate.
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.
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.
My biggest fear would have been facing my father after getting caught, that is why I have never shoplifted in my life!
Worry bout self and you get to live another day
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!!
😮
@@phillhuddleston9445
That’s good to know.
Thank you for sharing that.
I feel the situation getting better already.
😮
"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?
One day you'll get it.
They don't wanna have to lock up white people so they decline to press charges.
Exit gates that require your receipt? What if I didn’t buy anything? I think if someone locks me in somewhere I can force my way out.
I was born in San Francisco, never did I see anything like this. What a shame.
And yet, if the employees try to stop it THEY'RE the ones who get in trouble
Not only that,but fired for doing so ! We are living in Clown world
Stopping shop lifters is racist.
That's sooo fucked up. San Francisco is done for... It's really sad.
i aint risking my health for the company
@@darkliightXxX That wasn't really the point of the comment you replied to, but understandable sentiment none the less.
You know what would be a even better idea? Prosecuting shoplifters, actual consequences
Nah, you should just get your AR-15 and clean up the neighborhood like a good Christian would.
@@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 true, that all are, but my remark was made specially towards Christians.
@@cassandra9699 I know it makes them think it’s a good idea when it’s not makes them more evil than they already are
@@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.
How long will it be before San Francisco outlaws exit gates that require you to show a receipt.
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.
Even being from this city it's still disturbing seeing people so comfortable just taking stuff of shelves with no regard for anyone else
That has to be beyond disturbing. It was never like that 10 years ago.
Right? Its like a bunch of goofs defunded the police and decriminalized crime or something.. weird how that works out
Because they've been doing it uninterrupted for years
they ain’t hurting nobody else just the greedy companies
Yea being broke will do that
Only a state that decriminalizes being a criminal could blame the store for getting robbed. Absolutely absurd that stupidity can exist on this level.
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.
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 🙄
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.
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.
@@a.grimes4202 So you expect Target to lock up their store and keep everyone out? It wouldn't be much of a store then.
I watch a video, a shoplifter took a butane tank, lit 🔥 and melted the plastic the items he wanted from Walgreens. No one did anything, 5-7 people videoed the event. Shoplifting left with the stolen items. No cops arrived, no arrests made.
Why doesn't the store hire 2 security guards checking receipts?
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.
let me guess.. they were all black
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.
That's stressful.
I would have gaslit him back by saying I did clock in and you are still paying me
Which Walgreens store is this?
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.
At least it was a great movie what you tried to steal man, I love se7en, best David Fincher movie ever
Bless your honesty....I was a horrible criminal for decades.. but finally found Jesus and changing is naturally coming to us
@@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".
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.
Smdh I did worse no CS
Chains do not help. You get the item out for the person and they just walk out with it anyway.
No, they typically bring the item to the register for the customer.
The guy in the black hoodie behind the reporter is waiting for everyone to leave so he can shoplift his share.
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.
I feel the same way...Amazon Prime is the way to go for me.
Ever heard of porch pirate?
You don't mind waiting in all day up to 10pm to get a delivery?
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...
I agree with you!
There is really no point to run a store front biz in CA.
Or to even live there
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.
Nah except for a State GDP bigger than Texas and Florida combined. 😂🤣
@@bobwoods1302Who gives a shit? I would much rather live in Switzerland than China. Switzerland has a much lower GDP than China.
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!
If you've made no purchase (for whatever reason) how do you get the gates to open? Receipts can only be scanned once?
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Their child-rearing practices and skills mixed with their unparalleled work ethic are second to none. Their rationale and logical thought toward circumstances coupled with their innate capability to de-escalate situations is to be envied. Their commitment to academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who hope to achieve prominence as a people. Real estate values are driven by the mix of
African-Americans into an area due to their caring and respectful nature of these communities, their hard work and a self-reliant nature.
Without their industrious and creative drive, we would be poorer as a nation.
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
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.
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
@@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.
@@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.
We need a Batman.
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.
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.
How do you even sell or just that much flooring?
Theft was met with hanging, hands chopped off, etc. Same with stealing someones horse (car).
@@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.
Where is it at? I would love to buy some from that guy.
These companies need to file multimillion dollar lawsuits against every politician or legal authority involved in letting this happen. And maybe the laws should be changed to make it easy to throw these politicians out of office before their term is up. You people voted for this. Its up to you to fix it.
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.
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."
Don't leave through the self checkout area then.
🤣🤣🤣
comrade clerk W
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..
The current government hates America.
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.
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.
it is not the governments job to stop criminals
their job is to promote the democrat party
@@scarecrow559fresno 😂😂
I mean considering how people’s cars are broken into specifically in SF, that literally makes it unsafe to leave anything valuable or non valuable out cause it will be stolen
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 .
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! 😂
So what
Lol, deserved 😂
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...
If it's so what, then why are you even commenting @@coreybabcock2023 ?
IT'S A MIRACLE !
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.
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
Sto voting Democrat then!
@@greatspirityeah thats the answer 😂
@@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.
@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.
How many times have you gone to a store to buy something that they don't have in stock? So you walk down the aisle, the batteries you want are not there then you turn around to walk out. So how does that receipt thing work in that instance?
Lock everything up if it stops someone from getting something for nothing.
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.
Yea because they are at another part of the store dealing with potential theft
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.
Move. I don't have to deal with that in my city
Vote Blue get a zoo
Who’d you vote for last election?
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.
Yessir. Here in San Francisco, we can have paper straws wrapped in plastic, but we cannot have plastic straws wrapped in paper. 😏✌️
I used to live in the Inner and Outer Richmond Districts! I so miss SF!
Lock up the merchandise but don't lock up the criminals.
Change the law so that shop owners can physically resist these clowns. It will stop immediately.
Here in Az it's like that . Some places even have armed guards..
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
They could hire security personnel or buy lock boxes.
@@justmytwocentsdontgetmadblame the ones that complains the ones that says "using security force in a retail store is turning America into a police state."
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.
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.
No drug users in Japan and people have more respect for each other. I am actually moving there soon anyway.
"Yellow is the new Black"...
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.
It's because they have few drug users and no blacks.
The 13% aren't in Japan.
Make things affordable & people won't have to steal. Crazy concept
This is also why so many people are moving from California to Texas, they already know soon it will have the closest Walgreens to L.A. or San Francisco. All the others will have had to close shop long ago due to shoplifting.
Instead of making stores fend for themselves, they should just make shop lifting illegal.
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.
@@imacomputer101 Oh poor Steven.
Come on man, EVERBODY knows stealing is illegal. It's liberals that cause this, get liberals out of office and this will END.
@@imacomputer101cops might as well just live in walmart 😂
@@imacomputer101 Oh poor Tyler.
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.
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.
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.
Did you mean 'drag' them back into the stores, or take them back and 'drug' them lol...
remember when people used to have to sneak around to shoplift as opposed to just blatantly grabbing stuff and walking out while on camera? never thought I'd be nostalgic for that
I went to a Target in Colorado Springs recently. Nothing is under lock and key. For the first time, I’m contemplating leaving California.
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.
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.
@@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?
TO be perfectly clear.....theft has not been "legalized" anywhere in the country.
@@rnettles6241safety cost $$$
You mean the insurance companies that won't pay claims when the policy holder is entitled to it?
When convenience stores become inconvenient.
In California, we don't have convenient stores, we have inconvenient stores💀
Coming to a store near you! Seriously! What a joke!
Newsom would never think of actually putting the criminals in jail.
"If stores didn't want to get robbed they should look at themselves and ask why they made the goods look too good. They were basically asking for it." -San Fran
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.
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....
Thank you! Someone else who understands that the politicians have created this problem.
@@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".
Who voted for the politicians?
Who didn’t vote?
They get what they deserve.
Voting is a responsibility.
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
This is ridiculous! What they NEED to do is to start punishing crime!!
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.
Scanning to exit the store? That is highly illegal. Preventing exit = KIDNAPPING.
@@memorymedia6188 not paying for stuff you take out of a store = stealing
If you plan on not buying anything, they’ll let you out. No problem.
@@memorymedia6188if you steal. You can be detained. You're not kidnapped. You're going to jail.
Thank newsom and all like em
Since the last number of years theft in stores and break-ins in homes have been on the increase. Many of the thieves if not put in to jail will repeat over and over again because they are desperate. These types of people don't care if they get a criminal record. They also look at the aspect if they do go to jail they will have shelter, a bed to sleep on, recreation, and food to eat.
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.
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.
It’s actually happening now. When Covid hit, stores were providing online shopping with pick up OR delivery. And many of them still do.
Armed security being Terminators and Robocops.
I already know this. All expect the robots part.
Lol imagine that waiting line though
No thank you
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.
Chaining up the food is discrimination against THIEFS....😅
@@Itsme-mx5tl The real crime here is your spelling.
I would not patronize a place with chains. Too inconvenient. Better to just shut the store down
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.
@@jeffmaas9308 Because the clerk holds the item in their hand and takes it to the register. They don't just hand it to you.
So what happens with re the gate if you walk in and don’t find what you’re looking for and buy nothing? How does it do anything to prevent the people that will buy one thing and stash other things in their pockets?
At Costco, there is always 2 people at the exit that sharpies your receipt, if Costco can do it, Walgreen should be able to
No punishment, no crime deterred 🤷🏽♂️
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.
Why do you all vote for corrupt trash democrats over and over again?
Damn the law is not working, every should just take.
They wipe their butts with the tickets they receive.
Legal tasering needs to be implemented for store associates.
Yet you'll continue to VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS, now won't you?
Gates don't amount to anything the retailers will have to put most items into a massive automated enclosed cabinet where you prepay before you receive your item.
Those people who signed the law to let shoplifters go unpunished, should pay for all the thefts! Next time they'll think twice before signing such a ridiculous law.
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.
Exactly, if they can hop turnstiles, they can hop these "gates"
Yea I didn't see any of those "security features" that someone couldn't defeat in less than 3 seconds.
@@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.
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)
Make sure you cover your ASP.
@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
@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.
@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
How are you supposed to get out of that Safeway if you end up not buying anything? You won’t have a receipt to scan at the gate.
Instead of chaining the goods, hire 2 security controls at the exit EVERYONE, no exits without be controlled and showed the recipe. This will for sure effectively discourage shoplifting.
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?
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.
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.
@@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.
They were part time actors just for the filming.
@@thaimassage23 That one homeless looking old White dude who was stuffing stuff under his jacket deserves an oscar.
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?
Because then their face gets looked at
it stops repeat offenders
Unless the clerk holds it, until payment is received. I worked in a store that did that for cigarettes and over the counter medication.
@@dustinduzgames1276 lmao like they care, crackheads just staring at the camera as they steal
All they have to do is buy a couple of cheap items while shoplifting ,then scan that receipt to get out. Also,what if you can't find what you want so you don't buy anything, you haven't stolen anything, but you have no receipt to get out ?
When animals break into the cabinet you put a lock on it. Same concept