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locked behind plexiglas has the highest theft rate of all their nearly 9,000 u.s. stores, hit more than a dozen times a day. when thieves turn to cleaning out ice cream and frozen burritos, workers grew so frustrated, they resorted to the chains. they were ordered down by corporate because of the negative messaging. but walgreens isn't the only retailer impacted in san francisco. >> you have to ask an employee for help. >> reporter: at this store, frozen food is controlled with a cable lock. fake eyelashes locked behind plexiglas along with lotion and nail polish. at another grocery store, $14 bags of coffee under lock and key. >> what is this? >> i don't know. i don't understand wychy coffee- >> oh, here she is. >> it's become kind of like a police state in san francisco. i don't know how else to describe it. >> it's not part of city life.
people, including this man, steal. did that guy pay? >> come again? >> reporter: did that guy pay? >> no. >> reporter: he didn't pay? walgreens says this richmond neighborhood store with aisles of products like mustard locked behind plexiglass has the eye exist theft rate of all their nearly 9,000 u.s. stores, hit more than a dozen times day with thieves turn to closing out ice cream and frozen burritos, workers resorted to the chains. they were ordered down by corporate because of the negative messaging. but walgreens isn't the only retailer impacted in san francisco. have to ask an employee por help. at this store, frozen food is controlled with a cable lock. fake eyelashes locked mbehind plexiglass with ocean and nail polish. another grocery store, $14 bags
part of life. >> reporter: and so typical that in the 30 minutes we were at this walgreen's, we watched three people, including this man, steal. did that guy pay? did that guy pay? >> no. >> reporter: he didn't pay. walgreen's says this richmond neighborhood store with aisles of products like mustard locked behind plexiglass as the highest theft rate of all their nearly 9,000 u.s. stores, hit more than a dozen times a day when thieves turn to cleaning out ice cream and frozen burritos, workers resorted to the chains. they were ordered down by corporate because of the negative messaging. but walgreen's isn't the only retailer impacted in san francisco. at this store, frozen food is controlled with a cable lock. fake eyelashes locked behind
went from padlock to padlock on both sides of the doors. this was something i had never seen before. this is more icing on the cake telling us that rampant crime has become a regular part of life. >> reporter: so typical that in the 30 minutes we were at this walgreens we watched three people, including this man steal. >> did that guy pay? did that guy pay? he didn't pay? >> reporter: walgreens says this richmond neighborhood store with aisles of products like mustard locked behind plexiglass has the highest theft rate of all their nearly 9,000 u.s. stores, hit more than a dozen times a day when thieves turn to cleaning out ice cream and frozen burritos, workers grew so frustrated, they resorted to the chains. they were ordered down by corporate because of the negative messaging. but wall ggreens isn't the only
travis and buck sexton show. i love when you just watch these guys wheeling carts out of the walgreen's and said i already paid for it. >> you know, jesse, this is all happening in direct response to decisions that have been made by prosecutors offices in major cities all over the country and even by state legislatures that have decided that they are going to make it a lot easier to be a criminal. you know, in the case of san francisco, famously, they have set a rate, i think it's $900 that you have to steal before you are even going to get arrested. a lot of other places have raised what the theft rate would have to be for it to qualify as a felony. so, if you steal five times or 50 times at $500 a pop, you're basically getting a misdemeanor desk ticket with a judge. it's completely insane and it has a lot of societal toll. i mean, it actually comes with a big cost not just to the retailers, who are racking up
national retailers combating small armies of shoplifters parade superstores put frequently stolen items behind enclosures spokesperson for targets as the chain is making significant investments in training and technology to deep deter theft rate many businesse say lawmakers must do more to address the problem in our calling for stiffer shoplifting penalties for the crime is considered a primary cause of all retail theft which is your cost the industry. >> david lee, thank you. >> as the biden administration continues its war on fossil fuels for the global energy crisis could get even worse nex year. let's bring in the founder and ceo alex epstein. great to have you. you believe they will actually get worse clicks. >> there is a good chance because the root cause of the