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The fatal shooting of 24-year-old Banko Brown at a San Francisco Walgreens is sparking conversation on whether security guards should be armed.
“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 ...
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.
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Walgreens said at the time this “blatant retail theft” was an ongoing problem at its stores, although a company executive said earlier this year “maybe we cried too much” about the issue.
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There is new scrutiny on the training armed security guards at stores receive following the shooting death of Banko Brown by a security guard at a San Francisco Walgreens last month.
Walgreens renovated a store in Chicago and moved most of the products off the shop floor. Customers have to order non-essential items from a kiosk and then collect them from a staffed counter.