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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by ceejayoz on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:04AM (#28404386)
> So it creates a situation where you can walk in the store, grab what you want, and then walk out with out having the police called or anyone legally allowed to stop you.

Walmart and Target, among others, reportedly monitor small thefts and let you get up to the felony threshold over multiple incidents before swooping in.

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by everybodyknows on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:11AM (#28405250)
An option not available to small businesses, as the shoplifters have no doubt already learned. Another hidden tilting of the playing field against small business.
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by a9h74j on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:03PM (#28410410)
So will we see a startup: Uber for alternative policing to whom small retailers submit surveilance camera footage, and expect a series of crimes to be merged into a single case?
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by BuyMyBitcoins on Saturday September 04, 2021 @01:36AM (#28412360)
That’s actually a pretty compelling idea. Not necessarily the alternative policing part (private police?), but compiling hard evidence against offenders and handing that to the authorities.
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by hpkuarg on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:19AM (#28405372)
Yes, exactly.
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