http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/06/01/pickpocket-at-berkeley-starbucks/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:13:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/06/01/pickpocket-at-berkeley-starbucks/comment-page-1/#comment-7429 thiefhunter Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/06/01/pickpocket-at-berkeley-starbucks/#comment-7429 My guess is that it happens quite a lot, between once and week and once a day. I don't know this specific location, but you have to add in the other, more common type of theft: from a bag/purse/handbag left available on a chair, on the back of a chair, or on the floor. It will be impossible to get a straight answer from management. Corporate policy won't allow them to say, is my guess. And anyway, they don't really know. Many thefts aren't discovered until the victim is long gone, and then many victims chalk it up to "lost" property. They figure they left the wallet/phone/gizmo somewhere. This is only one reason statistics are so difficult. I write about this stuff at Thiefhunters in Paradise. Specifically, you can see tips at http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/theft-thwarter-tips/ or read about the thieves themselves in the posts. My guess is that it happens quite a lot, between once and week and once a day. I don’t know this specific location, but you have to add in the other, more common type of theft: from a bag/purse/handbag left available on a chair, on the back of a chair, or on the floor. It will be impossible to get a straight answer from management. Corporate policy won’t allow them to say, is my guess. And anyway, they don’t really know. Many thefts aren’t discovered until the victim is long gone, and then many victims chalk it up to "lost" property. They figure they left the wallet/phone/gizmo somewhere. This is only one reason statistics are so difficult. I write about this stuff at Thiefhunters in Paradise. Specifically, you can see tips at http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/theft-thwarter-tips/ or read about the thieves themselves in the posts.

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