That is all fine and good and all. As long as you have police and a DA that is actually willing to put these criminals in jail or to at least punish them in some meaningful way rather than just letting them out in 4 hours. Otherwise, you are just spending a ton of $$$ on technology that tells you how much you are getting fucked without any recourse. Archive: https://archive.today/zluW4 From the post: >>Home Depot is using a futuristic-sounding new weapon to stop shoplifting at its self-checkouts - using AI to constantly watch customers. Big name retailers like Walmart and Dollar General are removing self-checkout lanes amid rising thefts and customer complaints. But Home Depot has a different solution - so-called 'computer vision'. In a nutshell, it is an array of cameras monitored by artificial intelligence-powered computers. Staff are then alerted by the computer if there is a risk of theft.