[quote name='GBAstar']Yes you're absolutely right. I have no idea why they need armed security in a Walmart. I understand the guy was a sheriff or a LEO of some sort but I'd think he could have just taken the license plate and called it quits.
In another thread I thought someone mentioned that some Walmarts in rough neighborhoods have police substations in them, is this true?
If their is a pending lawsuit would it be against Walmart or the officer or both? I don't think Walmart is at fault here but it'll gain national attention just because of where it happened.[/QUOTE]
True story - sort of. I've never heard of a police box built into a store but I've seen plenty in the center or side of plazas. Wide range of anchor stores too.
Pretty damn funny this is even being asked, to be honest. Sometimes I swear I'm the only real poor person on this board.
[quote name='skiizim']The bottom line is no matter how inexcusable petty theft is, especially from a multi billion dollar company like Wal-Mart, the off duty officer should have only observed and reported once it escalated so far. It should have never transcended the way it did, the off duty officer should have only written down the license plate and reported it.[/QUOTE]
Wal-Mart corporate is
ing mental if they allow their loss prevention department to pursue a suspect into the parking lot, especially armed. If she had been issued a no trespass, then local LEO should have been called immediately after LP spotted her in the store. Plainclothes LP or an associate could have easily stalled her the 5 minutes it would have taken for the fuzz to show up without tipping her off that she had been seen lifting and someone could have nabbed the license plate in the meantime.
So at it's core this is a story of incompetence from corporate all the way down. No surprise there, really.