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re: How Much Restraining Authority Does Your Typical Mall Cop Have?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:59 pm to Mac
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:59 pm to Mac
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A.(1) A peace officer, merchant, or a specifically authorized employee or agent of a merchant, may use reasonable force to detain a person for questioning on the merchant's premises, for a length of time, not to exceed sixty minutes, unless it is reasonable under the circumstances that the person be detained longer, when he has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed a theft of goods held for sale by the merchant, regardless of the actual value of the goods. The merchant or his employee or agent may also detain such a person for arrest by a peace officer.
At a grocery store in MS I once saw employees drag a guy into the office
Reasonable?
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:00 pm to Kafka
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Reasonable?
Facts and circumstances, brah
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:03 pm to Kafka
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At a grocery store in MS I once saw employees drag a guy into the office
i think those are written to protect the security guards from getting arrested for assaulting thieves.
he can attempt to detain you, but you are not under arrest and can leave. Thats how i read it at least.
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