Re: How Likely is It That I Will Be Sued if I Ignore a Shoplifting Civil Recovery Dem
And my point is that just about every person who gets caught shoplifting claims that they "forgot" to pay, whether there is a civil demand or not.
Re: How Likely is It That I Will Be Sued if I Ignore a Shoplifting Civil Recovery Dem
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llworking
Walmart is honestly the classic example. When they have someone dead to rights on shoplifting they ALWAYS call the police. They don't call the police on the questionable cases because if police decline to arrest or cite, or the DA declines to prosecute or the person is found innocent, their ability to collect a civil demand is gone.
Your views about Walmart having been duly noted, that's not correct. A few years ago Walmart created a corporate policy not to prosecute shoplifters over small thefts. Do you want to guess what happened when shoplifters figured out that they could steal small amounts without any fear of prosecution? If you guess correctly, you will understand that Walmart rescinded that policy for legitimate, loss-prevention reasons, and not as part of some sort of conspiracy to try to collect civil demands.
Re: How Likely is It That I Will Be Sued if I Ignore a Shoplifting Civil Recovery Dem
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Mr. Knowitall
Your views about Walmart having been duly noted, that's not correct. A few years ago Walmart created a corporate policy not to prosecute shoplifters over small thefts. Do you want to guess what happened when shoplifters figured out that they could steal small amounts without any fear of prosecution? If you guess correctly, you will understand that Walmart rescinded that policy for legitimate, loss-prevention reasons, and not as part of some sort of conspiracy to try to collect civil demands.
If they rescinded the policy of not prosecuting small amounts then why didn't they call the police on the OP? We are not talking about the same thing.