Overview

• A CNN crew witnessed multiple brazen thefts at a San Francisco Walgreens within 30 minutes.
• The store in the city's Richmond neighborhood has the highest theft rate among Walgreens' nearly 9,000 US locations.
• To combat theft, the retailer has resorted to locking up items behind plexiglass and chains at select stores.
• Frustrated residents describe living in San Francisco as feeling like a "police state" due to high crime.
• Walgreens has shut down 5 area stores due to organized retail theft, and other retailers are also leaving downtown San Francisco.