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I feel like you are speaking without knowledge, because it usually take an extraordinary amount of blatant repeat theft for the loss protection team to act agai

I feel like you are speaking without knowledge, because it usually take an extraordinary amount of blatant repeat theft for the loss protection team to act against an individual. Solo one-time shoplifters have close to a 100% chance of success without being apprehended.

Spooky23 4y ago
There’s a well established, well documented pattern of conduct by Walmart that suggests otherwise. In a town near me, the store generates ~3000 arrests a year, to the point that the town has a police substation on the premises.
- noptd 4y ago
  Comparing blatant theft of physical property to a possible financial scam, the latter of which the company has nowhere near the context required to make a determination on, seems a bit disingenuous, no?
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    comparing theft of a $5 tshirt or whatever to scams worth thousands of dollars is what seems disingenuous. most of crime in the world is not petty shoplifting, its financial fraud amd much of it is done under corporate veil
- phil21 4y ago
  > In a town near me, the store generates ~3000 arrests a year Of first time shoplifters? I find this incredible, as when I worked Walmart (admittedly eons ago) you had to be a very well known repeat offender to get caught. Everyone else would simply be yelled at to leave at best. Target (from friends at the time) even had a policy to simply let thieves do their thing and document until they hit the threshold for a felony - at which time they'd take action. Just that repeat offender list ended up with an arrest maybe every other day or so though. I find it amazing society has changed that much in such a relatively short time. I know every store/location is different but this stat definitely blew my mine.
  - thereare5lights 4y ago
    Depends on the location/state of the store

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I feel like you are speaking without knowledge, because it usually take an extraordinary amount of blatant repeat theft for the loss protection team to act agai

by bpodgursky 4y ago

Spooky23 4y ago
There’s a well established, well documented pattern of conduct by Walmart that suggests otherwise. In a town near me, the store generates ~3000 arrests a year, to the point that the town has a police substation on the premises.
- noptd 4y ago
  Comparing blatant theft of physical property to a possible financial scam, the latter of which the company has nowhere near the context required to make a determination on, seems a bit disingenuous, no?
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    comparing theft of a $5 tshirt or whatever to scams worth thousands of dollars is what seems disingenuous. most of crime in the world is not petty shoplifting, its financial fraud amd much of it is done under corporate veil
- phil21 4y ago
  > In a town near me, the store generates ~3000 arrests a year Of first time shoplifters? I find this incredible, as when I worked Walmart (admittedly eons ago) you had to be a very well known repeat offender to get caught. Everyone else would simply be yelled at to leave at best. Target (from friends at the time) even had a policy to simply let thieves do their thing and document until they hit the threshold for a felony - at which time they'd take action. Just that repeat offender list ended up with an arrest maybe every other day or so though. I find it amazing society has changed that much in such a relatively short time. I know every store/location is different but this stat definitely blew my mine.
  - thereare5lights 4y ago
    Depends on the location/state of the store