Did the store have a policy against pursuing shoplifters? Because i know a lot of retail places do, and it is a zero-tolerance tyoe situation. You violate that policy, you are fired immediately. It's a safety concern to chase a shoplifter. What if they have a weapon and turn violent? You can make a slightly inconvenient situation for the store into a tragedy.
It's the principle of the thing. What's a person supposed to do when witnessing a crime right in front of them? Call the authorities? Wait for help? Let them get away with it? Did we learn nothing from Spider-Man? All so criminals know they can act with impunity, grow accustomed to passive victimhood, all the while conditioning the workers to stand back and be bystanders or even victims.
Again, what happens if the shoplifter has a damn weapon, and people get hurt because the cashier decided to go rogue? It's better to just let the person go. That's what security footage and the police are for.
What if they have a weapon? All the more reason to act quickly and decisively. Lest they shoot someone for their car, for reaching for a phone, or because they feel like it.
Let the people on site make those judgement calls. When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
No, but as with all things, they are about money. The policy is not in place to protect the employees. It’s there for their insurance company’s benefit. If there was no policy and the employee is hurt or killed the family can sue the employer and the insurance company will have to pay. Therefore they require the policy from the company. It has nothing to do with standing your ground or principle.
I believe that it isn’t shoplifting until they pass a certain point. Like “intent to leave” or something along those lines. I’ve put items in my pockets and taken them out at the register before.
I was hoping this was fake or unrelated, but it was widely reported. From mirror (in the UK);
Mr Winstanley...was held at gunpoint during a robbery in May last year.
The inquest was told how his fragile mental state further deteriorated following the sacking until his eventual death sometime between February 11 and February 13 - nine months after the gunpoint incident.
Speaking after the hearing at Blackpool Town Hall, his devastated step-daughter Siobhan Winstanley, 28, told how she had written to Tesco about her father’s death but was told the matter was closed.
She said: “It is very raw and very difficult for us to come to terms with.
“He was of the very strong opinion that [suicide] was a selfish thing to do, so obviously it’s not something he would have done lightly, knowing he had children.
Let the people on site make those judgement calls. When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
Mr Winstanley...was held at gunpoint during a robbery in May last year.
The inquest was told how his fragile mental state further deteriorated following the sacking until his eventual death sometime between February 11 and February 13 - nine months after the gunpoint incident.
Speaking after the hearing at Blackpool Town Hall, his devastated step-daughter Siobhan Winstanley, 28, told how she had written to Tesco about her father’s death but was told the matter was closed.
She said: “It is very raw and very difficult for us to come to terms with.
“He was of the very strong opinion that [suicide] was a selfish thing to do, so obviously it’s not something he would have done lightly, knowing he had children.