Delivery drivers in the South Bay say they’re increasingly worried about becoming robbery targets. One company, Core Mart, is so concerned that it hired armed guards to escort its drivers. South Bay is the core of Silicon Valley.
NBC Bay Area contacted Core Mart’s parent company, but they won’t explain why they hired the guards. However, the answer is obvious.
San Jose police said they saw a slight increase in the robbery of delivery trucks two years ago but have not seen a spike lately.
Flavio Lopez works for another delivery company. He said he wishes he had a guard or at least a second person to help him keep an eye on the merchandise. Lopez hasn’t been robbed, but he has had run-ins downtown.
“Stuff you gotta deal with downtown,” he said. “It is what it is.”
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Armed guards escort some South Bay delivery drivers due to crime concerns
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Darrell Cortez, a retired San Jose police officer who works in corporate and retail security, complained of lawlessness. “Unfortunately, this is what society has become now with armed guards guarding merchandise from the retailer because there seems to be a sense of lawlessness in our society.”
It’s called anarchy.
Cortez said if one company is using guards to protect drivers, others are likely considering it to keep their drivers and products from being targeted.
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Armed guards now accompany some convenience store delivery trucks.
“There seems to be a sense of lawlessness in society.”
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— It’s called anarchy. —
No, it’s called chaos. Anarchy is a political condition: the absence of government. The U.S. has more than 88,000 governments…and there’s not one of them that’s doing what a government is supposed to do: i.e., protect individuals’ rights and keep peace in the streets.
Frankly, anarchy would be an improvement. We might still have chaos, but at least we wouldn’t be paying through the nose for it!
And every time a democrat gets elected, be it governor, mayor or President they make these things go worse and worse; shorter sentences for criminals, more illegals, etc etc
Democrats will not stop destroying western civilization until there is nothing left to destroy…or until someone finds a way of stopping them.
And every time a democrat gets elected, an angel loses it’s wings!
We know who the criminals are. Why don’t we grow a pair and call them out.