As smash-and-grab 'flash mob' robberies continue, police and retailers try to fight back.
More smash-and-grab “flash mob” robberies at luxury stores have police and retailers struggling with how to crack down on the crimes.expensive merchandise in pre-Thanksgiving raidsOn Wednesday night, a security guard was attacked with bear spray as several people entered the Nordstrom store at the Westfield Topanga & the Village shopping center in Canoga Park, grabbed merchandise and ran out, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The chief said high-value items are best kept away from the front of the store and access to them limited. Last Friday, a mass smash-and-grab hit luxury stores in Union Square in San Francisco, police said. And the next night, at At the Grove in L.A.'s Fairfax district this week, the Nordstrom robbery did not appear to be deterring shoppers.
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