Denver (KDVR) – Denver’s business leaders join other American cities in combating organized retail crimes.
the Downtown Denver Partnership The International City Downtown Association participated in the “Capitol Hill Fly” in Washington, DC, where the defenders participated in the crime, housing and vacant positions with Senator Michael Bennett, Senator John Huknlobber, MP Jason Crowe and MP Diana Digit.
DDP Diher’s spokesperson tells that Fox31 retailers need support at a time when Denver suffers a tremendous growth.
She said: “This is an increasing challenge to the city center, for cities throughout the country.”
DDP joined leaders and preachers from more than 30 other cities to support the “Organized Retail Crime Act”, which was presented in the House of Representatives on April 10.
This measure, which provides support under the Ministry of Internal Security, provides training and assistance to help reduce theft and other crimes.
“We need tools in the local state and the federal level to be able to address these crimes with the excess and regulation of crimes,” Dihel said.
A 2024 The National Union Study for sale in retail I found that between 2019 and 2023, retailers witnessed a 93 % increase in theft.
Dex Friedman, the owner of the Sportsfan Games in Federral and 16th Street Mall, told Fox31 his work was severely exposed by the stores, which led to the losses of six numbers.
“It has a great impact on what we can pay for our employees, whether they will get rewards or not or whether we can do things like expansion,” said Friedman.
Friedman said that retailers will benefit from any effort to abandon theft, including increasing public awareness of fines and issuing rulings.