Current Events > NYPD now wants shoppers to take off face masks before entering stores

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-masks-robbery-nypd-require-customers-remove-covid-19/

New York police say shoppers should take off face masks before entering stores

Face masks, once an essential Covid-19 protective measure, are now being worn by criminals to conceal their identities, according to New York police who are urging businesses to unmask customers before letting them in stores.

The recommendation is a 180-degree turn from mask-wearing norms at the onset of the pandemic. During peak periods of infection, federal agencies mandated mask-wearing in public places, while many businesses required customers to wear them on the premises.

Now, however, some businesses are banning customers from entering the premises with face masks on, saying the policy change is needed to identify thieves. And after numerous incidents, the New York Police Department is urging business owners to make shoppers remove their face masks and flash their features before being let in.

"We're seeing far too often where people are coming up to our businesses, sometimes with masks and latex gloves, and they're being buzzed in, they're being allowed to enter into the store and then we have a robbery or some kind of property being stolen," NYPD chief of department Jeffrey Maddrey said recently in an address to the local business community.

He acknowledged that during the pandemic, most businesses wouldn't allow patrons to enter stores without masks, and sometimes even gloves. Pre-pandemic, however, most businesses wouldn't allow you to walk in there with a mask and latex gloves on, he said.

New York State even recently scrapped a mandate that masks be worn in healthcare settings.

"Condition of entry"

"We're asking the businesses to make this a condition of entry: That people, when they come in, they should show their face, they should identify themselves," Maddrey added. "And if they feel like they want to put their mask on after they identify themselves for their safety, by all means, they should do so."

The NYPD's appeal to businesses comes after a "masked up" criminal entered a Queens jewelry store and allegedly made off with $1.1 million worth of property after beating the 79-year-old woman who was watching the store.

"Since the pandemic, this is a way of life for us, where people wear masks regularly. But we're seeing this being used too much as a ruse, to enter into businesses and to victimize our businesses," Maddrey said.

He added that businesses can permit customers to don their masks after they've identified themselves....

I remember thinking to myself when this whole mask wearing thing started, "Do you want more bank robberies? Because that's how you get more bank robberies."

Now being worn? Its been happening since before Covid lol. Health and safety of people is more important than the safety of a product on a shelf, they dont get to complain about theft when they use their budget to kill minorities anyway

Fuck that if I am sick or something is going around I am wearing a mask. Also lmao I wouldn't argue with people over this shit. Precious few mask when sick anymore don't ruin that

If they want to shoplift telling em no won't stop em. They will ignore or smash the window to grab and dash.

Fuck the police.

Makes sense, calm down

Riiiiiiiiiiight

Yeah well...fuck the police.

cops aren't allowed to shoot you or beat you to death anymore, so now they want to use covid to kill you?

They are implying that they'd be able to catch these thieves if they weren't masked. Which I'm not sold on.

NYPD has no authority.

Pretty sure the shop keepers are on board with this too. Fuck them and the police.

lol, like this is gonna make them go after shoplifters.

Philip027 posted...

lol, like this is gonna make them go after shoplifters.

Ngp if I saw loss prevention going after a shoplifter I'd probably step in their way until they get away

SandersonFanboy posted...

Ngp if I saw loss prevention going after a shoplifter I'd probably step in their way until they get away

Yes, cop an obstruction of justice charge. Smart.

Im sure the family of the 79 year old lady would agree that having the murderer identified on camera would have been a good thing

WestOfDaRockies posted...

Yes, cop an obstruction of justice charge. Smart.

Loss prevention is not a fucking cop lol, there would be no charges. The most they could do is attempt to have me trespassed from the store, and even then probably not without approval from someone with actual power.

Cops prevent loss too, especially when chasing after shoplifters.

WestOfDaRockies posted...

Cops prevent loss too, especially when chasing after shoplifters.

If they're chasing after a shoplifter they aren't working as a cop and have no authority. Lick that boot elsewhere.

Welp, at least we made it this far before we reached peak covidiocy, lol.

I'm still waiting for DeathSantis and his lackeys to contrive some excuse to outlaw / limit access to the vaccine.

Not like a mask ever impacted their racial profiling methods anyway >___>

Louis Rossmann talked about this and he's probably right, they're upset cause they've spent all this time and money on Orwellian face recognition shit and they're salty because it doesn't work if everybody's wearing masks

Heres the solution to this:

You tell the stores to lower prices back to pre-pandemic prices.

Problem solved. Now nobody needs to steal anymore. Now you can focus on people stealing makeup and video games when half the population isnt having to steal food to survive.

Our government failed us and now the police are acting like we are the ones who need to be in prison.

WilliamPorygon posted...

Louis Rossmann talked about this and he's probably right, they're upset cause they've spent all this time and money on Orwellian face recognition shit and they're salty because it doesn't work if everybody's wearing masks

Yeah. Thats where I saw it lol.

They should be more like California and just let people steal. Problem solved!

Whose alt

How will thieves conceal their identities tho?

R1masher posted...

Im sure the family of the 79 year old lady would agree that having the murderer identified on camera would have been a good thing

maybe a 79 year old woman shouldnt have to be working by herself to guard millions of dollars worth of jewelry

thronedfire2 posted...

maybe a 79 year old woman shouldnt have to be working by herself to guard millions of dollars worth of jewelry

yeah that sounds like a dumbass decision to hire for that position

Oh, victim blaming, neat

R1masher posted...

Oh, victim blaming, neat

In what possible sense do you see that as "victim blaming"

As if the NYPD still had that much applicable authority to enforce this hahaha....

If they bother, they're only going to punish the slow and handicapped shoppers (some of which need to keep a mask on for health risks).
Meanwhile the hooligans this is supposed to target will continue strutting in however the fuck they want.

NY keeps voting for this ineffectual stupidity.

R1masher posted...

Oh, victim blaming, neat

no, the victim getting murdered is an absolute tragedy and should never have happened. still a dumbass hiring decision

Vokrent posted...

no, the victim getting murdered is an absolute tragedy and should never have happened. still a dumbass hiring decision

you can kindly shut the fuck up kid

R1masher posted...

you can kindly shut the fuck up kid

you seem fun.

is everything going alright at home with you?

R1masher posted...

Oh, victim blaming, neat

It's not victim blaming to suggest that an elderly woman shouldn't be working high risk jobs. They also shouldn't be patrolman, loggers, or miners either.

WestOfDaRockies posted...

"We're asking the businesses to make this a condition of entry: That people, when they come in, they should show their face, they should identify themselves," Maddrey added. "And if they feel like they want to put their mask on after they identify themselves for their safety, by all means, they should do so."

People need to read the actual article and not just the topic title. They're not saying no masks at all. Just that you take them off until the security camera has your face and then you can put it right back on.

Vokrent posted...

you seem fun.

is everything going alright at home with you?

what is this? Are you ok, is your mom not giving you attention? Lame and weak

Wear mask outdoors, but take it off to go inside a building with a bunch of strangers. Brilliant.

Criminals ruin shit for everyone. Again.

Flauros posted...

Criminals ruin shit for everyone. Again.

They were arguing against mask usage before this too. Don't fall for their shitty excuses.

Flauros posted...

Criminals ruin shit for everyone. Again.

I remember pre-COVID when crime didn't exist because nobody was wearing masks

I was wondering how long this would take to happen

As soon as masks were a thing, I was wonder how long it would take for police to freak out

s0nicfan posted...

People need to read the actual article and not just the topic title. They're not saying no masks at all. Just that you take them off until the security camera has your face and then you can put it right back on.

One step closer to Trump's America.

Needing ID to buy groceries.

WestOfDaRockies posted...

I remember thinking

It's not nice to lie, SMAL.

R1masher posted...

Oh, victim blaming, neat

that was literally the opposite of victim blaming

This is what banks did. Take your mask off so we can get your face on camera then you can put it back on. Not a big deal.

thronedfire2 posted...

that was literally the opposite of victim blaming

did I quote you or are you playing the victim?

R1masher posted...

did I quote you or are you playing the victim?

Oh wow you really aren't willing to admit that you don't know what victim blaming is, huh?

Police finding more ways to kill innocent people .