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Originally Posted by Bay Kid
Can you shoplift up to $900. in San Francisco and not be arrested?
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I live in San Diego. It's now like that in all the major cities of California. Steal up to $950 in merchandise and no arrests or prosecutions. The results are starting to come in. Stores like Walgreens are closing, mostly in the inner cities and poorer neighborhoods. Retailers are going more and more toward online shopping.
While police look the other way, it's not clear why private security also refuse to 'detain' the thieves. If I owned a store, I'd hire a security team to take back the stolen merchandise. If that resulted in an escalation to violence, then the police could be called in. Don't know if anyone has tried walking out of a Costco without paying -- they check the receipts at the exit door. I wonder how they would handle a thief.