Title: Shoplifting Detention - How Retail Stores Detain a Suspected Shoplifter?
Headings: Shoplifting Detention – How Retail Stores Detain a Suspected Shoplifter?
Shoplifting Detention – How Retail Stores Detain a Suspected Shoplifter?
Shoplifting Detention
Shoplifting Detention: The Policy Decision
Shoplifting Detention: Approaching the Suspect
Shoplifting Detention: The Stop
Shoplifting Detention: The Use of force
Shoplifting Detention: Processing the Shoplifter
Shoplifting Detention: Written Incident Reports
About Chris McGoey

Content: Chasing a shoplifter through a crowd is never a good policy, especially if you already retrieved the merchandise. Chasing a shoplifter off the property or in a car is can be dangerous. Shoplifting Detention: The Use of force
Excessive force should never be used when apprehending a shoplifter. In most cases, the presence of two or more store employees is all that is required to recover the merchandise and direct the suspected shoplifter back to a private office. If the customer is cooperative, very young, very old, or frail then no force should be necessary. Professional loss prevention agents charged with the responsibility of taking people into custody should be trained in the concept of the Use of Force Continuum. This is the natural progression of the application of reasonable force as the circumstances dictate. Lawful force can escalate to a reasonable level and then de-escalate as the situation calms. Handcuffs are sometimes used to restrain violent or aggressive shoplifters when escape and employee or customer injury is a REAL possibility.