Police show how thieves are using 'booster bags' to thwart retail security systems

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  • York police are warning the public about 'booster bags', devices thieves are using to thwart security systems to prevent retail theft.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 272

  • @texaslegend5076
    @texaslegend5076 Місяць тому +189

    I grew up poor as a kid in the 80’s. Never had the urge to steal anything. Must have been the threat of an ass whooping from my 5’4” mama.

    • @zachweyrauch2988
      @zachweyrauch2988 Місяць тому +6

      That or the knowledge that you would be able to buy things with your pay.

    • @candyman1961
      @candyman1961 Місяць тому +5

      Hey that's my Mama your talking about Brother.LOL😁👍

    • @SCVM__
      @SCVM__ Місяць тому +5

      They Grew Up Elsewhere ....and their mom is the ringleader

    • @texaslegend5076
      @texaslegend5076 Місяць тому +5

      @@candyman1961 you know about them threats. The looks. Me and my siblings had zero chance.😂😂😂

    • @AussieBodybuilder
      @AussieBodybuilder Місяць тому +2

      Ok boomer

  • @briandufoe3719
    @briandufoe3719 Місяць тому +158

    Maybe if the thieves actually got prison time,no bond,instead of laughing as they they walk out of court to the nearest café.

    • @zachweyrauch2988
      @zachweyrauch2988 Місяць тому +3

      O ya makes sense let's spend more of pur tax money to protect a handful of foriegn companies.... in case you didn't catch the sarcasm that doesn't actually make sense.

    • @MrMannyhw
      @MrMannyhw Місяць тому

      Like the LCBO grab and run robberies.

    • @Evilskyworshippers
      @Evilskyworshippers Місяць тому +1

      Maybe if Cons didn't underfund courts, causing a constant 1200+ backlog like in Alberta, criminals wouldn't be walking away. Cons are cons, so it makes sense their "tough on crime" approach allows criminals to walk free. They wouldn't want to be charged for stealing trillions from taxpayers after all

    • @BLUELEADER78
      @BLUELEADER78 Місяць тому +2

      ​@zachweyrauch2988 it makes a lot of sense for them to allow this to go on causing prices to increase and stores to close taking those jobs with them.
      What are you talking about anyway? "Spend toxic money to protect foreign companies"?OP said punish the criminals. They said nothing about protecting foreign companies.

    • @emoz1186
      @emoz1186 Місяць тому

      @@zachweyrauch2988 Latinos for Trump!

  • @72defender
    @72defender Місяць тому +63

    Tougher jail sentences needed! 💯

    • @joeschlepp
      @joeschlepp Місяць тому +2

      tougher jail sentences for petty thieves would mean they would actually have to be jailed to begin with. never gonna happen.

    • @gr8dvd
      @gr8dvd Місяць тому +1

      Tougher penalties for those who FENCE stolen goods!!!

  • @Anonymous------
    @Anonymous------ Місяць тому +76

    But this bag trick has been known for 40 years, why only now?

    • @user-yb7zz9cc9s
      @user-yb7zz9cc9s Місяць тому +4

      Cops are slow to catch up. It's gonna be something else before they are in the know.

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Місяць тому +13

      I’d never heard of it, and I’ll bet a few thieves just learned about it from this video as well 🤦‍♂️

    • @jackmeoff9299
      @jackmeoff9299 Місяць тому +1

      Democrats

    • @Typical.Anomaly
      @Typical.Anomaly Місяць тому

      @@jackmeoff9299 derp. tRump is going to prison.

    • @cynthiaglover2699
      @cynthiaglover2699 28 днів тому +2

      This is nothing new....they have been using these for decades

  • @structure9399
    @structure9399 Місяць тому +57

    And with this video you just gave other thieves the manual. Nice job.

    • @koriko88
      @koriko88 Місяць тому +2

      Anyone even casually acquainted with shoplifting is already aware of this and much more.

    • @ranisrikumar5735
      @ranisrikumar5735 Місяць тому

      Exactly 😢

    • @zodarian6705
      @zodarian6705 Місяць тому

      This has been going on for a long long time it's nothing new all shoplifters know about it Don't fool yourself

  • @brianklamer3328
    @brianklamer3328 Місяць тому +20

    Gypsies used bags and clothing like that for retail theft 50 years ago when I was a kid.

    • @00M6TA
      @00M6TA Місяць тому +3

      I think these are also meant to block RFID signals.

  • @o1ecypher
    @o1ecypher Місяць тому +37

    donate their hands to science

    • @user-wj1jl9wm4c
      @user-wj1jl9wm4c Місяць тому

      Not their brain though!

    • @Cjmacj
      @Cjmacj Місяць тому +1

      American Taliban.

    • @o1ecypher
      @o1ecypher Місяць тому

      @@Cjmacj they dont need hands that hurt or steal from others

    • @Cjmacj
      @Cjmacj Місяць тому

      @@o1ecypher Shariah law. American Taliban.

  • @MB-xe8bb
    @MB-xe8bb Місяць тому +22

    So what -- the judges will just release them over and over and over.

  • @randomname9758
    @randomname9758 Місяць тому +61

    This is what happens when you have a revolving door justice system. You don't even get punished for stealing anymore.

    • @eustaciogriego1912
      @eustaciogriego1912 Місяць тому

      How would you punish them the jails are full.

    • @TK-mf5in
      @TK-mf5in Місяць тому

      Yes you do. Don’t be daft

  • @irepairofpc31familykartrac51
    @irepairofpc31familykartrac51 Місяць тому +11

    Some of them big girls could walk out with a big screen😂

  • @eternaldarkness3139
    @eternaldarkness3139 Місяць тому +38

    "For resale on the underground market"
    It's called Amazon

  • @mikeohagan2206
    @mikeohagan2206 Місяць тому +8

    and they are figuring this out now. what great detective work. thats been used for decades.

  • @rodneykoester3260
    @rodneykoester3260 Місяць тому +73

    Thanks for the tips! I ordered mine on Amazon

  • @user-eo1vz9lt8g
    @user-eo1vz9lt8g Місяць тому +27

    thanks for the advice, never would have thought of it...

    • @joeschlepp
      @joeschlepp Місяць тому +2

      basic shoplifting 101 practices everyone should know🤣🤣🤣

  • @Jenesaisquoi44
    @Jenesaisquoi44 Місяць тому +13

    The model for Consumers Distributing needs to come back. Warehouse to consumer.

  • @Jules-740
    @Jules-740 Місяць тому +3

    Now if only they would expose the IRS crooks.

  • @alphadiallo1655
    @alphadiallo1655 Місяць тому +14

    I hate Thieves.

    • @Typical.Anomaly
      @Typical.Anomaly Місяць тому

      If the economy keeps going as it is, we'll all either be thieves or starve to death pretty soon.

  • @RadicalAngel
    @RadicalAngel Місяць тому +16

    So who's wearing those huge skirts lol

    • @sarahallen6328
      @sarahallen6328 Місяць тому +7

      Mostly men, I’m sure

    • @SCVM__
      @SCVM__ Місяць тому +7

      Ms. Hugh Jass

    • @bbb_888
      @bbb_888 Місяць тому +1

      Me

    • @chiquita683
      @chiquita683 Місяць тому +4

      Liberals

    • @milesj179
      @milesj179 Місяць тому +6

      The usual suspects 👉🏻 👧🏾👱🏿‍♀️ Kenesha & Shawana. 😒

  • @dorothyshrewsberry7615
    @dorothyshrewsberry7615 29 днів тому +2

    Prices are going up and less product is being put into packaging, who is robbing whom?

  • @111jimi
    @111jimi Місяць тому +10

    but, but........i thought they were just lookin' for bread to feed their poor children.......

  • @rupertpupkin2493
    @rupertpupkin2493 29 днів тому +2

    Amazon and Ebay must have a lot of stolen items for sale 😳

  • @speroskoufis7505
    @speroskoufis7505 Місяць тому +6

    Police should not be under-reporting crimes to put a pretty face on negligence

  • @MrMannyhw
    @MrMannyhw Місяць тому +9

    Steal? They would just go in and take and run. They will be back on the street on bail in few hours.

    • @dr-rexmangrca113
      @dr-rexmangrca113 Місяць тому +1

      It real name fastshopping or on the run shopping

  • @lambo2655
    @lambo2655 Місяць тому +5

    You build a better mouse trap somebody always comes up with a way to laugh in your face.

  • @SunShine-vo8kj
    @SunShine-vo8kj Місяць тому +2

    This has been going on for years. My cousin came over one day with a bag like that full of items. She was trying to impres her boyfriend and stole clothes for his young daughter. The boyfriend thought she bought the items, but then again he may have known.

  • @nylanelson8660
    @nylanelson8660 Місяць тому +3

    The Gypsy’s are doing this in groups up & down corridors off of freeways as they use the freeways together lost in traffic to get away. We are in Wa. State & this has been going on for quite awhile off of the I-5 corridor

  • @Canucks44219
    @Canucks44219 Місяць тому +2

    Thx for the tips, appreciate it.

  • @originalsupermommy
    @originalsupermommy Місяць тому +2

    I grew up in the carnival in the 80s. Grown ups also use kids to hide stolen items.

  • @patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574
    @patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574 Місяць тому +3

    Have seen these bags in dowtown Toronto retail outlets!!!

    • @joeschlepp
      @joeschlepp Місяць тому

      so the retailers are promoting theft from their stores? sum ting wong with that line of thinking.

  • @VoiceofReason707
    @VoiceofReason707 Місяць тому +1

    I saw foil lined bags used 20 years ago!

  • @chiquita683
    @chiquita683 Місяць тому +3

    Why bother? No one stops them

  • @royrice8021
    @royrice8021 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the tips!👍

  • @Jay-nq2jl
    @Jay-nq2jl Місяць тому +1

    Thank you JT….

  • @ChrisXperince
    @ChrisXperince Місяць тому +1

    Well with stores getting rid of plastic bags...

  • @JustSayN2O
    @JustSayN2O Місяць тому +2

    0:20 Unsure if several layers of aluminum foil will block RFID and other radiofrequency signals but a Faraday Bag will but they're expensive to buy. Anyway, to test your home-made multi-layered foil bag, get an old-fashioned small battery-powered radio, turn it on, tune to a station, volume set to maximum, put it inside your layered foil bag and close it. Still hear the station? Your foil bag is worthless.

  • @randyvaughn4046
    @randyvaughn4046 Місяць тому +2

    Should just close the border.

  • @artseger6891
    @artseger6891 29 днів тому

    I remember back in the 50s&60s some small stores would only allow 2 or 3 kids in at a time. Cut down on theft.

  • @laurabailey1054
    @laurabailey1054 Місяць тому +7

    Back in the 70’s the law and security students from St Lawrence college were brought in to test the new security system at the Sears in Kingston. The students did the same thing sewing big pockets into their jackets. When the students were done Sears revamped their security again.

    • @AussieBodybuilder
      @AussieBodybuilder Місяць тому +1

      Ok boomer

    • @boycott2720
      @boycott2720 Місяць тому +4

      @@AussieBodybuilder Wow, this coming from a generation that eats tide pods and can't do their taxes. Now shush, the adults are talking.

    • @AussieBodybuilder
      @AussieBodybuilder Місяць тому +1

      @@boycott2720 are these adults that you speak of are the same ones that destroyed North America over the past 35 plus years

  • @cameronlarocque464
    @cameronlarocque464 Місяць тому +8

    When a roast is 170 dollars it's not surprising in the least and it will get worse when all retail outlets have started with highway robbery

    • @petersack5074
      @petersack5074 Місяць тому

      ....don't laff.....some may start stealing ' hiways '.......only ' their ' way......(thats my way of saying it.....)change the signs, and then follow up and rob those taking the ' wrong ' route.....may be possible ; with todays' STUPID YOUTHS....no parenting = just a sperm donor, and a one-timer......' next gal '' please come forward....o well.

    • @NightimeInDeepSpace
      @NightimeInDeepSpace Місяць тому +1

      Where is a roast 170? I'm seeing prices in the 20 range

    • @cameronlarocque464
      @cameronlarocque464 Місяць тому +2

      @@NightimeInDeepSpace just the other day I saw one at thriftys priced at 140

    • @joeschlepp
      @joeschlepp Місяць тому +3

      steal from the rich and give to the poor.

    • @mikewashburn1207
      @mikewashburn1207 Місяць тому +1

      Prime rib is not a roast.

  • @rebeccadirks5385
    @rebeccadirks5385 Місяць тому +2

    What ever happened to “Thou shalt not steal”

  • @mmej726
    @mmej726 Місяць тому +3

    ive seen ladies wear those big skirts in stores n they can hardly walk.

  • @flwr9462
    @flwr9462 23 дні тому +1

    Thanks for helping me becoming a professional thief 😊

  • @adrielburned6924
    @adrielburned6924 Місяць тому

    Make a tag that buzzes or beeps if suddenly cut off from a paired wifi signal in the store.

  • @GeronimoLives
    @GeronimoLives Місяць тому

    This is old news. They've been doing this 30 years ago. In Philly, where i grew up, they call them felony bags.

  • @arveedibira2454
    @arveedibira2454 Місяць тому +1

    Boose their Punishments once caught too😂😂😱😱

  • @scarr652
    @scarr652 Місяць тому

    Bags should be booked in at the entrance before entering the store !!

  • @fauxque5057
    @fauxque5057 Місяць тому +1

    Lol. This is 40 year old ideas.
    Modern times they walk in and walk out with everything they can carry. They don't care about trying to hide it any more.
    Saturday I was in Lowes and a 13%er came strolling through the garden department with a cart full of hand tools and stuff. The theft scanners went off and the cashier yells Sir, I think you forgot to pay for something. He would have gotten away with the cart but this dude tipped the cart over dumping the stuff everywhere on the sidewalk. The 13%er grabbed a few things and ran off.
    They don't care about foil lined bags anymore. Maybe he should of wrapped his cart in foil and the alarm wouldn't have gone off

  • @anneliesevoelker2502
    @anneliesevoelker2502 Місяць тому

    This is nothing new. When I worked as an assistant manager at Victoria secrets back in the late 90's this was going on.

  • @tkjho
    @tkjho Місяць тому

    revert to the Consumer Distributing mode of operation to cut shrinkage

  • @1topbaron559
    @1topbaron559 Місяць тому +3

    Foiled again!

  • @TheCanuckCanadain
    @TheCanuckCanadain Місяць тому +33

    When the prices go up so does thefts. Lower prices and you see a decline

    • @zachweyrauch2988
      @zachweyrauch2988 Місяць тому +1

      Love it.

    • @wewantmoreboomboom8313
      @wewantmoreboomboom8313 Місяць тому +15

      Theft increases price as well

    • @ALuimes
      @ALuimes Місяць тому

      @@wewantmoreboomboom8313 It's a viscous circle

    • @ejd7881
      @ejd7881 Місяць тому

      @@wewantmoreboomboom8313 not like covid

    • @TheCanuckCanadain
      @TheCanuckCanadain Місяць тому

      @@wewantmoreboomboom8313 that is true but at some point stealing is worth more then buying it,

  • @g__o__l__d__6673
    @g__o__l__d__6673 Місяць тому

    in the uk for years

  • @FM-jo1jh
    @FM-jo1jh Місяць тому +1

    what would they steal from Home Depot that they can conceal in a bag or a skirt? nails?

    • @MAGnetICus_Attractus
      @MAGnetICus_Attractus Місяць тому

      😂 these days a ten cent copper fitting is priced at $3 and only worth $0.02 in melt value, sounds like the real theft taking place is mega Corp.

  • @stormrunner0029
    @stormrunner0029 Місяць тому +3

    Wait until the ‘SWARM’ comes down the road. Flash Mob of Lifters.

    • @RobShuttleworth
      @RobShuttleworth Місяць тому

      Will this happen after work?

    • @lakeman8286
      @lakeman8286 Місяць тому

      Would you steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family ? Wife to Husband Let’s go shopping Get dressed let me get your scarf ready

  • @slavatko
    @slavatko 23 дні тому

    Imagine a thief stealing aluminum foil to maķe a booster bag 😅

  • @davidgoans3025
    @davidgoans3025 Місяць тому

    This has been going on for years

  • @user-wq9pg6mg7l
    @user-wq9pg6mg7l Місяць тому

    Why does it look like your wearing a bed sheet so no one can see me du

  • @isabelleg9118
    @isabelleg9118 Місяць тому

    There are your deals online

  • @kfelix2934
    @kfelix2934 Місяць тому

    Anybody going in a store with a bag bigger than a hand purse is werid

  • @rickchapman9232
    @rickchapman9232 Місяць тому

    What are the thieves charged with?

  • @phdpursuinghigherdimensions
    @phdpursuinghigherdimensions Місяць тому

    Booster bags are old school 😂

  • @TheWoodStroker
    @TheWoodStroker Місяць тому +1

    Humanity has reached its zenith. It's downhill from here until we hit bottom and rebuild.

  • @brynstarkiller7419
    @brynstarkiller7419 Місяць тому

    I’m a security guard in England. This isn’t new.

  • @donnasuelove416
    @donnasuelove416 29 днів тому

    So everything needs to be behind glass and when you’re ready to buy they come unlock it for you. I would not blame stores for doing that.

  • @HypocriticYT
    @HypocriticYT Місяць тому

    88 arrested and 88 released the same day 😂

  • @christinebeames712
    @christinebeames712 Місяць тому

    A repeat offender should have to wear a bracelet which warned the shop when they entered

  • @DemPilafian
    @DemPilafian Місяць тому

    Sell in the "underground" market? You mean Amazon and eBay?

  • @iindium49
    @iindium49 29 днів тому

    This activity is going to make stricter laws. It will snowball into something akin to old Roman law Which will be terrifying.

  • @VoiceofReason707
    @VoiceofReason707 Місяць тому

    Hire store security guards, turn the cameras off, soundproof interview room🤔

  • @PattyCake-dr8se
    @PattyCake-dr8se Місяць тому

    Robot pat downs or entry places that check weight with camera

  • @jacobishii6121
    @jacobishii6121 Місяць тому

    Wow ......this is 10yo technology......here on the west coast they jusy walk out with it

  • @highlandlab1924
    @highlandlab1924 27 днів тому

    Why bother, some stores dont even stop you from wheeling a cart full of merchandise out the door. The owner of my local skate shop is known for chasing down thieves, nobody steals from that place.
    In a way retail theft of large stores drive up prices and allow smaller businesses to compete. These thieves know who they can and cannot steal from.😊😊

  • @hrs6480
    @hrs6480 Місяць тому

    Someone showed them european thief catchers documentations 😂

  • @Thomas-yr9ln
    @Thomas-yr9ln Місяць тому

    It has to be grand thefted a thousand or over before they arrest you.

  • @debbiecoppleman1306
    @debbiecoppleman1306 Місяць тому

    This is the problems that come with a capatilistic "free market"

    • @cvn6555
      @cvn6555 Місяць тому

      No. It is the problem that comes with those in charge looking the other way and ignoring crime because they don't want to have crime stats that show one certain group behind most of it.

  • @StevenScarborough
    @StevenScarborough Місяць тому

    This is nothing new. I used to work in retail for years when i was younger.

  • @jokertony420
    @jokertony420 Місяць тому +16

    Diversity is are Strength

    • @user-eo1vz9lt8g
      @user-eo1vz9lt8g Місяць тому +7

      'our',,, get the racism right...

    • @chrislim7976
      @chrislim7976 Місяць тому +9

      Not surprisingly education is your weakness 😂

    • @drtyboy
      @drtyboy Місяць тому +7

      and grammar is your weakness

    • @jackson505
      @jackson505 Місяць тому +2

      @@chrislim7976 Education is are Weakness

  • @EARTANGEL
    @EARTANGEL Місяць тому

    They comming into Your Country and then they come into Your Stores !!!

  • @bingcruz1747
    @bingcruz1747 Місяць тому

    Even dollar store those thieves are there too

  • @usamaizm
    @usamaizm Місяць тому

    This is a symptom of the problem.

  • @LettyMatamoros
    @LettyMatamoros Місяць тому

    Did they just basically do a "how to" video on shoplifting?

  • @ThexBorg
    @ThexBorg Місяць тому +1

    They discovered Faraday cage…

  • @1911Earthling
    @1911Earthling 26 днів тому

    Life in the USA has gotten very mean.

  • @PalmerGulch
    @PalmerGulch Місяць тому

    Suggests as if this is something new in retail theft...The only thing new is the new name you've re-branded it, "booster bags"...cute but not so clever.

  • @kellykersten8828
    @kellykersten8828 Місяць тому

    Always wanting something for nothing.

  • @charmainekirk1512
    @charmainekirk1512 Місяць тому

    There is not enough consequences.

  • @00M6TA
    @00M6TA Місяць тому

    Old idea with a new twist, the hidden pouches are probably meant to block RFID signals also.

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 Місяць тому

      Yeah, they use the foil lining to block the security system from detecting the theft deterrent tag hidden inside the products.

  • @lakeman8286
    @lakeman8286 Місяць тому

    Stylish yet Subtle classy dress

  • @pattheegreat
    @pattheegreat Місяць тому

    What has become of our country?

  • @kimberlyfamoly5863
    @kimberlyfamoly5863 Місяць тому

    Criminal also need to know that security cameras can get very detailed images with facial recognition. Retailers are saving your theft history to charges you with a bigger crime because of the amount you steal over time. Facial recognition programs are having it where they follow you every step you are in the stores and every store you go to of theres.

  • @user-wj1jl9wm4c
    @user-wj1jl9wm4c Місяць тому

    Excuse me sir do mind if I have a look inside your booster bag?

  • @dennisgrant538
    @dennisgrant538 Місяць тому

    Repeat offenders should receive 3 years in prison

  • @Dante-xo9ge
    @Dante-xo9ge Місяць тому

    Record profits for all the retail corporations and there crying about theft, who is speaking about all there Record profits!

  • @briankroger7879
    @briankroger7879 Місяць тому +2

    Light on crime Trudeau making life more difficult everyday.

  • @user-zl1wk3um1m
    @user-zl1wk3um1m Місяць тому

    Gypsies have been doing this forever. I saw a police video in the 80’s where a woman put a vcr in her skirt. Do you remember how big and heavy they were back then

  • @namelastname_
    @namelastname_ Місяць тому

    food

  • @gooderspitman8052
    @gooderspitman8052 Місяць тому

    Great, how to video.

  • @TimePiece29
    @TimePiece29 Місяць тому +1

    I just walk out in front of employees with bag full of goods an they say stop but i ignore them like im deaf walking out

  • @joshuamarcon5928
    @joshuamarcon5928 Місяць тому

    Workers at the store should check between 250 lbs. woman's sweaty thighs just to make sure there are no stolen perishable goods. 😂😂😂

  • @lineaalba4035
    @lineaalba4035 Місяць тому

    The spirit of the artful dodger lives