Some NYC stores using dogs to deter shoplifters

Redrose said:
Shoplifting unfortunately always existed but no so bad as is now. Now I'm wondering how the dog knows whether you paid for an item(s) or not.
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They could put a scent on a security tag that had to be removed by the cashier.

The whole thing is deterrence. Shoplifters are criminals but not big time masterminds. Many low level criminals want eazy not hard. They know a dog bite not worth a few hundred dollars in cosmetics etc.
 
Lawsuits are going to start rolling in.

I like this idea, though. But I see a future where retail stores are no longer a walk-in business. And that's probably in our near-future.

Walmarts and auto-parts stores and etc. will be fortresses full of merchandise with a few service windows where you'll hand someone your shopping list if you haven't entered it on their app, and you'll pay for it there if not on the app, and then you'll either pick it up at a door manned with armed security guards and some cameras, or have it delivered.

That's a ton of jobs gone obsolete. And you'll have these twerps who'll be filing all those lawsuits to thank.
 
I'm really not sure exactly how a dog is supposed to detect a shoplifter. Maybe it's not the dog, but the armed guard that's standing next to the dog. With both, you might want to swipe stuff from the place with just the 17 year old clerk.
 
Murrmurr said:
Lawsuits are going to start rolling in.

I like this idea, though. But I see a future where retail stores are no longer a walk-in business. And that's probably in our near-future.

Walmarts and auto-parts stores and etc. will be fortresses full of merchandise with a few service windows where you'll hand someone your shopping list if you haven't entered it on their app, and you'll pay for it there if not on the app, and then you'll either pick it up at a door manned with armed security guards and some cameras, or have it delivered.

That's a ton of jobs gone obsolete. And you'll have these twerps who'll be filing all those lawsuits to thank.
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I have long thought that such a thing might be coming. Frankly, if they went to such a method, the theft rate would plummet. I worked for Adidas. We were like Amazon, I had one row of shoes. Three or four different models/five sizes.

Having one worker per asile. One picks spices. Another soda, another dog food. If out, line cross the item to indicate such. Plus, no lawsuits from customers for slipping on stuff.

I'd guess 6-10 years for this to start
 
Murrmurr said:
Lawsuits are going to start rolling in.

I like this idea, though. But I see a future where retail stores are no longer a walk-in business. And that's probably in our near-future.

Walmarts and auto-parts stores and etc. will be fortresses full of merchandise with a few service windows where you'll hand someone your shopping list if you haven't entered it on their app, and you'll pay for it there if not on the app, and then you'll either pick it up at a door manned with armed security guards and some cameras, or have it delivered.

That's a ton of jobs gone obsolete. And you'll have these twerps who'll be filing all those lawsuits to thank.
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I think you’re right. Walmarts here are strongly encouraging free order pickup.

Remember those stores about 40 years ago where you went in, looked at a catalogue and they brought out the item. Lee Valley Tools still does this.
 
Yeah, I like it!

Dogs with sharp teeth that sense when shoplifters are putting out a vibe their handlers don't like and might not be controllable. I've wrote many times, what our criminal justice system needs in this era with much more transparency possible, is a return to a level of reasonable corporal punishment that our psychology professionals have a seething hate for to even mention. Something criminals very much understand as they use such against their own. Traditional brick and mortar retail stores would be fine if they could remove the threat of personal injury lawyers where they ought be otherwise legislatively limited, that plagues our USA society.
 
Jules said:
I think you’re right. Walmarts here are strongly encouraging free order pickup.

Remember those stores about 40 years ago where you went in, looked at a catalogue and they brought out the item. Lee Valley Tools still does this.
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There was a Montgomery Wards not far from me when I lived up in the mountains (not far = within 60 miles) that did that, too. They've been gone for decades...er, their store has been. Personal computers came too late for them.
 
Jules said:
I think you’re right. Walmarts here are strongly encouraging free order pickup.

Remember those stores about 40 years ago where you went in, looked at a catalogue and they brought out the item. Lee Valley Tools still does this.
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We had something similar in Beaverton Oregon. You'd go in, walk the aisles, take tags, go and pay and they'd have it slide down on a belt.
 
Maybe those German Shepherds will deter the Pit Bull owners from bringing their dogs to the store. Our local Walmart has people with their pets everywhere you turn. I've seen a Pit lunge at a toddler in a cart and only a strong leash kept him back.
 
Pepper said:
I adhere to the following philosophy:
CVS Sucks.
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As expensive as CVS is it does not justify shoplifting.

That's also the draw to many of the shoplifters because they gangs they frequently work for want their stuff to sell.
 
I was wondering about lawsuits also. 'I was only stealing merchandise, now that dog bit me in the ass, I'm damaged physically and psychologically. I'm going to sue!' And possibly win.
 

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