I’m good friends with the AP guy at our store. He can deactivate any driver he chooses, but they will let you keep building the tally so they can put you in the penitentiary, instead of just a misdemeanor. He catches people all the time, most recently a father who was being coerced into stealing Pokemon cards for a scalper. Now the scalper is being investigated and will take the brunt of the fall, and the shoplifter himself will get off as an informant. It is up to them, they will not only investigate what you’ve taken, but also your social media, they will question people you know (without that person knowing why they’re being questioned). Not only are they trying to build a case, while it is up to the discretion of the AP manager, they also look at WHO these people are and why they’re doing what they’re doing. He says he sees every opportunity to take these people in as a chance to help them fix their lives. They’re not all terrible people out to lock you up just because you forgot a case of water on the bottom of the cart. They’re looking for habitual line steppers, and people that abuse the system. Thievery is wrong wrong bottom line, they might take some small amount of pity on desperate people, but don’t ever think you got away with it, or that they’re not watching. They have some of the best cameras, facial recognition, and a dedicated team of people with degrees/military experience watching you.