According to local news, Police in Genessee County Michigan conducted a shoplifting blitz at a local mall on Friday, September 19th, which resulted in 25 arrests in one day. This came after increased complaints from retailers, who report that losses from shoplifting have tripled since spring.  Police arrested 20 adults and 5 juveniles in the blitz on Friday. Interestingly enough, there were no arrests made on Saturday.

Personally, I love the concept of police and even LP doing blitz style investigations. Every area in a given territory can be visited regularly, and at random. That way, the shoplifters never know when it’s coming. What a great deterrent. 

As the rate of shoplifting increases, retailers and law enforcement are working hard to come up with ways to combat the problem.

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