wal-mart policy on shoplifting
wal-mart policy on shoplifting Is it illegal to not disclose your stores shoplifiting policy? I am writing a paper on Shoplifting Policies and Prosec...
wal-mart policy on shoplifting
Is it illegal to not disclose your stores shoplifiting policy?
I am writing a paper on Shoplifting Policies and Prosecution, and I’ve been trying to find our Wal*Mart’s policy since they just relax it for incidents under 25$.
I’ve called every 1-800 number from the regular Wal*Mart line to their loss prevention hotline. Each person tells me its confidental, and the last person I talked to, told me to call the police and ask them, but when in the hell would they know wal*mart’s shoplifting policy.
Maybe it’s out of frustration for wasting so much time to figure this out, but I feel this definetly isn’t right that they would and could hold back information about how they will deal with the public, to the public.
Is this legal??? Where could I get this info???
They do not, I think, have to give you their internal policy with respect to seeking enforcement of the law.
If they were going to make a civil claim against shoplifters for “security costs” that would be different. Department stores in Switzerland commonly have such notices (”shoplifters will be made to pay CHF 150 towards security costs”). Of course collecting the money from homeless people and gypsies might be less easy than posting a notice that they’re going to claim it.
I’ve seen descriptions of the Walmart policy change on the Internet. (I’ve only been to one Walmart in my life, in Canada, and hated it so much I’ve never gone back.) But I think an Internet search might get you some info and ideas.
