Calif. shopkeeper's privilege to stop suspected shoplifters is limited
Calif. shopkeeper's privilege to stop suspected shoplifters is limited
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Everyone has heard horror stories about innocent people detained by store security personnel on suspicion of shoplifting, sometimes receiving personal injurywhen roughed up in the process. In California, however, the traditional "shopkeeper's privilege" or "merchant's privilege" to do so is carefully spelled out by state statute and shoppers whose rights are violated by security guards going ...