Oct. 28, 2023 - Epoch Times
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| There's a number of factors that are responsible for the declining rate of arrest and prosecution of shoplifting. | |
| The first is that we're a very progressive state in California. | |
| We have very progressive judges, very progressive district attorneys. | |
| There's just been a decline of a willingness to prosecute those crimes. | |
| But more significantly, since the year 2014, which is the year that California voters passed Proposition 47, decriminalized theft below $950. | |
| What we've seen is the absolute ransacking of Walgreens and the like. | |
| Thieves going in and stealing large quantities of goods. | |
| So you sometimes hear people say, police don't prevent crimes. | |
| Well, that's ridiculous. | |
| I mean, we have incredibly good information and data that the presence of police reduces homicides and it reduces other crimes. | |
| I mean, of course it does. | |
| It's common sense. | |
| If would-be criminals don't think that they're going to be caught, we know that they're much more comfortable committing those crimes. |
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