DC supermarkets turn to high-tech security gates as crime continues to surge
Posted on AllSides February 5th, 2024
From The Right
![](https://dev.allsides.com/sites/default/files/styles/news_large_image/public/1144367.jpg?itok=cBXKzfOU)
Some Washington, D.C. supermarkets have started installing high-tech security gates in an effort to prevent rising retail theft and crime in the nation's capital. Over the past week, Safeway grocery stores in Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan have installed new security gates that open once a customer scans their receipt. FOX 5 in D.C. spoke to customers who said the new tech was "quite odd," with one customer saying they crumpled their receipt and put it in their pocket before realizing they had to scan it to leave. The worst...