Retail theft on the rise nationwide 

Maybe enforce the law instead of just letting them out of jail immediately.

All the officers in the world can't save a collapsing society.

You gave them license to steal what did you think was going to happen

In a weird way, I enjoy seeing how chaotic this is getting.

Another task force that will be one step behind the criminals.

I haven't decided if its because the price of everything is going up and wages going down, or if its because everyone is afraid to confront black suspects nowadays and be charged with racism. Or if cities are simply turning criminals back on the streets. Would be interested to see the statistics.

I bet nobody is stealing books LOL 🤷🏿‍♂️ the bookstores go untouched could probably leave the doors unlocked 🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

retailers should band together and sue the government for allowing this to happen

Media has to be dragged into reporting the obvious problems and when they do, they highlight factors that are convenient to their agenda and fail to mention the ones that aren't.

Is not safe to go shopping anywhere in California,

maybe they should make it against the law to do that and then enforce it

Many I know have stopped going to malls to shop because of these robberies and gun violence. It is getting less safe over the years and no one enjoys shopping knowing that there is always danger lurking behind. Gov at various levels should really seriously attend to these problems, as these do drive consumers away.

How is it law prevent store owners to shoot looters is beyond comprehension. Looters should understand their life could get expired before they go looting.

I don't think we've seen the impact on the price Of goods yet. This is all fairly new. They're gonna start charging a fortune for everything. Because they're letting Criminals go in there and take it. Then somebody's got to pay for that.

Who would’ve thought that defunding police actually has negative consequences. Weird.

In central America there are armed guards in front of stores even some super markets and I mean armed!

These people are probably the same type to flex their stolen goods and brag about how much money they get and call you broke 😂

Bring back mandatory minimums and you won’t have this problem anymore. Judges letting serial thieves out of jail over and over needs to stop. People spent $500 extra dollars at the grocery store last year due to theft. I don’t understand why the government doesn’t do anything when this is affecting the entire country by large margins.

Don’t forget the street takeovers in So Cal.

This is a main reason why our prices on Everything goes up. If these shoplifters knew that they would charged with felonies for it and go to prison, they might think twice about doing it

Develop a system where you have to scan your ID upon entering. At least cops can track them down then. The honest people don't mind showing their IDs

When shoplifters are caught and before a judge. He should sentence them to Community Service cleaning up garbage & POOP off the street of LA. The first offense is one month, the second offense 3 months, and the third offense is one year. They will be supervised by a Social worker and if they refuse to work they get sent to jail.

People can't afford gas but have Higher demand for $25k stolen bags... 😮....yea sure

The real problem is not the law its the Insurance companies that protect the store. I have been a supervisor and manager of CVS, Best Buy and more. Every store I have worked at tells you. You can’t touch them. Only intimidate… unless the store hire it’s own private security or police. We can’t touch them without a $162 Guard card. Which is why this Vet got one. I can make a citizen arrest. However if you get hurt and go work comp Sedgwick Insurance aka: XL insurance will then get you fired and refuse to pay work compensation even though it’s state law. Been there done that!

Private sector must hire veterans to protect our streets, the same way they have in the Middle East. Stop this madness. 🇺🇸

I am not going to care about this so long as wage theft continues to be the most profitable and unpunished crimes as far as theft goes.

An armed guard at the door would be much cheaper, along with automatic locking doors.

What did they think would happen when they elevated a career criminal like George Floyd to Sainthood and defunded the police? 😂😂

"Higher retail costs because of thefts like these" Doubtful. If anything it's just another excuse for companies to raise their costs even higher.

And when they catch somebody then what? A year probation? Slap on the wrist

Hey, wealth inequality is also on the rise. In fact, it’s at its highest ever. Interesting coincidence, yeah?

you need double doors so people can't enter or leave more than one at a time as you allow. also a trap door at the cash so that if someone comes to rob the till you say sure and press the button with your foot. they are trapped inside a metal container til the cops get there.

Proposition 47 will ensure that these thefts continue to be charged as misdemeanors individually. California's woes are self-inflicted.

If you like what you see, just keep voting Democrat.

I hope someone can do something about it, it’s very unsettling to see civilisation descend into chaos.

As long as there are little to no real consequences for this it will continue happening and getting more predominant....try actually prosecution with real and stiff sentences and consequences.

Bidenomics

IF stores went just one year with no shoplifting, no shrink of any kind, does anyone think they'd actually lower their prices as much as they raise them counter the loss through theft? HELL NO THEY WOULDN'T!

l wouldn't call it retail theft. l would call it a sign of a vibrant hip hop community

✊🏾privilege and ✊🏾excellence on full display

Retail theft has gone on over the last 20+ years and keeps increasing. Out of liability most businesses can’t stop or accuse someone of theft, most let them walk. The employee hand book advised let them go, out of your own safety and to protect the business from legal backlash. You just write the stuff off insurance.

States should declare state of emergency; and the national guard should be sent out to each city; and main order and arrest/(cute) criminals in order to protest businesses and innocent people. Govt officials must do their jobs to keep everyone safe. And Order must be maintained in our society period

I wonder what would happen when there are no retails left.

Must be all the liberal district attorneys getting rid of cash bail. Throw the criminals in jail

Why not set up a security system that locks all doors with a push of a button? The flash mob then can try to find a way out of the store with their loot, while the police are on route to arrest them.

Companies need to invest in the employees by certifying and paying employees more to conceal/ open carry on the store premises... and if something happens back up their employees and go after the thief( etc.) with extreme prejudice legally!!! 1)the employees that get to carry must wear a camera, 2) pass a company approved certification course, then finally 3)put up a sign informing customers of the rules and precautions in the store, basically inform customers that theft and other inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated at all in this store and to (yes) shop at your own risk!!

Stores don't care if they're the victims of shoplifters, so why should we be?

Holy smokes this isnt rocket science, FBI. 😂

Every time we're nice to poor people this happens

Think we are headed to a day when you can't just walk into a store. You will have to show id and be buzzed in. And in other places the stores will just go out of business.

Make things affordable again

Always these same race!

You can be soft on some crime. Crime is crime. Police can set up portable cameras. Theft is theft whether it's food, clothing, shoes, electronics, etc cetera.

Wild how stealing purses is treated like a big deal while people are dying of hunger and treatable illnesses and mass shootings and homelessness in the richest nation in the world. Boy they got a lot of yall trained real good.

Cashless bail has consequences.

Throw an iron net over them when they flee the stores. And then put some electricity on the nets. Install cages that fall from the ceiling to trap them. And put some electricity on these cages.

1st offense: 30 days no bail 2nd offense: 90 days no bail 3rd offense: 1year no bail 4th offense: felony charges with min 5 year sentence I bet ya theft would go down then 🤔🤔🤔🤔😒😒😒

They dont wanna state the obvious

how do we know if an item on ebay is stolen unless a law is made where highly visible tags are put on the item that requires a special key to remove and is removed when purchased and would have an alarm trigger built in. similar to them large clamshell stapler looking tags used by clothing stores in the 80s. visible so both the customer and the cashiers can see them so they could not be easily left on to get taken out of the store. alarm triggering so even if the cashier should overlook and forget to remove the tag it would set off the alarm and remind them that they forgot to remove one. dye pack inside so if someone tried to remove it without the key the dye would ruin the product. the tag also has to be made so it cant easily be removed without the key. the plastic detectors that are in every product can be defeated with a magnet and often it is a magnet that the store uses to deactivate them. it is to the point where stores are putting the stuff behind lock and key even the smaller less expensive stuff like basic body care stuff like toothpaste and soaps and shampoos. pharmacies because there are powerful drugs like oxy codone and such that is highly abused. box stores and home improvement because of tools and their accessories. grocery stores i guess basic body care stuff. retail theft is still a crime even if the items are a need item. yes it is a safety concern for the employees and customers to not chase down the shoplifters because in some cases guns have been involved. maybe the solution is to sell the high end stuff online only.

Why nobody saying that most of robberies are certain race because they lives matter??? This is more serious than ever terrorize community.

12% doing 90%

The following news is about retail theft being on the rise. The establishment’s answer to this, however, is to provide more law enforcement. Does that evaluation indicate that the United States (US) is a nation of, by, and for her people? The fact is that 38 million Americans today live in poverty, while 8 of the 10 richest men in the world are US citizens. The fact is that the People’s Republic of China has already eradicated her poverty, despite having 4 times the US’ population. The fact is that only 40% of US citizens are satisfied with our government, while over 90% of Chinese are satisfied with theirs. Therefore, who is the real leader of the free world? And, the fact is that the US has repeatedly refused to comply with 42 United Nations resolutions asking her to immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty to the Puerto Ricans. Is the US’ problem really about retail theft being on the rise, or that the American Revolution of 1776 was actually about replacing the British oligarchy for the American oligarchy. Therefore, US liberty and justice for all has always been an illusion! After realizing that there is no such thing as the “American Dream”, are “We the People” willing to fight World War III to make US oligarchs even richer? US citizens united for real justice for all!

I sell black hoodies in Los Angeles, and they're flying off the shelves. I cant keep them in stock! The covid mask mandate and no cash bail has also been a godsend. Thank you Democrats.

And it will get worse after Halloween, that’s when they start stealing for Christmas retailers 😢

So now they doing this .. .he destroyed our country 😢 go figure. ?

So what happens to real estate prices, when retailers have to close their doors? Or is the idea to short the real estate market and retail, by changing the the laws to tie the hands of law-enforcement?

Remember that if you incentivize something you get more of it.

I predict that brick-and-mortar stores will eventually disappear entirely.

Are we sure? I mean we can't know official rates of retail theft if we never charge anyone with it. Oh..... right

Retail theft should be protected. Poor people are trying to feed themselves.

when we were kids, shoplifting a candy bar was illegal but now you can steal lots of expensive stuff so what has changed? Why did we used to have laws that were respected and enforced and now after hundreds of years, is it rampant? Its simple common sense which we don't seem to have anymore. If you steal, you get stopped, arrested and prosecuted appropriately, period!

what is the common denominator here?

i just moved to guatemala and they handle theft a little different here. if they catch you they tie you to a post and whip you in the public square. no a whole lot of second offenses. If you get caught the third time i have heard of gasoline coming out

13%

Gutless government

It's not nationwide. There's no one doing it here.

And CBS has the audacity to block out these criminals' faces.

0:36 Why blur this person's face? (Unless it's stock footage or not an actual theft.)

Why don't the businesses have a turn style entry and allow only a few in at a time?

Thanks Jo Jo

Insurance companies & stores will NOW fire you if you STOP the thieves.

We do not support shoplifting!!! Prices should not increase due to shoplifting!!! Security guards do little to prevent thefts. Loss prevention should be used 24/7!!!

How about not letting those scumbags leave the store...

People are taking cartful of merchandise items like its free for all. Retailers won't do nothing cause of the insurance. They can make claims for the total amount. If the merchandise were worth retail value $1000 the company can claim $2000. So rather than dealing with the criminals they would just file claims as a safer resolution.

We are living in the end of days

I think this will be closer to a digital dollar.Soon people have to shop online.Sad because I don't think everyone wants to shop online.

what’s crazy is that everyone things that the merchandise is insured but they ain’t! every retailer cuts employee hours to makeup for theft

Robbers are stealing $1,000,000 from the Jewelry Shops!

punishment needs to be enforced with the times.

The problem is that these large retail chains are well understaffed and employees underpaid,, a easy solution is to put products behind counters, and they can actually block off isles and have employees to hand products to customers

I mean it feels more like a west coast problem more than anything. I'm just a humble Florida man.

They can’t prevent it. Stores have to lock everything up or move.

IN DEMOCRAT run cities... be specific.

HIRE ARMED GUARDS AND GIVE THEM THE POWER TO ARREST !!!

Your societys' consequences; straight up comedia in my opinion 😄 "you idiots all wanna misbehave so this is what happens"

stagnant wages, increasingly increases in necessities at the grocery. people are starting to realize they are being taken advantage of.

black problem that other countries just dont understand unless they come here.

We all know what the problem is

So stop & shop is being hit hard? So ppl are stealing food?!? Something required to sustain life! Meanwhile the government in my state is actually pulling back on ppl that receive government aid, which is probably not a good idea!

I thought Karen Bass was going to end all this along with homelessness in LA. So far nothing. Maybe she will start tomorrow or next week.