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In the Bay Area, I saw stores with gates and turnstiles which are presumably intended to make running out of the store harder, especially for someone holding a lot of stuff. I wonder if they work any better.
One store I went to there even had a guy letting people in one by one after looking them over, like a bouncer.
This logic frustrates me:
That's less than one shoplifter a month, which is obviously not an accurate count.
The police barely even respond to shootings. Are they going to do anything if you call them and report someone stealing a box of shaving supplies? Why bother even trying to report that?
If bet thats 23 incidents reported to police. There are absolutely people out there that make a living stealing from box stores. Kroger specifically won't do much besides glare at you and ask if you'd kindly not steal that.