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How Much Restraining Authority Does Your Typical Mall Cop Have?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:44 pm
Mall cop @ Cortana has been trailing me for the past 10 minutes.
What stopping authority do these guys have?
What stopping authority do these guys have?
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:45 pm to Wes B
Are you wearing a flat bill?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:45 pm to Wes B
What are you doing?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:45 pm to Wes B
You should stop, let him pass, and then start following him.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:46 pm to CrimsonFanSince94
how about leave the mall
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:48 pm to Wes B
i think the extent of his power lies near if he tells you to leave and you don't then you are trespassing at which point he can call the real police.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:48 pm to Wes B
Probably a lot less than he thinks he does.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:51 pm to Wes B
if you commit a theft he has the right to detain you
if you commit a felony he has the right to detain you, a "citizen's arrest", the same as any citizen
if you commit a felony he has the right to detain you, a "citizen's arrest", the same as any citizen
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:54 pm to Chappy
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if you commit a theft he has the right to detain you
if you commit a felony he has the right to detain you, a "citizen's arrest", the same as any citizen
yea i believe that is kidnapping in LA. 
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:54 pm to Wes B
La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 215 Detention and arrest of shoplifters
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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. The detention shall not constitute an arrest.
(2) A peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person when he has reasonable grounds to believe the person has committed a theft of goods held for sale by a merchant, regardless of the actual value of the goods. A complaint made to a peace officer by a merchant or a merchant's employee or agent shall constitute reasonable cause for the officer making the arrest.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:55 pm to CarRamrod
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CarRamrod
Cops knowing the law
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:55 pm to CarRamrod
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yea i believe that is kidnapping in LA.
uh, no
see above post
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:58 pm to Mac
quote:quote:Cops knowing the law
CarRamrod
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?
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.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:04 pm to Mac
quote:All I recall is that the guy was yelling but not fighting back, and the people dragging him were apparently civilians
Facts and circumstances, brah
Never knew the backstory
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:05 pm to KosmoCramer
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Cops knowing the law
you think im a cop.Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:07 pm to SabiDojo
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Are you wearing a flat bill?
My first thought. Haha
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:09 pm to Kafka
15 years ago, people were fricked up many times tring to steal and resist stoppage at a store I used to work.
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