Safety measure to help reduce pharmacy robberies in Illinois

Posted on December 3, 2021
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (podium). (WJBC file photo)

By IIS Radio

CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and CVS Health are announcing a new safety measure to help reduce pharmacy robberies statewide.

The attorney general says the installation of time delay safes in CVS pharmacies across the state will make it much more difficult for thieves, often part of a gang operation, to steal and sell prescription narcotics.

“Thieves intending to run into a pharmacy, steal a controlled substance, and flea, will instead be met with these safes that require a code to enter,” said Raoul. “The code begins a timer and the safe will not open until the timer expires, preventing thieves from accessing these drugs.”

CVS Health says they have seen a large decrease in pharmacy robberies in states where stores have been equipped with these safes.

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