>>54748507They can hold those that they suspect until the police arrives. The police can look into their pockets.
Some empty their pockets to the employees holding them, sort of confessing, in order to let go before the police arrives.
They usually hold people after watching them on cam or when an employee witnessed someone putting it into the pocket AND after they walked out without showing it at the registers. Most will say that they just forgot. But then again, these are mostly minor items.
Most steal cigarettes. These are always directly in front of the registers here in Germany, so employees often see this and alarm someone.
They also have a detective there regularly. Now more often than before. They also have someone sitting at the monitors now all the time.
Personally, I suspect that there are groups and they let some loser do some stupid obvious stealing and when the employees are busy with him, showing the police the videos, the others use that confusion and pick a lot more and go for it.
Because she said that a few days ago someone tried to steal something while the police was at the monitors and they were looking at the recodings from before and someone said "Wait, that's not recorded, that's live." Imagine the face when the police stood behind him directly at the register. He tried the "oh I forgot" and then "oh, I don't even have enough money" ... so he seems stupid and that's why they can't really do anything until after the registers.
