re: Why doesn't Walmart call the police on shoplifters after they leave the store?

I have a friend who has worked in retail her whole life & she always amazed me by telling me how many national stores do not prosecute shoplifters. She was a mgr at Victoria Secret, and not only could she not call the police, it was a fireable offense if she or her staff even pursued a shoplifter. They had a perfume that was very effective at keeping mosquitoes away from fishermen. Every spring & summer her store would lose, literally, boxes & boxes of it in total theft by local fishermen. Ask yourself just how noticable any fisherman would be in V.Secret store. Macy's, Dillard's, Sears, she said a lot of the major chains just write it off.