Time-delayed drug safes put in all Alta. Rexalls amid increase in robberies
EDMONTON -- Rexall has put time-delayed safes in its Alberta stores, hoping the technology mandated in B.C. ends an increase in opioid robberies. The wait at Rexall pharmacies is going to be a little bit longer. At a majority of the company's stores in Edmonton and Calgary – and soon, across all of Alberta – drug safes do not immediately open with an access code. Signs throughout the store inform staff, customers and would-be robbers of the change – and deter thieves from targeting the store, the company hopes. "I think the stats are a robbery takes between two to five minutes,...
Source: edmonton.ctvnews.ca