Self-Checkouts Has Lead To Increase In Shoplifting

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

41. I worked for a retailer that did a pilot project with self-checkout

Five locations: West Hollywood, Huntington Beach, San Diego, Scottsdale and Las Vegas.

We were robbed blind at all of them, organized theft rings would just print themselves their own barcodes for less expensive items and wander out the door as loss prevention obliviously looked on from CCTV which lacked the resolution to identify items from afar. They just watched to make sure every item was scanned.

I watched on in facepalm position watching CCTV tape as the security guard in Huntington Beach helped a shoplifter to her car with a home theater speaker setup that had been rung up as a $49 Honeywell Air Purifier.

The woman came back three more times and pulled the same stunt three more times but was never apprehended, after a meth addict nearly beat a security guard to death we pretty much took to just watching shoplifters and occasionally confronting them as they entered the store, giving them a trespass warning and telling them to fuck off.