San Francisco Hardware Store Implements Customer Escorts to Combat Rising Crime

Fredericksen Hardware & Paint, a long-standing hardware store in San Francisco, is now providing staff escorts for each customer due to rampant shoplifting and crime in the area. The store hopes that this increased attention to each shopper will deter criminals from continuing to ransack the store with snatch-and-grabs that threaten its business. This move comes as other high-profile companies in the area have closed shop or hired extra security due to the escalating crime wave.