An Academy sports employee in Florida,Dean Crouch was fired for---
touching a customer.
Dean tackled a man who stole a gun and ammo.
Says when he gets out he would steal again.

I can't substantiate this, but my guess is the guy stealing a gun and ammo does not intend to use it for sporting or otherwise legal purposes.

And Academy's response is to sack the guy that is looking out for the general public?

I�m more concerned with my wife�s no touch policy

The no touch policy applies to confronting shoplifters. This is obviously not the ordinary shoplift though. Almost every company has a policy against average employees confronting suspected shoplifters, that is reserved for trained loss prevention associates or managers. In most cases the LP personnel have a no touch policy as well though many do still allow LP to subdue shoplifters physically.

Regardless of all those policies every company has a policy against anyone no matter what position confronting a shoplifter with a weapon.

Yeah, and such policies enable criminals to ply their trade.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...ouch/780089002/

I was going going buy some line and rattle traps today on the way to a concert. Guess im not going fishing tomorrow.

if you knock the jit out of him with a bat, does that count as no touchie

I read something about Stormy Daniels and a no touch policy today.

MO

Having in the past worked parttime at an Academy Sports store, I can confirm that is their policy. Only thing we were supposed to do was 1) notify a manager, 2) notify the loss control staff, 3) if the person is still in the store, flood them with associates asking if they need assistance, 4) try to get the description of their vehicle, license plate, direction departed to give to the police. But never was an employee to confront or physically try to stop an individual.

Does the no touch policy include �motor boating�?

I worked at Academy from 99-05. This was before the sold out and were still family owned. It was far different back then. Something we did probably got the company sued and the new policy put into place.

There is a specific exception if Stormy Daniels is doing the shoplifting.

The "no touch" policy when strictly enforced absolves companies from serious lawsuits.

1-Policy in place.
2-Violator fired.
3-Violator acted on their own...sue them.

The Academy story in Portland Texas must have a no touch policy. All the fishing rods were on top of the lure racks, you have to get an someone with a ladder to get them down if you wanted to look at one. Probably to much breakage, I don't buy their rods, just noticed.

How do you steal a firearm in the first place? Unless you just bolted for the door while they were showing it to you.

If we spot a shoplifter in our store, we let them do their thing while the cops are on their way. As soon as they get outside, it is now considered theft and the cops are waiting for them. It has only happened a few times.

pretty sure that's exactly what he did.

JR

Call the police and order a pizza and see who gets there first.

Well said. Couple years ago I brought to attention of Walmart Asst Manager a (single mother?) and 5 kids aged maybe 10 to 18 were walking out of the store pushing new and unpaid for bicycles. I'd followed them from the department to the door. He did nothing. As said, same for the families that come in just to grab a free meal. We're the ones who end up paying for it.

He was rehired by Academy, due to public comment.

The public is always right

Most of the time; then there�s Nazi Germany and a few other examples where the mass public goes kind of insane

Such policies protect the company from liability and hopefully keep a bad situation from turning worse. You really want some cashier getting to a scuffle over a gun or knife.

Not to mention the liability that occurs when they confront someone who isn't a shoplifter and proceed to get physical with them.

There are professionals trained in detecting and apprehending shoplifters. However no piece of store merchandise is worth your life.

Semper Fi

One of the local DFW news channels had a report a year or more ago that DPD will no longer respond to shoplifting calls. That didn't seem all that wise to me. However, serial shoplifters probably already knew that.

I worked there for about a year. They have a policy that employees do not engage criminals. If the employee(s) get hurt or customers get hurt, its a huge liablility (lawsuits). There is no item that they sell that is more important than your life or health. They told us they have cameras and just call the cops and let them handle it.

No touch and goes!

Cheers,

George