>>> CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
ALL NEW I-TEAM INVESTIGATION.
HEAVY CRIME AT BIG BOX STORES.
BUT HOW MUCH ARE THEY COST YO
YOUING YOU.
I-TEAM TALLI THE DATA AND
SHOCKING NUMBER IN 2015 ALONE.
JACKSONVIL POLICE SPENT SO
MANY HOURS AT WAL-MART AND
TARGET STORES EQUALED HALF A
CALENDAR YEAR.
INVESTIGATION.
THE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO WRAP
YOUR HEAD AROUND.
>>Reporter: CERTAINLY IS.
MORE THAN 212,000 MINUTES ON
CALLS TO JACKSONVILLE WAL-MART
STORES
THAT EQUALS 147 DAYS.
L AT TARGET 40,000 MINUTES OR
27 DAYS.
SO THE I-TEAM WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IS WHAT
BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
POLICE PATROL CARS OUTSIDE OF
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAL-MART
STORE
IT'S NOT A SIGHT THAT SURPRISES
REGULAR SHOPPERS TIM HOICHLT
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE DISPUTES
AND SHOPLIFTING IN A BIG CITY.
>>Reporter: SHOPLIFTING BY
CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS WILLIAM.
POLICE SAY THIS IS HER IN THE
ACT STEALING TOOLS FROM A
WAL-MART AS SEEN ON JSO YOU
TUBE CHANNEL.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF PETTY CRIMES
AT WAL-MART LIKE THIS
SHOPLIFTING FAR OUTWEIGHS THE
COMPETITOR.
THE I-TEAM ANALYZE DATA FROM
2015 FROM THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FOUND
WAL-MART HAD NEARL 5 TIMES THE
NUMBER OF POLICE CALLS COMPARED
TO TARGET.
WHICH HAS HALF AS MANY
JACKSONVILLE STORES AS WAL-MAR
WAL-MART.
IN 2015 JSO RECEIVED A TOTAL OF
STORES.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE
INTERACTIVE MAP THE I-TEAM
BUILT USING THE DATA WE FOUND
THE TOP OFFENDER IS RIGHT HERE.
WAL-MART HONOR MANDY BOULEVARD
WITH TOTAL OF 8 64 POLICE
CALLS ALONE.
WE LISTED THE TOP 3 REASONS
RIGHT HERE.
BEHIND THEM CAME THE WAL-MART
RIGHT HERE A 103 STREET. FOR
TOTAL OF 6 68 POLICE CALLS I
2015.
THE THIRD MARRIAGE EAST
OFFENDER RIGHT AROUND THE
HIGHWAY.
THEIR VOLUME OF CALLS 5 18.
SO WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ALL
OF THIS IS COSTI YOU THE
TAXPAYERS.
WE USED THE LOWEST PAID PATROL
OFFICER SALARY AND CRUNCHED THE
NUMBERS AND FOUND THE TOTAL WAS
66,000 DOLLARS LAST YEAR ALONE
FOR YOU T PAY FOR POLICE TO
RESPOND TO THE INCIDENTS AT
WAL-MART.
WE ASKED OUR CRIME SAFETY
ANALYST GILL SMITH TO WEIGH IN.
IS THIS A GOOD USE OF POLICE
>> I THINK IT IS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT POLICE CALL OUT
WE 10 TO FOCUS ON THE MAJOR
CRIMES LIKE HOMICIDE.
ROBBERY.
HO INVASION ROBBERY AND
BURGLARY BUT MOST POLICE CALLS
ARE FOR MISDEMEANOR TYPE CRIME.
>>Reporter: SHOPPERS SHOULD
NOT BE ALARMED HE SAYS.
>> SHOPLIFTING THEY TAKE ITEMS
AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE
STORE QUICKLY.
NOT CAUSING ANY TOOIB TYPE OF
DISTURBANCE OR PUTTING OTHER
CUSTOMERS IN DANGER.
>>Reporter: OVER AT TARGET A
DIFFERENT PICTURE EMERGES.
THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, THEFT WAS THE NUMBER
ONE REASON WHY.
CRASHES CAME IN AT NO. 2.
THEN DISPUTE.
SHOPLIFTING WAS THE FOURTH OVER
ALL REASON.
BEACH BOULEVARD.
FOLLOWED BY THE TARGET ON SOUTH
SIDE BOULEVARD.
THEN ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD.
TARGET HAS NOT RERESPONSIBLEED
TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT BUT
WAL-MART RELEASED A LENGTHY
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART OUR
STORES ARE LOCATED WITHIN 10
MILES OF 90 PERCENT OF THE U.S.
POPULATION. NO RETAILER IS
CRIME.
WE ARE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
MOST RECENTLY WITH EXPANDING
MORE AT THE DOOR.
WHICH BOLSTERS A PRESENCE AT
THE FRONT OF STORES AND WE WILL
DO MORE.
TIM HOWELL AGREE IF HIS
WAL-MART CAN DO MORE, IT SHOUL
SHOULD.
DO YOU THINK WAL-MART SHOULD
HIGHER OWN SECURITY POSSIBLY.
>> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SURE.
THIS MIGHT WOULD HELP.
>>Reporter: THE I-TEAM
REQUESTED A SIT DOWN INTERVIEW
WITH JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF
POLICE FORCE.
INSTEAD WE RECEIVED A STATEMEN
STATEMENT.
SHERIFF WILLIAMS OFFICE SAYS
THIS TREND WAS A PROBLEM THAT
JSO FIRST NOTICED THREE YEARS
AGO.
THAT STATEMENT READS IN PART
STATISTICS THROUGHOUT
JACKSONVILLE AND IS AWARE THAT
IN SOME PARTS OF JACKSONVILLE
CALL FOR SERVICE TO WAL-MART
STORES CAN BE HIGH AND REQUIRE
OUR RESOURCES.
THE PRIMARY NATURE OF THE CALLS
FOR SERVICE INVOLVE RETAIL
THEFT COMPLAINTS, NON-VIOLENT
MISDEMEANOR.
JSO AND STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THEM
MEANING WAL-MAR AND STABBING A
PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THOSE
ACCUSED OF NON-VIOLENT
MISDEMEANOR CRIMES IN THE STORE
AND ON THEIR PROPERTY.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:00 I
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW
DIVERSION PROGRAM AND TELL YOU
WHY WAL-MART AND JSO THINK IT'S
THE ANSWER. I'LL ALSO TELL YOU
WHY ONE MEMBER OF THE
JACKSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL
THINKS THE CITY SHOULD NOW
CONSIDER A PAY FOR USE MODEL
FOR BUSINESSES TO USE WHAT HE
CALLS EXCESSIVE RESOURCES.
KENT, MARY.
>> COVERAGE OF THE STOR
CONTINUES ON OUR WEB SITE.
THERE YOU CAN FIND AN
INTERACTIVE MAP.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT NOW.
BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBER OF CALLS
TYPES OF CRIMES AND HOW MUCH