Four Calgary liquor stores will require customers to scan ID before entering
Four liquor stores in Calgary are being outfitted with controlled entry systems that require customers to scan their ID before they come inside after a similar pilot project in Edmonton proved to be successful at combating theft.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 12:28 PM MT | Last Updated: April 30
In an effort to prevent violent thefts and robberies at liquor stores, Calgary police are partnering with retailer Alcanna Inc. to bring in controlled entrances at four stores in the city. (CBC)
Status card Alcanna Inc., the liquor retailer that owns all four participating Calgary stores as well as the Edmonton locations where Patronscan has been installed, says there was a drastic decrease in thefts and robberies at its Edmonton stores. Between January 2020 and January 2021, the stores in Edmonton with the system in place saw no robberies and a 94 per cent decline in product theft. The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police has called for a province-wide requirement of controlled entrances for all liquor stores, said Tank Vander, Alcanna president, in a statement. We are confident that this partnership with the Calgary Police Service to introduce controlled entrances in Calgary will show the same drastic reduction in thefts and robberies as our pilot program in Edmonton has demonstrated.
CALGARY Police and bylaw officers across Alberta have issued 576 tickets under the Public Health Act since the start of the pandemic, but only around 12 per cent of those tickets have resulted in a conviction. According to numbers provided to CTV News by the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, 40 per cent of all tickets issued have been withdrawn, but many are still yet to make it to court. Fewer than 70 tickets have resulted in a conviction or were paid before reaching court. About 218 tickets, or 38 per cent, remain in court and it could take several months for them to work through the court process. Another 10 percent of tickets were quashed or otherwise resolved by the court, according to the province s prosecution service.
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