Walgreens using time-delayed safes to deter robberies
From the article:
In an effort to discourage robberies, Walgreens has installed time-delayed safes at all of it pharmacies in seven states and in parts of two others. The safes are bolted to the floor and are used to secure commonly used controlled substances often targeted by criminals
“Once activated by a pharmacist, the safe is designed to remain locked for several minutes. This concept is widely used in the banking and retail industry as a way to successfully eliminate the immediate availability of items frequently targeted in robberies.”
“I feel like individuals who would originally intend to rob our pharmacies are going to think twice because it’s going to increase their chances of being caught,” pharmacist Olivia Ochoa told KOTV. “They’re going to have to stay in the pharmacy longer.”
Walgreens District Loss Prevention Manager Jory Withers told the station: “As we’ve implemented this we’ve been very careful of making sure our workflow will accommodate the use of the time-delay safe with a minimal impact to the customer, so it shouldn’t affect the customer in any way.”
Caruso said Walgreens is simply “tipping the balance” toward higher risk versus reward for criminals. “Robbers understand the longer they remain at a crime scene, their higher the likelihood they’ll get caught,” Caruso said. “They also understand the longer they stay, the more surveillance footage we have of them, which has been extremely beneficial to local authorities in identifying and arresting these criminals. Ample signage has been placed throughout stores to warn would-be criminals that time-lock safes are in place.”
Let’s see here… WAGS is working under the premise that these desperate addicts are going to read posted signs and believe them ? And a customer having to be exposed for an extended period of time while a “wacked out” addict waiting for a safe to be opened… won’t be affected ?
We all know that WAGS policy is for employee are not to be in the position of defending themselves http://www.bna.com/walgreen-pharmacist-not-n17179891129/
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And once again.. WAGS confirms that it is more interested helping arrest those who would rob their stores… which suggests that the internal harm (employees/customers harmed or killed) is not a high priority for the corporation. I guess putting up bullet proof glass… would ruin the decorum of the Rx dept area.. ?
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” which suggests that the internal harm (employees/customers harmed or killed) is not a high priority for the corporation. I guess putting up bullet proof glass… would ruin the decorum of the Rx dept area.. ?”
^^THiS. My store doesn’t even have security cameras facing the patient side of the counter. Most of the newer build stores have pharmacies on “ground level” now. I have had young childen reach over unlatch the little door and walk into the pharmacy. We a friggen sitting ducks.