If you are an associate in plumbing, electrical, appliances, hardware or lumber at Home Deport or Lowes, nowhere in the job description does it direct you to risk your life to stop shoplifting.
As a stock holder in Lowe's, I emailed them my frustrations and concerns. Shoplifting is a crime. Post off duty police officers and it will bring this to a halt. Walmart does it at Christmas. Why only at Christmas and Black Friday? Each store loses hundreds of thousands of dollars to blatant shoplifting.
I am a part time team member at Home Depot they pound it repeatedly into our heads to NEVER confront a shoplifter NEVER under any circumstances!! This is why this team member lost her job she violated the absolute #1 policy in ALL of these companies she could have lost her life FULL STOP!! I understand how we all feel about stopping these thugs HOWEVER when you are on the job the company is responsible for your safety FULL STOP!!