Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have reduced hours

Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by sbierwagen on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:37AM (#27734911)

Stop them from doing what? The police won't prosecute. Security guards are private citizens and do not have an unlimited right to just grab other people and detain them. If the stolen goods are inside, say, a backpack, they also do not have the ability to search that backpack.

You can only have security guards if the state backs them up. The state is not backing them up.

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Re:Target finally explains why nearly all its SF stores have... by HWR_14 on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:15PM (#27739946)

> Stop them from doing what?

Leaving with things they did not pay for.

> Security guards ... do not have an unlimited right to just grab other people and detain them. If the stolen goods are inside, say, a backpack, they also do not have the ability to search that backpack.

Not unlimited rights. They can use reasonable (and solely nonlethal) force to detain shoplifters that they have probable cause are shoplifting and even search them (for instance, their backpacks) for such goods. You need to read up on California Penal Code 490.5.

They cannot punish them, but they can prevent them from leaving with items they don't own.

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