Adult Shoplifters are using Kids for theft at a Florida Walmart.
* Why do adult shoplifters use children to commit theft from retail stores?
* Arrest reports show that parents teach their children how to be thieves?
* Interview by Jim Ross with the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper.
Podcast Time Stamps:
00:39 -- Show introduction by Crime School Security Expert Chris McGoey.
03:39 -- Interview begins by Jim Ross with the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper.
03:50 -- Police arrest parents shoplifting with 12-year old daughter at Walmart.
04:52 -- What is the frequency of older kids shoplifting with adults or parents?
05:10 -- In a case like this, is the child a victim, a shoplifter, or both?
06:00 -- Was a book written about using children called "Oliver Twist".
07:00 -- Adult shoplifters believe children make them look less suspicious.
08:10 -- Parents normally do not shoplift in front of older children.
10:05 -- Most adults will not shoplift in front of their significant other.
13:00 -- Adult shoplifters hope loss prevention agents will be fooled by this.
13:44 -- Crime School Host Chris McGoey gives his thoughts about the story.
14:50 -- Corporate retailers have policy challenges regarding shoplifter detentions.
20:00 -- Corporate policy needs to address every detention/arrest protocol.
20:55 -- Criminal charges are sometimes reduced or dismissed by courts.
21:25 -- Retailers are sometimes exposed to civil liability from judicial decisions.
24:00 -- Whose rights are more important to protect: Criminal v. Retailer?
25:58 -- Shoplifters can file civil lawsuits when criminal cases are dismissed.
Parents Accused of Shoplifting with their Kids at Walmart
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Adult Shoplifters with Children Challenge Loss Prevention
* Older children usually do not shoplift together with adults.
* Likewise, significant others generally do not shoplift together.
* Adults with infants in large baby carriages sometimes require monitoring.
* Adult shoplifters believe that children nearby makes them less suspicious.
* Do a Google Search of "Walmart children shoplifting with parents Florida"
* Some adult shoplifters will abandon their children in-store to avoid capture.
* Retailers need complex policies how to deal with adult shoplifters with children.
* Difficult to formulate a nationwide shoplifter apprehension policy.
* Legal/practical implications require local detention/apprehension standards.
* Cannot afford to let local police sort-it-out after a family theft apprehension.
* Decisions relating to the prosecution of a family of shoplifters requires caution.
* The criminal justice system can expose a retailer to detention/arrest liability.
* Shoplifters rights often get top priority during the judicial process.
