I don’t know where the Walmart allegation comes from. It’s not that way where I live. I’ve walked in on couples trying to steal dog collars and leashes in the local Supercenter. They snuck the dog in under a sweatshirt then put it down on the floor fitted it with a collar and leash from the dog aisle when they thought no one was looking (I was). Then they walked the dog out of the store. Nobody was detained for anything. No law enforcement presence anywhere. They got away with maybe sixty bucks worth of stolen goods. Welcome to South America North.
Dog collars? That’s nothing. I see them rolling out carts filled with huge Samsung tvs. The cops are there All. The. Time. A lot of arrests. And this is a pretty upscale area.