Grocery Store Security Guards?

[abbey1227]

At least two dead in Milwaukee grocery store shooting
By WBAY news staff   Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 2:13 PM CDT

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) - The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office told our partner station, WISN, two people were fatally shot at a grocery store Saturday morning.

The shooting happened at El Rey grocery store along Cesar Chavez Drive.

WISN reports that police say a man came into the store, creating a disturbance and two security guards chased him into the parking lot.

Police say the man shot at the guards, with one of the guards shooting back.

One of the security guards and the man they chased were both shot, and did not survive.

Police said the guard was a 59-year-old man.

Police said a 41-year-old woman bystander was also minorly injured in the crossfire.

One witness who was inside the store said, “a man came inside yelling and a security guard got him out, he followed him to the parking lot about 5 minutes went by and then I just heard gunshots.”

The grocery store reopened Sunday.

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[Prometheus]

Obviously losses due to theft warranted the need for security guards.

What's your problem with business owners wanting to protect their livelihood?

[abbey1227]

Jul 12, 2022 0:57:49 GMT Prometheus said:

Obviously losses due to theft warranted the need for security guards.

What's your problem with business owners wanting to protect their livelihood?

No problem..........just never heard of it for groceries before. 

Add to that the general attitude of corporate America today that employees should simply just let people steal without accosting them as they leave.

[Prometheus]

Jul 12, 2022 3:30:59 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jul 12, 2022 0:57:49 GMT Prometheus said:

Obviously losses due to theft warranted the need for security guards.

What's your problem with business owners wanting to protect their livelihood?

No problem..........just never heard of it for groceries before. 

Add to that the general attitude of corporate America today that employees should simply just let people steal without accosting them as they leave.

You just contradicted yourself.

[abbey1227]

Jul 12, 2022 7:20:36 GMT Prometheus said:

Jul 12, 2022 3:30:59 GMT abbey1227 said:

No problem..........just never heard of it for groceries before. 

Add to that the general attitude of corporate America today that employees should simply just let people steal without accosting them as they leave.

You just contradicted yourself.

you really think so?

My opinion on thievery is not the opinion of modern retailers. I understand their concerns over lawsuits and bad press. I just do not agree with that approach.

[Prometheus]

Jul 12, 2022 7:24:49 GMT abbey1227 said:

Jul 12, 2022 7:20:36 GMT Prometheus said:

You just contradicted yourself.

you really think so?

My opinion on thievery is not the opinion of modern retailers. I understand their concerns over lawsuits and bad press. I just do not agree with that approach.

Did you ever see the movie, "The Mist" (2007) or read the story published in 1980?

One of the characters is the supermarket's security guard.

[abbey1227]

Jul 13, 2022 0:29:27 GMT Prometheus said:

Jul 12, 2022 7:24:49 GMT abbey1227 said:

you really think so?

My opinion on thievery is not the opinion of modern retailers. I understand their concerns over lawsuits and bad press. I just do not agree with that approach.

Did you ever see the movie, "The Mist" (2007) or read the story published in 1980?

One of the characters is the supermarket's security guard.

Both............back when I would occasionally read a book, believe it or not

Lemme break this down for you..........here in this area of the country (NE Wisconsin), even a large Walmart Supercenter might have Loss Prevention people watching cameras and detaining shoplifters for the police........but armed security? No, that's a rarity. Hospitals maybe have retired police or hired on security.........but even they aren't all the visible or prevalent.

Maybe where you grew up is just that different?