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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One of my coworkers at Wal-Mart got promoted to loss prevention and I got a peek behind the curtain there. At least at big stores they gather video evidence of your crimes, up until the point your cumulative crime hits a certain felony checkpoint(I believe it was $1k), and then, one day. Surprise. Loss prevention will be meeting you at the door with the actual police. Basically they know who’s shoplifting, and keep an eye on them from the loss prevention office. If you’re not a ‘big ticket’ person they might try to make their presence known to dissuade you from shoplifting, and if they get the impression you’ll stop if they tell you to do so, they might try and take you in off a low amount. But they do try for repeat offender, juicy targets that they can take care of more permanently with police involvement and subsequent incarceration.
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