In an effort to deter rampant shoplifting, a grocery store in the San Francisco Bay Area has installed metal emergency gates at its entrance. The Safeway location in Vallejo also closed off one of its entrances and implemented an alarm system that sounds if a shoplifter attempts to leave, as reported by KPIX journalist Betty Yu, who shared an image of the new security measure on Twitter.
The Safeway supermarket, owned by Albertsons Companies, is following the footsteps of other businesses in the San Francisco area that have taken similar steps in recent years due to the city’s increasing theft rates. Property crime in the Bay Area has risen by 10.4% since the previous year, with a particular surge in smash-and-grab robberies. These incidents involve armed shoplifters using bats and other weapons to steal valuable merchandise from high-end stores.
Regarding the installation of the metal gates, a Safeway spokesperson stated that they are part of “long-planned security improvements” for the store. The company emphasized that they, like other local businesses, are taking measures to combat escalating theft and prioritize the safety of their employees while maintaining a welcoming environment for customers. These security improvements were implemented with these goals in mind.
Last autumn, San Francisco’s Police Chief and Democratic Mayor London Breed pledged to address the city’s rampant shoplifting crimes by allocating more police resources and enhancing coordination to facilitate the reporting of theft incidents. As a result of the increased theft, pharmacies such as Walgreens have closed their doors.
CASTRO SAFEWAY ADDS SECURITY GATES, BARRIERS
This automatic gate closes after each person enters the store. Barricades also make it harder for shoplifters to make a run for it. Safeway also closed off an exit and blocked it with water bottles @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/Zn4ShXWMDm
— Betty Yu (@bett_yu) December 7, 2021
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“Property crime in the Bay Area has risen by 10.4% since the previous year, with a particular surge in smash-and-grab robberies. These incidents involve armed shoplifters using bats and other weapons to steal valuable merchandise from high-end stores.”
Oh please. As long as the white Jan 6th protesters are all given the death penalty or life sentences, all is good. Stop with these racist reports. Leave the downtrodden blacks alone already. This so-called “shoplifting” is only in lieu of their due reparations.
If this is from Dec. 2021 what makes it news?
You call that a deterrent?
These animals can leap over that with no difficulty!
The one and only solution, is the Saudi Arabia one.
Start chopping off hands that steal
That will take care of the problem “guaranteed”
Chugi,
As long it applies to us as well (& if you don’t think Jews still from Heimish stores I have a bridge to sell you).
No Jan 6th rioter is getting a life sentence or the death penalty. A Jan. 6 rioter who tased a police officer in the neck during one of the most violent clashes of the Capitol attack was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison Wednesday. This is the longest sentence to far.
Send all these Evil shoplifters to permanent detention in that [in]famous Delaware basement, and maybe when Crooked Joe Biden gets too fed up of so many permanent shoplifters being detained in his basement, shall get his act together.
Interesting, here in the UK (we are also grappling to deal with black shoplifter “rightfully” steling goods that apparently they deserve because of….. bla bla bla bla….)
and therefore many supermarkets have added an interesting feature- maybe the USA could use it: On every receipt there is a barcode at the bottom, and upon exit from the shop, there is a barrier, and to be able to leave one has to scan the barcode!!
(the only problem is, at the supermarket i recently shopped in, the security man standing there was a black- an insider!!😂😂🤣🤣)