The advantage to the store is that there are law enforcement officers with badges and guns coming into the store at random times, making them much riskier to rob.
There's two different 7-11s near me, both on a main street, maybe half a mile apart. One has cops in it all the time, for the simple reason they freely allow cops to use their restroom. The other doesn't, and there are never cops there. This being a major city, the one without cops also has panhandlers outside on a nearly constant basis. The one with cops doesn't have any, ever.
Interestingly, the one without cops has taxis and limos in the lot late into the night. They never go in the store, they just hang out in the parking lot.
Hehehe, yeah I've lived in cities so I know what you're talking about. This is a very rural area so panhandling isn't really a thing. Also I've only seen the highway patrolmen taking advantage of this perk around mid-morning, after they've spent a couple of hours preying on people trying to get to work. It's not as if they patrol at night.
There's two different 7-11s near me, both on a main street, maybe half a mile apart. One has cops in it all the time, for the simple reason they freely allow cops to use their restroom. The other doesn't, and there are never cops there. This being a major city, the one without cops also has panhandlers outside on a nearly constant basis. The one with cops doesn't have any, ever.
Interestingly, the one without cops has taxis and limos in the lot late into the night. They never go in the store, they just hang out in the parking lot.