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The majority of these crimes are “disorganized” druggies—they would take the bribe and steal the stuff anyway.

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...they would take the bribe and steal the stuff anyway

A deal can be made where, a lot of those thieves accept the 'bribes', aka; protection payme3nts, to keep the other would=be thieves away from the charging stations. Bribery works in a lot of situations. "Protection payments" is a also a way of life with the Mafia and crooked cops, and crooked governments.