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Retail theft prevention strategies in Manhattan
5:14:12
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Alvin Bragg outlines the Manhattan DA's office's approach to addressing retail theft, a significant priority given Manhattan's status as a retail hub.
- 5% of people arrested for Manhattan retail offenses account for about one-third of all Manhattan retail theft complaints
- The DA's office is working with NYPD commands to focus on repeat offenders
- They are conducting proactive upstream investigations into those profiting from the rise in retail theft
- In May, they announced an indictment of two individuals for possessing over $1,000,000 in stolen goods as part of a retail theft fencing operation
- The office has observed a deterrent effect from these high-profile cases
Alvin Bragg
5:14:12
I almost said council member Katz.
5:14:14
DA Katz mentioned retail theft, which is a significant priority for my office.
5:14:18
Maybe she'll argue with me about this.
5:14:19
I would say Manhattan is the retail capital of the country.
5:14:23
But in any event, we know our businesses just thrive throughout the city, and so we've continued to target the population that is sort of repeatedly shoplifting.
5:14:33
In Manhattan, Five Percent of the people arrested on a Manhattan retail offense account for about one third of all Manhattan retail theft complaints.
5:14:42
So we've been working with our commands at the NYPD focusing on that group doing the day in and day out work.
5:14:50
In addition, we've been doing proactive upstream investigations into those who stand to profit from this rise in retail theft, and that's another critical piece of our strategy.
5:15:00
So in May, we announced the indictment of two individuals for criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree for possessing more than $1,000,000 in various stolen goods as part of a retail theft fencing operation.
5:15:14
I can also announce that when we brought that work, we saw in other places that we were investigating, we saw the impact, the deterrence that's bringing that case brought.
5:15:30
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