I disagree and that is not true.Bluelightspecial wrote: ↑September 16th, 2022, 6:06 pm Starbucks has decided to close locations based on employee security. Nothing else. Their decision to close a store in West Hollywood, which was very high volume, is evidence. Discussions of franchise or corporate stores are irrelevant. Starbucks will continue to close stores they fell the city will not keep safe for employees,
"Contacted the West Hollywood’s Sheriff station to inquire about the accuracy of the statistics. The response the station sent was:
“It is difficult to determine how this group arrived at their findings. They may have used a formula which is not used in law enforcement or endorsed by the FBI when looking at crime. For the City of West Hollywood, the number of Part 1 Crimes for February 2020, compared to February 2019, was down 32%. The number of Part 2 Crimes from February 2021, compared to February 2020, was down an additional 21%.”
There has been a recent uptick but nothing that would necessitate using crime as a reason to close a Starbucks in West Hollywood.