And maybe, just maybe, a few good ideas on how to stop, or at least slow, the spiralling problem of theft at the LCBO. And nowhere in the wide range of responses is there any hint that front line LCBO staff are at fault. Though there is not yet any citywide police effort to staunch liquor theft, a new pilot program underway involving 14 Division’s Community Response Unit only exists because the public — LCBO customers who witnessed theft — asked for it. “This is a policing issue which leaves retail employees ridiculously vulnerable.”Here follows a cross-section of responses to the Star’s request for eyewitness accounts of theft at the LCBO. The customers were dumbfounded as to the level of apathy and the lack of any attempt to stop the person.

Source: thestar December 30, 2018 01:48 UTC