Retailers Are Adding More Security Guards To Stores — And A Lot Of Them Are Carrying Guns by laurengensler
Faced with rising theft and violence — and pressure from scared employees — grocery stores and other retailers are bulking up on armed security.ne Saturday night in April, thieves entered a Gristedes grocery store on Manhattan’s tony Upper East Side and bound two employees with zip ties at gunpoint before making off with thousands of dollars in stolen goods.
While a national debate rages over whether armed guards should be stationed at public places like schools, retailers around the country are beefing up armed security presence in stores, mostly using ex-police and military. Since July 2021, there’s been a 108% increase in demand for armed guards at grocery stores, according to Allied Universal, one of the world’s largest security staffing firms, which works with many of the nation’s biggest retailers and shopping malls.
In December, Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee said it would be adding armed guards to its stores. The move was intended to “provide another layer of safety and security for our customers,” chief operating officer Jeremy Gosch said in a statement. The 285-store grocer released a video that shows security staff in black uniforms roaming the aisles, appearing to have badges, guns, handcuffs and pepper spray.
“It has become open season on stores ... We want to have the reputation that if you steal from us or harm our employees, there will be hell to pay.”Retailers have had to grapple with a host of new challenges since the start of the pandemic, including mask mandates, social distancing rules and supply chain disruptions that have annoyed and upset customers and at times led to confrontations with employees.
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