[alwann]

Wow! I was in Publix/Colony yesterday for the first time in weeks. I saw security cameras drooping from poles everywhere. What's going on? Is shoplifting that bad there? Homeland Security's doing, maybe? I actually felt uncomfortable.

[Bogie Shooter]

Haven't they always been there?

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by alwann

Wow! I was in Publix/Colony yesterday for the first time in weeks. I saw security cameras drooping from poles everywhere. What's going on? Is shoplifting that bad there? Homeland Security's doing, maybe? I actually felt uncomfortable.

I've never noticed them. Guess I'll have to look.

No, shoplifting is not common here. I'm sure that it's very low here compared to anywhere else in Florida. Seniors usually know better.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by alwann

Wow! I was in Publix/Colony yesterday for the first time in weeks. I saw security cameras drooping from poles everywhere. What's going on? Is shoplifting that bad there? Homeland Security's doing, maybe? I actually felt uncomfortable.

I am a great fan of security cams in public areas>

[PattyCakes]

I am retired, live here in TVs, and I worked at Publix for years. Shoplifting is more frequent than you would expect, and seniors definitely do their fair share.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by gerryann

I've never noticed them. Guess I'll have to look.

No, shoplifting is not common here. I'm sure that it's very low here compared to anywhere else in Florida. Seniors usually know better.

But seniors are not the only folks who shop in our grocery stores! I do recall stories in the on-line news of folks who have shplifted. One was where police had to respond to a domestic dispute with a younger couple on the historic side. While investigating, the police noticed the tattoo that had been reported as decorating the shoplifting male. Busted! Trouble with the bust - the evidence had already been grilled and mostly consumed!

[jnieman]

I'm sure most supermarkets have them. In case someone slips and falls on a grape in the produce department and tries to sue. (this actually happened to someone I know).

[JoMar]

I'm an advocate for cameras, the more visible the safer I feel.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by jnieman

I'm sure most supermarkets have them. In case someone slips and falls on a grape in the produce department and tries to sue. (this actually happened to someone I know).

I seem to remember seeing them in every Publix I have been in here in the Villages and they have always been there. If you mean a cylinder hanging down from the ceiling with a glass half sphere?

[rubicon]

About ten year back a young girl was working in a convenient store along. around midnight a guy with a baseball cap with a Yankee emblem entered the store abducted the girl raped and killed her. Although the video tape was somewhat fuzzy that guy was eventually identified and caught.

The only cameras I object to are red light cameras because it has been proven that they are being misused all around the country for the primary purpose of increasing revenue. As to the benefits there has been a minimum of reduction in broadsie accident and a substantial increase in rear end accidents resulting from their implementation. In other words its not the cameras its the application of thir use or misuse by human beings...sorta like the gun issue

[perrjojo]

Sweet Bay( now WD) has baby formula in a locked case. When I inquired I was told it is a frequently shop lifted item. Seniors stealing baby formula? Maybe, who knows.

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

Sweet Bay( now WD) has baby formula in a locked case. When I inquired I was told it is a frequently shop lifted item. Seniors stealing baby formula? Maybe, who knows.

I hate to think that as being true......................hope they don't have to lock up cat food also.

[John_W]

The only person that should be concerned about store cameras is the person committing a crime.

[alwann]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

I hate to think that as being true......................hope they don't have to lock up cat food also.

I read, or maybe saw in a TV show, that drug dealers use formula to cut cocaine, or in cooking meth. They're probably the ones stealing it -- not seniors.

[alwann]

Originally Posted by John_W

The only person that should be concerned about store cameras is the person committing a crime.

But there are so many of them! Hope no one is watching if I happen to scratch my butt.