These repeated offenders have plagued California retail chains in recent years, leading to a shoplifting crisis that caused another Target in San Francisco on Folsom Street to put all of its cosmetic and toiletry products under lock and key. Many have criticized the policy as a free pass for shoplifters to keep stealing while barely getting a slap on the wrist as punishment. Michelin says the root of the problem lies with the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, also known as Prop 47, which downgraded crimes like theft of goods under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors. “They will sell those items out on the street, they then make money, they then continue their habit or continue a destructive lifestyle.” “The problem now… is that, people who are drug addicted, who have mental health issues, they candidly will go into stores and they will steal,” Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers’ Association (CRA) told The Post. Target expects profits to take $1.3B hit from ‘theft and organized crime’Īfter a San Francisco Target store was forced to lock down entire aisles of its inventory due to skyrocketing theft, a California business leader has slammed the state’s ultra-soft on crime policies for letting brazen shoplifters and drug addicts get away with crimes time and again. NYPD to keep list of serial shoplifters, as long-awaited NYC retail theft report released Stopping thieves doesn’t need more acronyms - it needs arrests! Mayor Adams’ sad capitulation to the crime-coddling Left
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