Small businesses taking extreme measures to stop shoplifters because of soft-on-crime laws: Security expert [Video]

Some small business owners in blue cities across the U.S. have resorted to unusual and extreme measures to combat rampant shoplifting in their stores.

A small business owner in San Francisco says he requires customers to shop with an employee escort to thwart potential thieves.

“It’s pretty bad,” Sam Black, manager of Fredericksen Hardware & Paint in San Francisco, told KRON4. “I mean, the dollar amounts are pretty significant, and with the tools and now we’re getting snatch-and-grabs when they take whole displays, so it’s getting kind of dangerous for the employees and the customers.”

“We just want to make it uncomfortable for the thieves so they go somewhere else,” Black said.

BUSINESSES TAKE DRASTIC ACTION TO PROTECT AGAINST RAMPANT SHOPLIFTING, ORGANIZED CRIME THEFTS

It’s the same story in New York City for hardware store owner Robert Morales, who has reportedly adoptedsimilar protocols. He only allows one or two people in his store at a time and …