Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property.

   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #81  
The practice in Cali as I understand it is that the police will not come and make arrests in theft cases under the threshold of $950. That is why thefts from stores has increased to the point many are closing.
We have some Californian members here what do y'all see on the ground there? I'm on the other side of USA so I just know what I read about the place. How many and what stores have closed?
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #82  
We have some Californian members here what do y'all see on the ground there? I'm on the other side of USA so I just know what I read about the place. How many and what stores have closed?
While we are waiting:




Of course the bigger chains who close 17 stores generate the headlines in stories but I wonder how it affects the small mom-pop stores who are really hit pretty hard when some thief can just walk in a out with a $900 basket without fear of going to jail.
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #83  
Oh, this guy! His channel is craaaaaaazy haha!

Here's a fun vid of his:

 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #84  
While we are waiting:




Of course the bigger chains who close 17 stores generate the headlines in stories but I wonder how it affects the small mom-pop stores who are really hit pretty hard when some thief can just walk in a out with a $900 basket without fear of going to jail.
Thanks for the links! I would like to hear from some locals with first hand experience though.
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #85  
While we are waiting:




Of course the bigger chains who close 17 stores generate the headlines in stories but I wonder how it affects the small mom-pop stores who are really hit pretty hard when some thief can just walk in a out with a $900 basket without fear of going to jail.
A quote from one of your links.

"This has been a problem going on for years,” CEO and president of the California Retailers Association Rachel Michelin said in a statement.
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #86  
Nice to know some police departments have the resources to hunt down a guy who welched on a $.43 charge.

Even more impressed with a prosecutor that will take the time to teach the guy a lesson.

And the cherry topping it all off....a judge that allows the trial to proceed.

Bet that sends a heck of a message to looters in that jurisdiction.
I'd be interested to find out the name of the store that reported that to the police so I could avoid ever stopping there for any reason.
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #87  
We have some Californian members here what do y'all see on the ground there? I'm on the other side of USA so I just know what I read about the place. How many and what stores have closed?
The $950 number is from San Francisco, where the mayor is currently at odds with the city council over "cleaning up" the city. The tension is that the individual neighborhoods want something other than jailing drug addicts, but aren't willing to fund it. The mayor looks bad from all the crime, and the police are between a rock and a hard place. There is a mix of individuals stealing items to resell near the store (Poverty, addictions...), and organized crime raids on high end stores by tens of individuals to overwhelm security who are stealing for resale online. (And that gets to be an interesting mix of folks, snapping up a "good deal", and active money laundering. (And just how does that person in East Dulwich come to have 10 Gucci bags anyway?))

Whether the store closures are due to shoplifting, or being low profit stores, or just plain so old that it isn't worth the cost to renovate is anyone's guess. A number of them are locations that I know were bought during the acquisition of another chain, many of which haven't been upgraded or spruced up since (2008), and they were rather dated (think '60s styling) to begin with.

Much of the pro "lock 'em up" lobbying in California is, as Gomer would say "surprise, surprise", the prison employee unions and the jail owners. California is one of the most expensive places to incarcerate individuals, right behind New York, and multiples of what it would cost to put people in vocational school or college. Personally, I wish jail was more of a deterrent, or better at reforming folks into good citizens, but with a 43% two year recidivism rate, it has a way to go. There have been a bunch of studies on what works to reduce recidivism, but locally at any rate, we aren't doing it. E.g. California has a program to train prisoners as firefighters, but then won't let them apply to be firefighters after release as they have felony convictions. (Under an emergency waiver at the moment, they can.) Don't get me wrong; I know that there are bad apples out there for whom the right place for everyone is in a cell, but for the others, we can do better.

All the best,

Peter
 
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   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #88  
Oh, this guy! His channel is craaaaaaazy haha!

Here's a fun vid of his:

Could one of those spikes break off the rear wheels and hit the driver in the back?
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #89  
I'd be interested to find out the name of the store that reported that to the police so I could avoid ever stopping there for any reason.
Heck, better yet, go organize a demonstration in front. Wear all black and carry sticks and molotov cocktails. Just kidding. But, they will never miss your business.
 
   / Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property. #90  
Could one of those spikes break off the rear wheels and hit the driver in the back?
Could it now! Or how about getting your leg too close to one of those wheels? Yeh, lots of fun things could happen there.
 

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