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Colorado retail theft rising: "It's just
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/31/2023 9:55:32 AM

A Denver woman says she was just engaging in some "retail therapy" as she shopped at a Ross Dress for Less store on South Colorado Boulevard just before closing time earlier this month. But as she was checking out, she couldn't believe what happened. "It happened really fast. It was really loud and scary," said the shopper, who asked that her name be withheld as she feared retaliation. Three people entered the store, grabbed suitcases and bags from the store and began stuffing them with whatever they could get their hands on. The female shopper said the chaos went on

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I continue to be baffled by businesses that stand back and let thieves rob them blind. Paying customers are outraged.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: minuteman 5/31/2023 10:08:55 AM (No. 1481476)
Communist Amazon loves retail store theft.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Hazymac 5/31/2023 10:10:47 AM (No. 1481478)
If these brazen flash mobs of thieves aren't locked up for a long time, they will drive all retail business out of any city they infest, turning once prosperous places into ghost towns. Deal with the criminals, or say goodbye to your city. Rule of law or rule of street? Shouldn't be a tough choice to make. If, for instance, a group of strongarm robbers comes into a jewelry store with sledgehammers, they should all be shot down on the spot. Zero tolerance.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 5/31/2023 10:42:42 AM (No. 1481513)
Denver was recently added to my no go list due to liberal rot high crime, homeless, mobs of illegals and heavy traffic.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: wilarrbie 5/31/2023 10:58:53 AM (No. 1481532)
Future shopping: Little kiosks where you shop virtually, while robots in the off-limits store pick your order. Pay first then get stuff at check out.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: padiva 5/31/2023 11:07:53 AM (No. 1481540)
The laws are on the side of the shoplifter. I get the 'police blotter' from my local township. With all the cameras and online resources (that we don't know about), non-active retail theft cases are on the rise. Imagine, stealing stuff and thinking you got away with it. You are out there living your life, when you get a knock on the front door. It's an arrest warrant(s) for retail theft. It's a horrible way to impress your neighbors.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 5/31/2023 11:17:06 AM (No. 1481549)
Shoot the first one and this will stop.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: dbdiva 5/31/2023 11:24:06 AM (No. 1481555)
I wonder what would happen if a group of "toxic males" or women who are melanin-challenged charge into these stores to scoop up free stuff. Would these individuals be detained by store security? Probably so. I'm really tired of our two-tiered justice system.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 5/31/2023 11:24:34 AM (No. 1481556)
My local grocery store in the Denver suburbs recently added guards, and one-way gates inside the doors. One of the department managers told me that she and her staff watch shoplifters walking out with stuff all day long.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Califedup 5/31/2023 11:30:41 AM (No. 1481564)
Simple Solution to all of these retail thefts - Post a large sign over the entrance and exits of every store warning "Looters will be shot". Hire armed security guards with police or military experience. Follow through on the signs warning. It will only take one or two instances showing that the message on the signs is for real and believe it, this shoplifting and looting epidemic will cease immediately. One other thought, a lot of these businesses have large excess inventory which are dragging down profits. Can losses due to theft be submitted as an insurance claim thereby reducing the excess inventory and at the same time turning a profit on the thefts?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 5/31/2023 12:13:37 PM (No. 1481590)
Colorado was one of the first States to welcome marijuana sales/recreational smoking throughout their communities. A friend who lived there said that theft/burglaries and DUIs and anything else related to drugs, increased at least 50% in these Colorado cities when citizens voted in marijuana sales etc. She said pride of home ownership went down with the government welcoming drugs into their communities. (who has pride when they are strung out) And this is when Colorado went from a Red State to a Purple State to a now Blue State. sad.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: ADNova 5/31/2023 12:40:29 PM (No. 1481617)
I wonder how much of the price inflation of 2020-2023 is directly attributable to stores trying to recover theft losses? If you're looking for a PhD dissertation topic that will crater your academic career this would be a good one. I'm guessing the number is not zero.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: rytwng 5/31/2023 12:44:14 PM (No. 1481622)
A few dead looters to start with and then kill all looters. They won't do it again.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DVC 5/31/2023 1:27:36 PM (No. 1481661)
Dopers can't work, gotta fund their dope.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: udanja99 5/31/2023 1:29:31 PM (No. 1481663)
#7, I’ve wondered that too and I think your answer is correct.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: AltaD 5/31/2023 1:47:59 PM (No. 1481691)
#4 that future is closer than you realize. Walgreens recently announced they will be testing a pickup-orders-only layout in one of their stores in Chicago. It will be a bit like the old Service Merchandise but this time, no products will be on display.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 5/31/2023 2:45:11 PM (No. 1481738)
Life in my neighborhood and probably yours: I needed a few double A batteries so I headed over to Safeway Once there I found the batteries but they were in a locked cabinet which was necessary because of all the shoplifting Took 20 minutes to find a store clerk to unlock the cabinet because nobody works anymore. Then waited in the checkout line for a very long time for the same reason It's pretty much the same in most of the retail outlets around here when it comes to routine purchases. Like Ace Hardware, Walgreens, etc. Solutions: Move, go without or log onto Amazon.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: formerNYer 5/31/2023 3:11:13 PM (No. 1481752)
Welcom to Colofornia - they ruined one sate and now they are moving on to ruin another state. Who's surprised???
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Patty48 5/31/2023 3:26:05 PM (No. 1481765)
The Russians had you pick what you wanted then line up in another line to pay and then go to another line to get your purchase. We will soon be Russia 2.0
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Reply 19 - Posted by: chumley 5/31/2023 3:42:52 PM (No. 1481790)
I've spent a lifetime trying to make a good name for myself and my family. I cannot imagine risking that name, or the public shame, for some Chinese made baubles. I guess that doesn't matter when your entire existence has been a drain on society for generations.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Faithfully 6/2/2023 9:35:22 PM (No. 1483337)
So the Liberal, Hollywood crowd who ski in Colorado might have their politics bite them in the arse? So sad.
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