NYC Mayor Adams launches crackdown on shoplifting and retail theft

[mattw1313]

I expected something way different from the word 'crackdown'

and half of yall clearly didn't actually read/watch the shyt





I just wish I could've been in the meeting when someone pitched the idea that people will stop mid-theft when they see the social services kiosk

 

[eXodus]

I expected something way different from the word 'crackdown'

and half of yall clearly didn't actually read/watch the shyt





I just wish I could've been in the meeting when someone pitched the idea that people will stop mid-theft when they see the social services kiosk

Yea I don’t think any of that shyt is going to work.

Neighborhood retail watch groups lol

 

[Max Power]

Tiktok as a source of news? News articles too complex now?

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

All this shoplifting ruined shopping at Target, Walgreens, etc. All the merchandise is behind glass in which you need an employee of the store to open, hate it

It's like that here too. Well, it depends on da location of da store

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Let them run out the store worth the merch and then hit them with a shoulder fired missile. Guarantee that will slow the stealing down.

 

[get these nets]

Kiosks installed in stores to connect would-be thieves to social service programs…

Have to put that in there. When the state drops the hammer and starts enforcing laws, this is to silence the "bu bu bu but resources and programs would stop them from stealing crowd". Also gives those arrested for the first time a pass.

Shoplifters do it as a shortcut to working, so expect a bunch of them to be arrested and jailed eventually.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Good but it won't solve the problem. Inflation is the cause.

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

Kiosks in the store that put shoplifters in touch with social service programs... Some shyt is so dumb only a hair dyed progressive could think of it.

 

[AVXL]

it's overstated and the CEOs of these businesses have admitted as much, waste of resources.


but cops gon cop

That’s a complete lie. I worked in retail for 10 years, it is a much deeper issue than rando former criminals coming in stealing chapstick and socks, it is a multi billion dollar a year issue that involves ORCs (Organized retail crime groups), internal theft and disengaged/understaffed employees. It is difficult for stores to stop theft and sell at the same time (hence why so much shyt is locked up behind glass/lock & key).

These measures from NYC seem a bit light but at least they’re trying to make an effort. I think the penalties need to be harsher nationwide to truly stop it (felonies for thefts of $500 of higher, mandatory jail time for repeat offenders)

 

[hu3ypdadon]

You’ll be surprised but the majority of shoplifters be white teenage girls/women

 

[REdefinition]

I expected something way different from the word 'crackdown'

and half of yall clearly didn't actually read/watch the shyt





I just wish I could've been in the meeting when someone pitched the idea that people will stop mid-theft when they see the social services kiosk

As usual, people read a title ONLY, create their own narrative in their mind and respond passionately with zero understanding of the actual issue.

 

[get these nets]

That’s a complete lie. I worked in retail for 10 years, it is a much deeper issue than rando former criminals coming in stealing chapstick and socks, it is a multi billion dollar a year issue that involves ORCs (Organized retail crime groups), internal theft and disengaged/understaffed employees. It is difficult for stores to stop theft and sell at the same time (hence why so much shyt is locked up behind glass/lock & key).

These measures from NYC seem a bit light but at least they’re trying to make an effort. I think the penalties need to be harsher nationwide to truly stop it (felonies for thefts of $500 of higher, mandatory jail time for repeat offenders)

Yeah, people run with the deflections fed to them, and name the corporate retail /pharmacy chains but a good number of stores across the city are still family owned. The big boy stores can barely absorb the losses, the mom and pop places get buried taking those kinds of losses while having to pay steep rents.

To let some here tell it, it's a victimless crime.

 

[AVXL]

Yeah, people run with the deflections fed to them, and name the corporate retail /pharmacy chains but a good number of stores across the city are still family owned. The big boy stores can barely absorb the losses, the mom and pop places get buried taking those kinds of losses while having to pay steep rents.

To let some here tell it, it's a victimless crime.

And we haven’t even talked about the credit card scammers, fake ID having folks, switching off the back of gift cards, stealing people’s Apple Pay and shyt. That’s a big part of this too because those folks fool you into thinking it’s a legit purpose and they’re walking out the door with thousands of dollars at stores across the US every day. It’s not just people breaking a lock and running out the door

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Facts.

Dude spending all the city’s money on these fùckin illegal migrants when he could’ve copped like 4 of these