Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have reduced hours

Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by bryan0 on Friday July 02, 2021 @09:08PM (#27718530)

This article from May talks a bit more about the causes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/us/san-francisco-shoplift...

Many people point to Prop 47 which “reclassified nonviolent thefts as misdemeanors if the stolen goods are worth less than $950”

Some also point the finger at DA Chesa Boudin for his low “charging rates”: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chesa-Boudin-San-Fra...

Basically if you shoplift in SF the benefits outweigh the costs.

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Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by x0x0 on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:12PM (#27718826)

The stats seem to say shoplifting is not increasing in sf. Though that doesn't mean that any chain isn't experiencing something different.

Or that the sf crazies aren't being even crazier post lockdown and causing more of the mentioned security incidents.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Is-shoplifting-ris...

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Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by gruez on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:05PM (#27719032)

>The Chronicle analyzed Police Department incident report data from January 2018 through April 2021. [...] The data shows that shoplifting rates dipped at the start of the pandemic, when many stores shut down, and have since recovered to just below pre-pandemic levels.

Is sampling bias potentially at play here? If you know that calling the police wouldn't do anything, why would you bother reporting it?

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Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by lazide on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:56PM (#27719239)

It’s definitely at play here - the cops often don’t even show up, and the stores have stopped bothering to call.

If you don’t record it, it isn’t happening, as it were.

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