New York City Business Hires K-9 Units Amid Rise in Shoplifting Thefts

NYPD Officer Horacio Maldonado with his K-9 partner, Raychel, on patrol at the Times Square subway station in New York, on May 17, 2016. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times

Amid a surge in shoplifting crimes in New York City, one of the Big Apple’s largest shopping districts has hired K-9 units in an effort to protect businesses and sniff out thieves.

The 34th Street Partnership, a not-for-profit, private management company that overseas business improvements in the city, including in Macy’s Herald Square, Penn Station, and Madison Square Garden, launched the initiative at the CVS at Eighth Avenue and West 34th Street earlier this month.