Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024

Stores in crime-riddled San Francisco abandoning self-checkout lanes to combat thefts: report

• San Francisco retailers, including Safeway in the Fillmore District and Target on Mission Street, shut down self-checkout lanes as a precautionary retail strategy, notes Daniel Conway of the California Grocers Association. Governor Gavin Newsom's office reported $30.7 million in recovered stolen goods and over 1,250 arrests in California since 2019.
• In 2019 article entitled, “Do We Create Shoplifters?” Paul Orlando wrote, “​​There are benefits and costs to job automation. We may prefer automation when there are benefits of cost, safety, and other efficiencies. Those benefits come with costs.”
• This year, California announced in September it plans to spend $267 million to help local law enforcement agencies crack down on smash-and-grab robberies.