They should give discount on online orders and not sell much in CVS. Keep one Tide in the back room for the one customer who didn't plan ahead.
Not easy to steel and make money, but got to try if they don't know a better way.

Why aren't we using cameras more?

CVS calls police, dispatcher asks for a description of subject and items stolen. CVS employee says he was a blk male and stuffed things in his backpack. What things.. no idea. What was he wearing…. No idea.
Which way did he go when he walked out… no idea…
Police check are for the umpteenth time that week… sometimes they find a suspect sometimes they don’t.

Anonymous wrote:DC policy is to allow street vendors who do not need licenses and aren't subject to any regulations. It's technically illegal to sell stolen goods but not really feasible trying to prove the CVS branded shampoo is actually stolen. But not possible to otherwise shut them down.

1. they need a license. that is handled by DLCP.
2. if you want the director of DLCP's attention, get the IG account Washingtonian Problems to post about it. Otherwise, good luck, unless your the Chamber of Commerce.
3. the food truck that exploded is also under DLCP jurisdiction. It was not licensed. Most of the food trucks in the District are not licensed anymore.
4. Police officers in Columbia Heights have been told explicitly by their COs that they are not to engage with any street vendors, lest they wish to be disciplined for it. This matches MPD policy due to "bad optics" with vendors, licensed or unlicensed.
5. Probable cause could be readily established for vendors selling below market price for these goods, but that would require MPD to do the work on this.
6. DLCP can issue fines to unlicensed vendors, but the practice is not to. DLCP even has its own vending enforcement unit that walks around in DLCP gear basically spreading awareness that they could ticket, but they don't.

Next time you see a DLCP employee, ask them how many pieces of swag they have.

Also, ask CM Nadeau (whose committee has oversight over DLCP and who championed the vending changes) why DC is losing millions in tax revenue to unlicensed vendors who pose threats to public health and public safety.