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New York police tell businesses they should require customers to remove their face masks as a “condition of entry” amid a spike in robberies across the Big Apple.
NYPD Department Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said during a news conference last week that masks allow thieves to evade CCTV detection, according to local PIX 11.
“People come into our stores, sometimes in masks, sometimes in masks, hoods and latex gloves, and they’re allowed, they’re banged in and they’re allowed into the store, and we have a robbery,” Maddrey said.
“We call on companies to make this a condition of entry, that when people come in, they should show their face, identify themselves,” the department head continued.
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The NYPD recently urged business owners to make unmasking a condition of entry for customers in the face of an increase in robberies. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins/Fox News)
Most businesses in the city would not allow masked customers before the pandemic, Maddrey noted.
“We need our companies to be proactive and do their due diligence. We have to make sure people identify,” Maddrey said.
Francisco Marte, a bodega owner in the Bronx who spoke to local WABC-TV, said he worried the NYPD’s unmasking orders could lead to confrontations with customers who want to remain masked because of COVID-19.
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A New York City Police Department vehicle (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“That would be great if everyone comes face up so the camera can see, we can all see. But we can’t force them to take off their masks,” said Marte, who was reportedly shot three times.
According to the outlet, Marte is installing facial recognition in its video surveillance system.
Mayor Eric Adams recently touted a drop in shootings and homicides in New York City, despite an increase in robberies compared to 2021. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura File/AP Newsroom)
“They have to try to do something to stop the crime because it’s out of control,” grocery store patron Norma Jean told WABC. “I don’t remember it being that bold and direct.”
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Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, recently touted that shootings were down 17% and homicides 11% in 2022 compared to 2021 data. However, as these violent crimes declined, robberies, burglaries, assaults, grand larceny and other crimes continued in the city, representing a 22% increase in such crimes compared to 2021.
