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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:11 pm
California City Attorney threatens to punish Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts at store in crime-ridden state
A city attorney in California has threatened to punish a Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts at the store in the crime-ridden state.
Sacramento City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood's office said the retail store located at 2505 Riverside Blvd. in Land Park will be fined and slapped with a public nuisance charge if it continues to call police when there is a theft at the store.
A person familiar with the incident, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal, told The Sacramento Bee that city officials warned that an administrative fine would also be charged.
Alexander Gammelgard, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, who testified at the Assembly’s first retail theft committee meeting in December, stated "'I ... (was) also surprised that anyone would ever attempt to make a nuisance case out of somebody calling to report a legitimate crime."
Under the Proposition 47 initiative that was passed in 2014, lower-level crimes were set as misdemeanors and $950 felony threshold set for shoplifting.
A city attorney in California has threatened to punish a Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts at the store in the crime-ridden state.
Sacramento City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood's office said the retail store located at 2505 Riverside Blvd. in Land Park will be fined and slapped with a public nuisance charge if it continues to call police when there is a theft at the store.
A person familiar with the incident, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal, told The Sacramento Bee that city officials warned that an administrative fine would also be charged.
Alexander Gammelgard, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, who testified at the Assembly’s first retail theft committee meeting in December, stated "'I ... (was) also surprised that anyone would ever attempt to make a nuisance case out of somebody calling to report a legitimate crime."
Under the Proposition 47 initiative that was passed in 2014, lower-level crimes were set as misdemeanors and $950 felony threshold set for shoplifting.