Retail Theft Update.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | December 22, 2009

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009

SUMMARY:  Don’t try to outrun store detectives.

I just received a new comment on a post I wrote a few months ago about what you should do (and not do) if stopped by store detectives.  Since the article is worth a reprise here it is, together with comments.  I also received an off-line comment from a lawyer saying that she was sending it to her clients.

The new comment contains a report on a Walmart customer who was tackled by two Walmart store detectives and another customer and who died as a result.  You never know the medical condition of someone you physically assault and (as they told us in torts class in law school) you take ’em as they are, pre-existing conditions and all. Add to the list of don’ts: don’t run.

CLT

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