Thanks, I appreciate that. It’s SOP for any retail worker - you NEVER try to stop someone because shoplifting isn’t worth getting stabbed, or shot. The store will “eat” the cost because it’s much cheaper than having a worker be disabled for the rest of their lives (or dead). Also, I assume insurance policies on workers have something to do with that as well.
You’d be surprised at how some “shoplifters” react to being stopped by (real) security. The weekends were always a lot of fun at my KMart - always at least one tough guy who thought the 3-4 burly security guards who WILL get physical if necessary were pushovers. We could have had “pay-per-view” and made money on some of those “apprehensions” of suspects!
Luckily, no knives or guns (unless you count the armed robbery w/hostage taking that occurred on Sunday night - when I was off work thank God - the girl who worked the service desk that night was the hostage). THAT was a rare occurrence and I don’t think it even got into the papers that it happened - there was some thought it was an “inside job”. But, we’re talking assault rifles (from the description of those who were there) - something you’d see in a movie or something - definitely NOT a common or everyday occurrence by any stretch of the imagination.
Still, at least in large population areas (like Denver, Chicago, LA, etc...) there “needs” to be ARMED security at these retail locations - at least ONE person with the ability to actually do something about various situations.
*have to leave for a Doc’s appointment now. Will check pings later... :)