A shoplifter knows damned well when she is approached by someone identifying himself as store security just whose eyes she's trying to claw out. Having assisted store security, as a retail store clerk, with just such apprehensions, I can tell you that all of the Monday morning quarterbacks have no idea WTF they would do under those circumstances. Once that woman began trying to physically harm the security officer, I say he's done his job commendably if she's able to walk back to the store with him under her own power. What's more, the store is doing the rest of us a favor to limit its losses from thieves, who serve only to raise grocery prices for the rest of us.
Re: “Co-op Security Company Defends Officer Actions”
A shoplifter knows damned well when she is approached by someone identifying himself as store security just whose eyes she's trying to claw out. Having assisted store security, as a retail store clerk, with just such apprehensions, I can tell you that all of the Monday morning quarterbacks have no idea WTF they would do under those circumstances. Once that woman began trying to physically harm the security officer, I say he's done his job commendably if she's able to walk back to the store with him under her own power. What's more, the store is doing the rest of us a favor to limit its losses from thieves, who serve only to raise grocery prices for the rest of us.