Too bad they can't lock onto the perp's jacket and hold him 'til police arrive!
But then again...maybe it doesn't matter if the police arrive:
"I'm going after a guy right now that's been arrested 56 times," Walgreen's Biggs said. "I've got to put together a case that can show this isn't your typical little shoplifter."
The day after making that statement, Biggs called back to say he had just arrested the same shoplifter for the 57th time.
Forget the system!!!Off record hire someone to beat the thief senseless....maybe break his legs.... burn any possessions...A great advertisement to other scumbags as well.
I remember in Korea the Turks never had any theft from any of their supply stations. Reason? They impaled a farmer caught stealing and left him to rot on a pole for all the locals to see. Horrible?....Yes...But it worked wonders.
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.)