any Police Officers on the forum?

[BBG]

Probably people stealing from these stores and committing petty thefts also have other crimes linked to them.

[BoneDaddy]

Probably people stealing from these stores and committing petty thefts also have other crimes linked to them.

I'd say that's a pretty accurate statement.

[Cobalt]

Probably people stealing from these stores and committing petty thefts also have other crimes linked to them.

I'd say that's a pretty accurate statement.

100% accurate.

When I did LP, if they ran or fought, they had a record.
For most, having a record doesn't mean jail time. It's like getting a speeding ticket even if you've already have 5. You get a court date, you show up and go from there. Most of the time you pay a fine and go about your business.

BUT, if you don't show up for court, you automatically have a warrant put out for your arrest. So, if you get caught stealing again, once the police officer shows up, they run a check to see if there is anything outstanding - meaning you go to jail. We've had that happen a lot. We have to take a guy down, handcuff him (yeah, we got handcuffs), and once in the back we find out he skipped a court showing.

We also have a lot of repeat offenders. There were a handful of people that if we saw them in the store, we knew they were going to boost something. We were on the floor just waiting for them to make their move.

Pretty crazy stuff.

[Turbo6GN]

I'd say that's a pretty accurate statement.

For sure. There is a big difference between a kid stealing something out of curiousity/youthful rebellion and a 30 year old man stuffing steaks and cheese down his pants and running from the LP guy at the grocery store.