Walgreens executive James Kehoe told analysts on an earnings call Thursday that the company may have overblown the issue of retail theft and will pull back on using private security.

Security guards "are not there to protect the product," he said, per the Post. Theft is a hot-button issue among retailers like Walmart and Target, as some executives forecast the closure of stores.

The fatal shooting of 24-year-old Banko Brown at a San Francisco Walgreens is sparking conversation on whether security guards should be armed.

As Walgreens was shutting down drugstores in the Bay Area and struggling with a theft problem, it fired three Black security managers without giving them the severance payments offered to laid-off ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Walgreens security guard was formally charged with assault after attacking a man with a baton last month. Martin Sandoval is now charged with aggravated assault wi… ...

“Once we learned of the incident, Walgreens promptly took steps to temporarily disable message viewing to prevent further disclosure and then implemented a technical correction that resolved the issue ...