[Cobra64]

These establishments do not deserve my patronage.

[griffin]

Scratch Academy from getting any more of my business.

Jack these retailer’s insurance rates so high they can’t afford to remain in business. It’s obvious they have no desire to protect their assets since insurance will cover it.

[Tired of Taxes]

“Sutton said that they were let go due to Academy Sports + Outdoors policy on loss prevention, which states that employees are not allowed to chase or physically restrain a fleeing person suspected of theft,”

This is not a new policy. Six years ago, I worked for a store with this policy.

Retail workers have been killed chasing after thieves. Sometimes, lawsuits are filed against the store when the thief is injured.

So, not even the store detectives would chase after thieves. They'd merely take video and photos and hand the evidence over to police.

[vpintheak]

My favorite gun & ammo store in Fairbanks has the employees open carrying. It would be dang near a death sentence for any fool to try to steal anything there.

[Jumper]

Great. I think any criminal knowing might just pocket some ammo, ask to a pistol, load it and order the employees help him carry out the entire display case and load their truck.... Academy wouldn’t have cause to fire anyone.

[jonrick46]

The reason for these no-touch shoplifter rules is because of the insurance companies. They will charge companies high rates if there is activity that increases the chances that an employee is injured by a shoplifter. These criminals pack knives and guns which can do physical damage requiring high medical costs to save an employee's life. Only the police have the necessary medical insurance to confront these criminals.

In Japan, convenience stores across the nation carry small orange orbs called bohan yo kara boru (anticrime color balls).

They’re paintballs — plastic spheres filled with brightly colored liquid pigment kept on hand in case of a stickup or a shoplifting crime. The idea is to lob one after a robber and mark him to improve the chance of an arrest.

To increase the chances of hitting a moving target they aim at the perp's feet causing the balls to shatter on impact and release their contents in a radius as wide as 30 feet.

I say, if you can, hit them in the head!

[immadashell]

The Catch 22 here is set a policy that says DO NOT PURSUE. But the employee knows there is a higher degree of the risk of being laid off since the company is losing money!

[sauropod]

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[Delta 21]

I own my own store. You will not be cottled like this if I see you stealing from me inside my private property.

[zeestephen]

Re: "Apparently, trying to stop someone from stealing a deadly weapon is against company policy."

Of course it is against company policy!

They tell you it is against company policy in orientation and with annual updates.

If your employee is injured or killed, the employee or the family will sue the company.

If the criminal is injured or killed, the criminal or the family will sue the company.

[fella]

Sounds like a story line rejected by the producers of the film “Idiocracy” for being to idiotic.

[nonliberal]

Let them steal. The business is insured. These corporations use shoplifting as an excuse to price gouge.

[redfreedom]

These establishments need to go under. The problem though is most of corporate America is like this. The whole culture is nearly like this. The left is very successful and reversing our values to that of a third world $hithole.

And the sheep keep voting for it, in between getting their covid boosters.

[mabarker1]

My stepdaughter works for a large cosmetics company (and has been working there for years) and they have punk little rich teenager girls come in the store just about every day and steal stuff. They don’t even try to hide their thefts because they’re well informed about the company policy for employees to not get involved with saying or doing anything about the theft.

A few weeks ago the stepdaughter gets to work and is called to the office. The “new” manager holds up a piece of eyeliner pencil and asks what it is ?

Stepdaughter says it is an old eyeliner pencil. new manager says it was found in your locker and accuses her of stealing it from the store !!!

Stepdaughter says I’ve had that for over a year and I bought it. She adds that She doesn’t even use it anymore because She had Her eyebrows tattooed on by a friend who is getting her Cosmology License and need the practice to pass the exam.

The meeting ended with her waiting for new manager idiot to decide what will happen. Meaning getting fired or not for “theft of the pencil.”

I haven’t heard anything about a decision yet so I’m going with no news is good news.

I keep waiting for Rod Serling to tap Me on the shoulder and say “just messing with you.”

[IamConservative]

The store policy is why the thief chose the store to steal a gun.

[anton]

Nothing like a squirt of POM, Mace or other refreshing face spray as they depart.

[P.O.E.]

It all comes down to money.

Going after the thief risks higher insurance, costs of lawsuits (from store employee and the perp), etc. that would have to be paid by the company.

The loss of merchandise? That cost is borne by all the paying customers, and is spread out over a large number of items so it’s unnoticeable.

So as twisted as it seems, it’s a business decision.

[Justa]

That establishment just became the accessory to all crimes committed with the weapon.

[chopperk]

I will stay away from these establishments from now on since their attitudes support criminals.

[atc23]

Black Privilege