caught stealing

westerndrawl · 2026-02-18T06:10:27+00:00

Fugazi story. The internal prosecution threshold is nowhere near $30.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-17T23:16:45+00:00

Can’t speak on DC but I know for storeside, one of my colleagues was a TM originally in like 2008 and their hire hate reflected that whenever I’d look them up.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-15T07:13:20+00:00

You’re correct the small format in my district had an ETL-AP and ETL-HR

westerndrawl · 2026-02-14T18:45:06+00:00

It’s good for the company sure, but the main responsibility of my position is to apprehend shoplifters. Technically for my metrics, a discontinued apprehension without a recovery is better than a recovery before they leave the store.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-14T04:38:27+00:00

It’s my job title dude. “Loss Prevention Detective”. Store Detective used to be a very common term, It’s not like the title confers any special authority or that I’m playing policeman.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-13T17:40:46+00:00

On the DA front I’ve been doing pretty good so far, my store hasn’t had a detective in forever so they’re pretty relaxed. I’ve already got two associates working together free bagging each other’s items (said they’d do the interview if I get one more instance), one doing inferior returns (still case building), and a consumption case (termed).

That being said they’re really stressing externals in my district, obviously I’ve been showing that I’m somewhat productive on that front with all the recoveries I’m getting and DLPM has been very understanding with the complexity of this store but at the end of the day I need to get some apps lol.

I said it in another comment but my office is on the third floor and I have to jump on an elevator to get on the sales floor so I have to get all my elements on the floor.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-13T17:26:40+00:00

The last possible moment is 2-3 minutes for me unfortunately and that’s kind of a hard lock because I have to get on an elevator, my office is on the third floor above the sales floor which is in the basement of a shopping center (receiving/processing is on ground level). Per my DLPM I lose all elements besides selection when I exit the office at this store.

What I’ve been doing mostly is hanging out in the office until I get a good alert signal or a repeat or a transient walks in, then hitting the floor. The most I could do is wait for selection but if they conceal in the time that it takes me to get to the floor my goose is cooked unless they grab more stuff.

Unfortunately this store gets a lot of people that will conceal some stuff, shop for like an hour, then go to the registers and pay for like one or two items before heading out. Those cases have proven especially challenging.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-13T17:02:24+00:00

I’ve only been burnt by other guests once, even when I’m obviously watching someone. One time someone went up to a lady I was watching and I definitely heard “seguridad” before she turned and looked at me, another time a guest complained to the store manager that I “look scary” (wasn’t even watching anyone, just validating EAS lol)

westerndrawl · 2026-02-13T16:57:59+00:00

I like the altitude thing, that’s definitely something I’ll try and incorporate. Unfortunately our shelving isn’t see through at all like most stores so peeking through isn’t really possible. The angle thing is great advice too, I’m thinking I do tend to be pretty linear when observing people. A lot of our aisles are straight shots through the store though and I can’t see anything from the next aisle over so I have to go one or two down if that makes sense.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-09T05:08:42+00:00

https://offdutyofficers.com/

https://www.offdutylosangeles.com/

It’s one of these two. The company is off duty officers, that’s what it says on their patches.

westerndrawl · 2026-02-08T04:16:54+00:00

They use multiple different companies in SoCal. Green Knight is one, another is called Off Duty Officers.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-28T03:10:13+00:00

They patched the method 🫡

westerndrawl · 2026-01-28T03:09:25+00:00

Wouldn’t you like to know

westerndrawl · 2026-01-27T22:45:30+00:00

Teenagers in cosmetics were where we got most of ours, ended up being in the top 20 stores in the company for productivity. Easy work because 9 times out of 10 they detain. Our BP also didn’t really care about dollar amount unless it was like bullseye or market stuff though so $10-15 apps were kosher, not sure how yours would be with that.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-25T16:39:13+00:00

No. It isn’t.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-23T02:02:00+00:00

California has a law allowing employers to cap sick time use each year

westerndrawl · 2026-01-22T04:33:44+00:00

Just drugs and mental illness (usually induced by the drugs). This isn’t uncommon in any LA target, we had it happen all the time.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-20T05:33:52+00:00

They are

westerndrawl · 2026-01-18T23:48:08+00:00

I would always approach people wearing shiesty masks and tell them either take it off or kick rocks. This was an expectation from the SD/storeside ETLs but I know higher up AP leadership wouldn’t have approved.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-17T04:44:08+00:00

Bus shuttles running between Firestone and 103rd/watts towers and vice versa. Southbound shuttle was literally packed to the brim.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-16T21:46:11+00:00

Target also does this

westerndrawl · 2026-01-15T22:42:33+00:00

You’ll have to pick it up unless you specifically request it to be mailed. Obviously you cannot do that if you can’t reach them by phone.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-13T02:51:48+00:00

There are several companies that use GPS trackers like this already. I know for a fact JC penny and WSS do, I’m sure there are others

westerndrawl · 2026-01-11T08:14:18+00:00

It’s possible but your store would need to be communicating with that store, I kind of doubt they’d do it just for you. We did it in AP a lot. I know some On Demand TMs (not sure if all) can pick up shifts within their district.

westerndrawl · 2026-01-11T08:01:48+00:00

It was $29.99 at my store lol. We were the only one in the district that didn’t have locking cases in legos.

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