at stores that have a “do not interfere with shoplifters” policy, are people able to just walk in, take whatever they want, and leave without paying; or are there repercussions at some point?
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Answer: there are often repercussions [i.e. police, court, jail time], but losing stuff is better than losing people.
When I worked in retail, our Loss Prevention director said we had a staff member follow a thief out to the parking lot. The thief then grabbed a gun out of their car and then threatened to shoot our staffer.
After that, our LP guy said, “Let em go. Our people are more important than x amount of money.”
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