Posted on 08/01/2005 4:28:48 AM PDT by nuconvert
Um, that's not really the reason.
Why can't they? I'm in Canada and the way it works here is that the store/mall security guard would make a citizen's arrest as the perp exited the store and then call police. I thought something similar happened in the US. (The caveat here is that if the suspect did not shoplift he will have an open and shut damages case against security and the store for false arrest.)
what prevents the perp from telling the rent-a-cop
to get effed and leaving the scene?
You got it.
Wow. I live in VA. Never experienced that. But I live in the burbs. I did, however, visit a shopping center in Portmouth and a majority of the stores refuse personal checks. I notice that in urban areas they also restrict the use of restrooms as well. Who ever heard of a McDonald's with a locked bathroom.
You got that right. Our small city of 40,000 has pre-paid gas pumps all over. I hate em. When I get gas, I want to fill it up. I have to prepay but I don't know what it cost to fill it up so I never get the tank full. The debit card usually stops pumping at $50, so you can't fill it up with the debit either.
If the guard has already told the perp he is under arrest and the perp doesn't comply he can be charged with resisting arrest even if he didn't steal.
From the article:
The day after making that statement, Biggs called back to say he had just arrested the same shoplifter for the 57th time.
bttt
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