Washington
Amid robbery rise, Washington state offering voluntary security checks for pot shops
Washington pot outlets have entry to a complimentary bodily safety and crime prevention evaluation from Setracon courtesy of the LCB.
SEATTLE — Editor’s be aware: The above video ran on April 20 and lined the push for safer marijuana banking rules.
As pot store robberies surge throughout Washington, the State Liquor and Hashish Board (LCB) is providing hashish retailers a free safety evaluation by way of a third-party agency.
LCB has partnered with Tacoma-based Setracon to present the state’s 180 pot outlets the chance to have thorough bodily safety and crime prevention evaluation.
Upwards of fifty pot store robberies have been reported by way of simply the primary three months of the yr by LCB. A type of incidents, at World of Weed in Tacoma, left a 29-year-old worker, Jordan Brown, useless.
Federal regulation forces pot outlets to function virtually completely with money solely, making them extra vulnerable to robberies.
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On the annual 4/20 marijuana vacation final month, Sen. Patty Murray held a press convention at a Seattle-area pot store and emphasised she is going to push for marijuana banking reform.
The SAFE Banking Act invoice would permit depository establishments to work with licensed hashish retailers freed from prosecution. The measure has handed the Home of Representatives six occasions, however repeatedly has failed within the Senate.
LCB and Setracon say among the many providers supplied to native pot outlets can be:
- Working with retailers to evaluate potential safety dangers;
- Assessment felony threats going through the retailer;
- Consider and doc current mitigations and counsel options for enchancment;
- Offering retailers with a report of findings.
The LCB additionally not too long ago introduced it has partnered with the Washington State Crime Prevention Affiliation (WSCPA) to supply safety and security coaching to hashish licensees and their workers.
WSCPA can be holding numerous trainings between Could and August, centered on “hashish retail and processor security finest practices and regionally centered to deal with any distinctive native circumstances.”
