“Do you think that shoplifters should or should not be detained? And do you consider that kidnapping if a store detains a shoplifter.”
Most stores have a policy of not detaining shoplifters just because of the legal and liability issues. Those that do try to detain shoplifters are openning themselves up to huge liability. If you detain someone who was not shoplifting it’s virtually certain you’re going to get sued.
My stepson was reprimanded for chasing and trying to apprehend a shoplifter at Walmart. He and another associate were in the parking lot rounding up carts when the radio announced a shoplifter and description. They chased him across the parking lot until he went over a fence into an apartment complex. They thought they had done good until they were summoned to the manager’s office.
No rent-a-cop is going to handcuff me. You lose basically all ability to defend yourself. I was a rent-a-cop and can tell you many of them are not the kind of people you want to be at the mercy of.
I can’t speak for most stores, but last year walking out of a Macy’s in a mall here in town, had the joy of watching a young lady put in plastic cuffs by the Macy’s team for attempted shoplifting.
Do you think she was kidnapped?