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Shoppers Must Pass Security Gate to Enter San Francisco Grocery Store
A San Francisco Bay area grocery store beefed up its security measures to deter shoplifting.
The Castro Safeway installed metal security gates at its entrance, Fox Business reported.
San Francisco Bay Area grocery store takes drastic measures to deter rampant shopliftinghttps://t.co/p4yWWmFF5X
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) June 25, 2023
An automatic gate closes after each person enters the store, CBS reporter Betty Yu shared on Twitter.
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
“Barricades also make it harder for shoplifters to make a run for it,” Yu tweeted. “Safeway also closed off an exit and blocked it with water bottles.”
Other grocery stores are following its lead. A Safeway in Vallejo added gates and closed a second entrance, Yu shared on Twitter.
A Safeway in Vallejo has added gates and closed a second entrance. Other locations have also done this to deter shoplifters @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/v86GmNNKOJ
— Betty Yu (@bett_yu) June 19, 2023
In 2022, police records revealed 2,900 shoplifting were reported just in San Francisco, NBC Bay Area reported.
Fox Business Jon Brown reported:
The Bay Area, which has seen property crime rise 10.4% since last year, has also been afflicted with a spike in smash-and-grab robberies where shoplifters armed with bats and other weapons make off with thousands in merchandise from high-end stores.
RELATED VIDEO — TONS of Products at Target Store SEALED Behind Glass in Crime-Ridden San Francisco:
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Stealing merchandise under $950 is considered a misdemeanor, meaning law enforcement officials won’t even bother investigating.
“There’s no deterrent in the state of California to discourage theft at this point,” said Mike Leininger, a retired police officer and security consultant, told NBC.
Rising crime rates have led to more than 22 stores fleeing downtown San Francisco in the past 18 months, Breitbart News reported.
WATCH — “FOR LEASE”: Closed, Vacant Businesses Line San Francisco Street as Retailers Flee:
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