Welcome to the Stop-N-Rob

By Brent Wheat

No matter if you live just outside of East Bumfrey or in deepest downtown Manhattan, there is one high-crime area that we all visit on a regular basis. It’s a prime locality for robbery, assault and even murder, yet most of us don’t give it a second thought because it is such an integral part of our lives.

No, we’re not talking about a bank or the local jewelry store. Those places do get knocked off on a regular basis but the location that experiences 10 times the mayhem is your local convenience store.

Convenience stores are the modern incarnation of the old General Store, selling gasoline, cigarettes, candy, beer and the other necessary provisions of modern life on every other street corner. However, those in the law enforcement business collectively refer to them as the local “Stop-N-Rob.”

Convenience stores, for multiple reasons, are very attractive to trouble. A quick look at crime statistics shows that thefts, assaults and even homicide occur with astonishing regularity and the list of victims is evenly split between the clerks and the customers.

Since running into such locations for milk, gas, or cigarettes is nearly a daily event in our lives, there are some things to consider that …Read the Rest

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