{"id":2011378,"date":"2023-08-24T20:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memphis-walgreens-stores-using-classical-music-to-deter-vagrants-crime\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T20:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T00:42:11","slug":"memphis-walgreens-stores-using-classical-music-to-deter-vagrants-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memphis-walgreens-stores-using-classical-music-to-deter-vagrants-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Walgreens stores employ classical music to discourage vagrancy and crime."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmemphis-walgreens-stores-using-classical-music-to-deter-vagrants-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Walgreens Uses \u200cClassical\u2062 Music to Deter Vagrancy and Crime in Memphis<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To address vagrancy issues and petty crime, Walgreens stores in \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/memphis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis<\/a> have come up with an innovative solution: playing \u200dclassical music through speakers \u200cin \u2064their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-america-bold-billionaire-offers-1-million-bounty-for-dominions-eric-coomers-comeuppance\/\" title=\"WAKE UP AMERICA! Bold Billionaire Offers  Million Bounty for Dominion\u2019s, Eric Coomer\u2019s Comeuppance\">parking lots<\/a>. This tactic, previously\u200c employed in Chicago and Los Angeles,\u2063 aims to discourage loitering and harassment of customers \u2062by homeless individuals and \u200bothers. Before the\u200b initiative was implemented, groups\u2062 of\u2064 about \u200d10-15 people were frequently loitering in one of the Walgreens\u200c parking lots \u200bin Memphis, as \u2063reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/walgreens-in-memphis-use-classical-music-for-crowd-control\/article_9d93701a-4159-11ee-9225-6bf878a5aa76.html\">Fox13<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Walgreens, \u2062&#8221;At \u2062various locations, we have \u200dimplemented a recorded \u200bmusic loop that plays outside of the store\u2064 to help \u2062deter \u200cloitering on the premises. We take steps to ensure the music \u200bis only loud enough for the immediate area around the store and cannot be heard by residents in surrounding neighborhoods,&#8221; as stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/memphis-stores-using-classical-music-to-fight-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WREG<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200dclassical music is being played at multiple\u2064 Walgreens \u200clocations throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-student-killed-by-stray-gunfire-in-chicago\/\" title=\"Jewish Student Killed by Stray Gunfire in Chicago\">crime-plagued city<\/a> using a mobile camera and speaker system. In fact, at one location, the music can even be heard from \u2064across the\u2063 street, as reported \u200bby WREG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opinions about this unique approach are divided among city residents. While\u200b some enjoy the music, others find it annoying. Chris Worsham, who listens to the music while waiting\u200c at his bus stop, told Fox13, &#8220;Everybody else listens to hip-hop, pop, \u2063rock and everything else. Classical? Yeah, I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll stick\u2064 around too long and \u2064try to Memphis \u200djerk on that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cameron Cooley, who\u2063 works \u2062nearby, expressed his annoyance, saying, &#8220;I thought, &#8216;Oh\u200d there \u2062is a band playing and they&#8217;re\u2062 really good.&#8217; Then, the next day, I was like, &#8216;They&#8217;re\u2064 still playing.&#8217; And later that night, they&#8217;re still playing. I \u2063understand why they are using the music,\u200c but it&#8217;s the same key\u2062 all day, the \u200dsame music. It can be a \u2062deterrent and it \u200ddefinitely deters me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Crime in Memphis<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Memphis has consistently ranked\u200c as one of the most dangerous cities in America, with \u2064a significant increase in property \u200band violent crime over the past year. Its murder rate is among the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-new-year-activist-mocks-u-n-human-rights-council-that-includes-china-cuba-russia-and-more\/\" title=\"\u2018Happy New Year\u2019: Activist Mocks U.N. \u2018Human Rights\u2019 Council That Includes China, Cuba, Russia, And More\">top ten worst<\/a> in the \u2063U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Classical Music as a Deterrence\u200d Strategy<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Walgreens&#8217; use of classical music to deter crime is not limited to \u200bMemphis. Similar strategies \u200chave been implemented in Walgreens stores in\u200b Chicago and the Los Angeles Metro. In \u2063fact,\u2064 the Los Angeles Metro \u2063started playing classical music at a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psychological-torture-chamber-l-a-subway-plays-classical-music-critics-go-bonkers\/\" title=\"\u2018Psychological Torture Chamber\u2019: L.A. Subway Plays Classical Music, Critics Go Bonkers\">downtown subway station<\/a> in April, as reported\u200d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psychological-torture-chamber-l-a-subway-plays-classical-music-critics-go-bonkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a>. The\u2062 Metro&#8217;s operations \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memphis-walgreens-stores-using-classical-music-to-deter-vagrants-crime\/\" title=\"Memphis Walgreens stores employ classical music to discourage vagrancy and crime.\">security team collaborated<\/a> with law enforcement to play symphonies, concertos,\u2064 and piano sonatas by renowned composers\u200d such \u2062as Beethoven, Mozart, and Vivaldi at the Westlake\/MacArthur Park Metro station starting in January.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walgreens stores in Memphis combat vagrancy and petty crime by playing classical music through speakers in their parking lots. This strategy, previously successful in Chicago and Los Angeles, aims to discourage loitering and harassment of customers by homeless individuals and others. 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