I enjoyed reading your article and found it to be one of the most simple and accurate explanations of shoplifting and theft I have seen in awhile. I am a district loss prevention manager for a major retailer in the metro area and handle issues like this every day.

Intent is not that difficult to prove when we have a witness that can show the defendant removed sensor tags, removed price tags, stacked multiple items up in an empty bag they brought into the store. However many of them still believe they are not guilty of anything since they were not 50 feet away from the store or because they were stopped outside instead inside they are safe.

It is amazing the misinformation that is out there on this topic.

Thanks
Al