I worked in Great Plains/Midwest Target asset protection for a while. We never bothered with candy bars and low dollar stuff.
They have regional investigation centers that have access to all the cameras in their area. They also work closely with local, state, and federal agencies in taking down booster/shoplifting rings, usually culminating in bagging a pawn shop that is paying a small army of disconnected junkies to swipe stuff. As of 10 years ago, Target has a fairly prestigious crime lab in Las Vegas.
That’s all I really know on the subject. I had an arch nemesis white junkie lady that I almost got a few times, but she was a greasy one and always slipped away. Big fat guy that would hit every store in the two major cities in the area.
I think Target slimmed down the in store security since I’ve been there. But we could detain with cuffs as long as we followed a collection of rules to a T.
I worked similar for a Barnes and Noble nearly 20 years ago. They just let candy, Pokemon cards and other low dollar impulse items go. Thought process was those were mostly taken by kids and calling them out for an items that cost the store pennies and most of the price was mark up would just embarass a parent and make them not want to come back as well as make other customers uncomfortable.
Biggest problem we actually had was people coming in with backpacks and ostensibly sitting at the coffee shop area for a while and studying. Then books would make in their bag that they didn't come in with. We of course knew what they were doing, but if it was a low effort thing like a couple books someone "forgot" to pay for and they admitted thier "mistake" we would just let it go.
If someone fought it, or was trying to make a bigger go and take a lot of stuff or higher value items we could detain. Store was attached to a mall though where the local cops (actual police not private security) had a permanant office in the building. Rather than actually forcefully detain our aim was always just to question a shoplifter politely until the actual cop would show up.
They didn't have cameras in stores until the 1990's because everyone wasn't a thief. Importing third worlders and telling everyone that they need to get high because they're all mentally ill was the plan. When no stores can operate the technopsychos plan to have all retail come through them on the internet. Except the niggers are taking out their distribution chains and they increasingly can't deliver.
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They have regional investigation centers that have access to all the cameras in their area. They also work closely with local, state, and federal agencies in taking down booster/shoplifting rings, usually culminating in bagging a pawn shop that is paying a small army of disconnected junkies to swipe stuff. As of 10 years ago, Target has a fairly prestigious crime lab in Las Vegas.
That’s all I really know on the subject. I had an arch nemesis white junkie lady that I almost got a few times, but she was a greasy one and always slipped away. Big fat guy that would hit every store in the two major cities in the area.
I think Target slimmed down the in store security since I’ve been there. But we could detain with cuffs as long as we followed a collection of rules to a T.
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[ - ] anon 3915557 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 3, 2022 17:02:17 ago (+1/-0)
Biggest problem we actually had was people coming in with backpacks and ostensibly sitting at the coffee shop area for a while and studying. Then books would make in their bag that they didn't come in with. We of course knew what they were doing, but if it was a low effort thing like a couple books someone "forgot" to pay for and they admitted thier "mistake" we would just let it go.
If someone fought it, or was trying to make a bigger go and take a lot of stuff or higher value items we could detain. Store was attached to a mall though where the local cops (actual police not private security) had a permanant office in the building. Rather than actually forcefully detain our aim was always just to question a shoplifter politely until the actual cop would show up.
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