The holiday shopping is in full effect, but HPD warns shopping during this time of year comes with elevated risk.
Data shows that most crimes happen between noon and 5 p.m., and out of all of the crimes against shoppers and stores, theft was by far the most common.
"We have things in place which we do every year. A lot of officers seen, and unseen, undercover, plain clothes, we're going to beef it up," Finner said. "We want them to feel very comfortable coming here. We want them to know that they're safe," Jennings said."Recently, I got pepper spray just because of so many things that I've seen," shopper Victoria Arevalo said.
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