Is crime on the rise?

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(12-10-2023, 02:18 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Very interesting.  To what end?  As I said, locking up product affects sales.  You wouldn't do it unless not doing cost you more money.  

A buddy of mine's parents own a news depot and lottery ticket and tobacco store in smalltown PA and they sold the business in 2004 or so, mostly because so many customers and employees were stealing cigarettes.  People stealing stuff is a huge pain in the ass.  This may be a more mainstream thing now, but my whole life I've had family who live in a part of town that is so run down and miserable that people just walk off with anything that isn't nailed down.