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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It’s not no repercussions. Just depends. If LP is there, they may intervene. If not, everything is still on camera. An associate won’t do anything to the shoplifter, but a report will be filed. They’ll either watch for habits, time of day somebody comes in, what departments, etc. and come in with LP to catch them in the act or they’ll just continue videoing until there’s enough evidence for a more serious charge. If you do it once or twice you may or may not have anything happen to you, but if you keep repeating you’ll probably suffer some consequence eventually. Also, if I see them going into a nearby store that DOES have LP that can intervene I may let them know to watch out so the person may end up getting arrested there.
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