From K-QED.

Hey everyone, I'm Olivia Alan Price and you're listening to Bay Curious, the show that answers your questions.

Today we're going to get right into it with this week's question asker.

My name is Peter Oreste. I live in Emoryville, California.

My husband and I went shopping and this particular day we went to Target.

Oreste and his husband, Noam Schamon, who will meet a little bit later, had been to the

target in Emreville, California in the past,

and they'd seen a few things locked up behind plexiglass.

Like an electric toothbrush, for example,

and for me, it made sense because I recently bought one

and it's like $100, electric shavers.

So to me it seemed like more expensive items were in lock containers.

But on a recent visit they found a lot more stuff required employee assistance to get off the shelf

Stuff that sold at much lower price points things like I think toothpaste or even like face cleansers, vitamins, things like ibuprofen, all of those things were locked up.

This is a change that's been seen at stores across the country and it got Ureste and

Chamone wondering why are these things locked up and is it a reflection of the

larger economy in my neighborhood.

Today on Bay Curious, we're exploring the big and organized world of retail theft.

We'll look at why stores are locking things up, if it's working, and what other theft deterrence might be coming down the pike.

Stick around.

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