Secrets of the Shoplifters

[@burnit_0193]

I love how that first officer formed this relationship with these shoplifters, and more importantly, the shoplifters are respectful towards the officer.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

But , Old Bill is Old Bill !

[@natschmat917]

"You don't need to do this. I'm not going to run anywhere, I'm fat." LOL!

[@MissWooHoo11]

there is definatly a real art to it. I do have morals, big billion dollar co-operations I steal from. small corner store I don't steal from.

[@germyw]

shhhhhh! Don't tell on yourself. It's extremely easy to find out exactly who you are. I suggest you remove this comment. Just a tip. :-/

[@MissWooHoo11]

marie watson nah, I'll just make sure I have an escape route when they come knocking on my front door.

[@germyw]

Well..ok then! LOL!MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers!

[@dappergreg]

But the best art to shoplifters is when you go on a documentary and show the holed world your face and telling everyone what you do,Now that is class.

[@nessuno00nessuno]

MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers! lol we meet again... and this time u're the one talking about art. i feel a sort of weird connection :)

[@jakartaman633]

Police recently reported the theft of a van containing 2000 cartons of Viagra. They're now looking for several HARDENED criminals! Ha ha.

[@nodak0164]

Jakartaman - That's the funniest post I've read today! Thanks for the laugh!

[@divergence_tiffanyramos4337]

LMFAO. That's great!!😊😁😂🤣

[@msstarlight4770]

SO FUNNY!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@beadlejuice2100]

You suck at comedy.

[@jandedick7519]

Jakartaman 😂😂😂😂👏👏

[@hughlingard]

Watching them hide behind merchandise to peep at customers was pretty funny.

[@daniloodnedica6841]

is slimy , sneaky bozzo and I hate it away what is acting like that . but still my job is to fok him and make my piece of brad daily . I have more dignity then him even his job is decent and mine "not" . depence only of view !

[@PoopySquarePants]

Lmfao " you dont need to do this im fat"

[@alexandert696]

Ιm not gonna run anywhere - IM FAT I died

[@Longtack55]

Fat people can move very quickly over a short distance.

[@robrobert9541]

To be truthful, the real thieves are the ones charging 80 pnd for a shirt. I suppose that might have something to do with shoplifters driving up the prices, but even w/o them they would still be charging 50 to 60, and that is still highway robbery. It comes into perspective when you realize that it likely cost that manufacturer about 2 pnd to make it in some sweatshop in India. However, you do have to wonder what certain items would cost if they didn't have to hire security and compensate for thefts, etc.

[@greathey1234]

80 quid for a shirt is extortionate but at least you have the option not to buy it.

[@bermudaguy1]

Rob Robert How you know how much should be charged for that shirt? What credentials do you have to qualify that statement?Retail is an exchange of money for items desired. The problem is there are too many people who don't have a fuckin clue about business and feel entitled to have things outside and above their pay grade. Too expensive? Don't fuckin buy it!

[@robrobert9541]

bermudaguy1 Have you been living under a rock for the past thirty years? There have been countless NEWS stories about sweat shops in India, etc who pay the workers pennies a day for products that are ultimately sold for hundreds of dollars. The chocolate industry is infamous for using slave labour, etc. Furthermore, you have no idea to whom you're making this comment. I could be a multiple business owner, for all you know. If I feel a shirt, or any other product is too high priced for what it is I DON'T buy it, but that's completely beside the point I was making. The price of everything is based upon what the market will bear. And prices are arrived at by everyone charging similar extravagant prices for similar products. You have to wear _something_. If you want to pretend you're so knowledgable regarding business that you can dispute my comment, and if that makes you feel self-important, by all means - enjoy yourself. But don't expect everyone to buy what you're selling, partner. You have great day.

[@bermudaguy1]

Rob Robert Are you concerned about the labor for "pennies per day" or the cost of the merchandise? Seems to me that you'd be happy to buy some Armani or Hugo Boss for cheap....yes?Tell me who is getting these cheap labor costs for high-end stuff. I'd love to know?Do you know or just giving your opinion.

[@robrobert9541]

bermudaguy1 I couldn't give a shit about Hugo Boss or Armani. I am not one of the sheep that buys something simply because everyone is else is buying it. I buy the cheapest clothing I can buy that doesn't bear any logos on it. I think it's pretty obvious who's getting the high end stuff for cheap - the manufacturer who put their name on it.

[@williamaltizer5637]

Store undercover security try to become cops but they get rejected for being too stupid. And the lowly shoplifter is a constant reminder of this failure.. Why else do you think they love beating on them!!

[@officialJoCa]

Sounds personal for you. Don't steal if you don't want a beat down.

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

God damn dude

[@CortoArmitage]

A person who steals a few pounds is called a criminal A ''Legal person'' who steals billions of pounds is called a corporation Think big

[@briannotafan3368]

iv heard it all bragig about being a thief no shame cut off some hands i say good deturant

[@termiteconsumer7145]

@@briannotafan3368 in English please

[@kayforeman8081]

or scammers

[@rachexl]

maybe he could steal a tooth

[@briannotafan3368]

at least put some body filler in the gap

[@briannotafan3368]

maby some whiteout on the rotten ones

[@pinkgal206]

Lol

[@countrycaliforniagirl32]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kerie.krieglmeier243]

⚠⚠⚠

[@metalmadness90000]

To the lady at 36:39 asking, "Why would a banker want to steal an 80 pound shirt?" Maybe because no one wants to pay that much for just a shirt?

[@anamositykilla2190]

Mr.Perfect right

[@veronicabrowne2132]

Funny how they blurred his face but none of the addicts

[@EmperorMingg]

Irony is that he then had to afford a fine of the same amount

[@Reqqles]

@@veronicabrowne2132 gonna guess he didn't agree to have his face on tv, while the addicts did or were convinced (/bribed) to.

[@greathey1234]

the town's shoplifting community? So, they have a community now do they?

[@angelac2757]

He's a middle aged, non-metrosexual man in Claire's, can't believe he didn't see that one coming.

[@riptheripper9060]

That was really funny. Good one🤣✌

[@Julesjt]

No wonder people steal so much if when they get caught nothing happens! Might start doing it myself.

[@emMAGIK]

My niggghahh

[@timfagan816]

@@emMAGIK 👌🏻👍

[@vonclaren1]

Anyone else watching this for tips? Yeah course you are hahaha

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

I am lol

[@empressqi1722]

I am. I'm done working my butt off for shitty pay

[@pewpewTN]

@@empressqi1722 Then why don't you get a marketable skill & increase your earning potential? Having a criminal record for petty theft isn't going to make your life any better.

[@briannotafan3368]

the owner making hides gets my vote

[@melaniexoxo]

The charity shop gets the things for free. Good job in catching those hardened criminals , UK

[@hankfrank1295]

lambchopxoxo they should closed those tax frauding charity shops

[@Rose-qd2bl]

I worked for a charity shop."Free" if you don't factor in the store's rent, the paid employees, the cost of managing volunteers, processing donations where people "donate" their dirty, worn and sometimes peed on and pooped in clothes and home goods. The time that takes in addition to processing the "donations" to tagging items, placing them in the store, organizing them, ringing them up and the cost of cash registers etc and the enormous cost of having someone to remove the shocking amount of trash people "donate" because they're lazy and want to get a tax credit and feel smugly that they've given to charity. The shoplifting was so bad in our church run thrift store that I put up an old picture of Jesus with a caption underneath it that read, "It makes Jesus cry when you shoplift from a charity" in the dressing room. Volunteers thought that was heavy handed until someone stole the picture and then they removed the dressing room altogether. Charity shops pay all of what retail stores do except for their merchandise most of which as it's "donated" is unusable. In fact, shoplifting from a charity seems even more low and mean.

[@RottenRroses]

People are stealing VHS tapes? How do you even find those?

[@vsiegel]

RottenRroses - They are rare, that makes them expensive!

[@mharris5047]

This was recorded in the era of VHS tapes. I would say this was recorded in the early 2000's.

[@StarzzyJJASD]

@@mharris5047 if you opened your ears pal it clearly said it was 2011

[@annabiela5519]

Old lady :( 2 shampoo, tights :( some charity clothes. Thats sound like poverty for me, not organize thievery :(

[@ragnar-usa3639]

You're right , and you can't fake those hands shaking that way .

[@vsiegel]

Anna Biela - Yes, and it would be so much cheaper to just pay for a replacement, and get on with important work. It saves work for an attorney, a court, police, and even for the shop owner.

[@mlk4life]

wow community service... these people would be in jail in the states. lucky them.

[@Mega911Gamer]

lol at 8:49 "dont catch me doing a blonde moment"

[@nickv1008]

Meanwhile cartons and cases are going out the back door.

[@smartass199614]

“Best thing about it, no one knows my face!” he says to the camera recording him for national television.

[@austinnewman1325]

And u cant take anyone down like that without proof that they are committing a crime

[@Longtack55]

"Reasonable belief" not proof, which the Court decides.

[@wayne1955]

Shop lifters think they're not hurting anyone with their stealing, but they're hurting everyone because the stores have to raise their prices to cover the loses. I can understand someone shop lifting out of desperation, that doesn't make it right, but I can understand it. But those who choose that as a way of life is another story.They need to revert back to medieval times, the first time they chop off one finger, the second time, two fingers, and so on a so forth. That's what they should do to the professionals who make a living at shop lifting. They also need to increase jail time and the amount of fines for the crime.

[@SmithsCrhronicles]

Don't steal.... governments hate cometition.

[@JPMorganSuckBalls]

They stealing from OWNERS...Who buys and sells product.

[@vonclaren1]

Competition but yeah funny lols is funny cause is true

[@marks4840]

I was going to give it back after i watched it..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@catherinerothe7629]

these people are legends.

[@jelena7604]

What store security wears sunglasses inside the store? Very incognito.

[@Beavis26NZ]

I wouldn't mind that old bird giving me a hand shandy with that shaking.

[@nigelbulls23]

The police officers would be build ten prisons with a minimum six month sentence. It cost $38,000 pound to keep a person in prison per year. The government would have to raise taxes which would cause more unemployment and crime.

[@nadiafulitva8051]

he's an idiot who thinks he's awesome

[@davehernandez8990]

Do store detectives even have the authority to arrest anyone?

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

No

[@sciencerscientifico310]

I'm not sure about UK law, but in most states and provinces of the US and Canada, store managers are permitted to detain shoplifters until the cops arrive.

[@user89076]

Damn. Are those cops really THAT bored? Get a hobby or something...

[@empressqi1722]

They must think they're James Bond or something..

[@satt131313]

The store with no budget for cameras is losing money for no reason. A cheap 8 camera system can be had for $500-1000. You will recover that quickly with the extra arrests and you will have evidence on video.

[@markcasha1590]

I just couldn't help feeling sorry for the old pensioner.

[@Heatheryardley]

Saaaame :-(

[@austinnewman1325]

You cant search her bag without a warrant in Washington or the USA

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Exactly

[@sciencerscientifico310]

Well, the United Kingdom doesn't have a written constitution, so freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures doesn't exist there.

[@lilcuff_ohn]

No wonder people shop lift in York , you barley get in trouble . Where im from , you go to prison for a year and a have and get charged 250k

[@leftwing1975]

The cat never wins. Tom & Jerry??? Hellooooo!

[@cityhawk]

And most of the time, the mouse wins. I don't know where his logic lies.

[@NoobSaibot3]

tim westwood got caught stealing his own book

[@triggahappyyt5420]

It's sad that his whole purpose in life is to catch shoplifters and if the sentence was death he wouldnt give a family member a pass. How can he be so passionate that his whole existence revolves around it.

[@steves1015]

Trigger Happy I actually envy him a little, he has a purpose. You may think it is stupid or inconsequential, but to him it has given his life meaning. A life without meaning leaves you lost....

[@stillett12343]

I wondered why i got my sunglasses on discount...

[@jaredsullivan2391]

I forgot they use pounds as there money. I was confused for a second when they said he the guy stole a 80pund shirt

[@steves1015]

Jared Sullivan ha ha that’s a very heavy shirt! i guess it could be made of chainmail :)

[@kayforeman8081]

why can't they put that much energy into phone scammers? losing money at unproportional heights tp sick and elderly and can't stop tem

[@davidsnow7903]

Looks like they need to steal some dentistry

[@msstarlight4770]

That Jamie!!! ... such a lad!!! I'm glad he's put a life of crime behind him now days.

[@nigelbulls23]

The people in that city live in a police state. The camera's recording the movements of citizens is a breach of privacy and freedom.

[@swampratzozzle]

Actually they are in a public place, so no,

[@billijomaynard8924]

Actually in the UK it is not, the public has the exact same right to film in a public place just like any shop does and like how most cities use cctv cameras and the police make use of ANPR recognition cameras to catch criminals.

[@meerkatandpug]

All the time programmes like this (together with the store security and the police) trivialise crime it will continue to attract new recruits to shoplifting. In fact I'm already thinking of having a go myself, but it won't be for a couple of items from Poundland.

[@davidbrubeck6083]

Here in the states they are really hard on petty thefts... I was busted stealing a 8 dollar mag light from Walmart and they gave me four years on 80%, which I ended up doing three years and some change, but that broke me of ever stealing anything from anybody ever again... It's just not worth it anymore, and life is just so much easier to just work and pay for the things you might need in life... Sometimes people just have to learn the hard way I guess...

[@franktrautman2092]

Yeah you forgot to mention your criminal record LOL nobody gets that much time for a first offense in the USA without having a criminal record your comment is guilty by omission and especially during the pandemic California won’t even arrest you for goodsUnder $900

[@davidbrubeck6083]

@@franktrautman2092 , oh yeah! I had a bunch of priers along with 3 prison enhancements, but I can honestly say that whole experience broke me of stealing anything ever again, and I remember the judge telling me he would make sure I got 7 to 8 years if I ever returned back to his courtroom on another theft charge… There is nothing in them stores worth me doing that much time for…

[@mharris5047]

@@franktrautman2092 The minimum for felony shoplifting in Michigan is now $950, anything below that is a misdemeanor. You would need to have several priors before you would do significant time on misdemeanor shoplifting. The police can arrest for misdemeanor shoplifting in Michigan, though, meaning the shoplifter would spend a few hours handcuffed as a guest of the county before being sprung from jail on an OR bond.

[@lazn9863]

nick is cool having a laugh with that ridiculus robocop

[@franktrautman2092]

The cops call it a cat and mouse game, I caught it a cat and rat game!

[@skylineXpert]

When i saw this show on DR3 i knew it was interesting, as i work in a supermarket i want to know the tricks and to stop them cause it is stupid to go stealing.

[@nil_nux556]

Steal a loaf of bread, they'll cut off your hands. Steal a mountain, they'll make you a king.

[@michaelburness5183]

RoboCop, he deals with petty criminals for god sakes. "What else am I supposed to do" I hate people who use this cop out.

[@mikhail2400]

They are right, shoplifting isnt murder but then murder doesnt drive up the cost of goods we spend money on every day. Shoplifters affect the lives of everyday people way more than murderers do. Friend of mine used to ride to work with me and he was so bad about stealing I wouldnt let him walk in a store when he rode with me. Here in GA you can be sitting in the car having never walked in the store, the person riding with you can steal some thing and you both get arrested. I dont know if the charges will stick but I still dont want to be arrested for some BS like that.

[@Silenced23]

I don't get that trick of the identical bag? They see someone walk in with the same bag and a different guy walking out with the same bag? How does that not arouse suspicion?

[@xXChickenForDayzzzXx]

It's sooo easy to shoplift

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

I do it all the time. Just small things though.

[@yeahdawggy7677]

@M Harris Ill be using them on a bloke for sure. I love going out doing some shoplifting, then heading to the male brothel and fu*king a bloke.

[@cityhawk]

It seems as if the LPs are happier if there are shoplifters than if there wasn’t any at all. I thought these places didn’t want shoplifters for obvious reasons. Apparently they’re happier if the crime is committed than if there was no crime at all. Rather odd and contradictory.

[@AnnaKaize]

What about alarm tags in that bag switch?

[@deneilbaker]

AnnaKaize that bag switch was retarded. No one would do that

[@burningexperience6031]

Jolly fine detective work!

[@aprilhdunmoyer]

I caught myself shoplifting some mighty nice oxygen

[@roll1d6]

"Makes you wonder why a bank manager would steal a shirt?" BECAUSE JOBS NOW A DAYS PAY NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@campervanelvisitoofonyou8720]

$200 sunglasses made for $20

[@steve22000]

bloke that stole DVDs .... excuse .. I was going to return them after iv'e watched them lol..

[@jg8288]

All the security has to do is sit by the entrance and check everyone's receipt

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

That's what Wal-Mart does. But you can still steal multiple items then buy something small to get out the door unsuspected.

[@kikidoyouloveme6885]

My ex used to go into the store and straight to returns for cash. POOF

[@chrissomerset7657]

Johnson, Farage, GB News et al have cost the UK more than a million shoplifters ever could😬 And do the police chase after them🤮

[@michaelburness5183]

180hrs community service for theift of $2000, bet she will never thief again. What a slap on the wrist, bet she ends up working at a salvos store and pinches stuff left right and centre.

[@franklouiseokazaki1181]

sunglasses indoors. no that is not suspich at all.

[@sciencerscientifico310]

🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶🕶

[@zigizah]

Arresting a grandma should be a crime

[@Longtack55]

Idjit

[@carmencarlton1445]

I don’t think it’s right but in this world you have T.V. Radio and endless entertainment show to be in style by wearing the expensive stuff that the average person cannot afford and like most you want to fit in it’s really hard not to feel tempted

[@ardelpedro7866]

In my country thieves can get public execution or removal of a hand...you can put cash on a sidewalk and people will walk around it...lucky they live where the laws are so lax

[@ID-8491]

Some of these detectives are really good at reading people. I was shopping once and i picked up a can of Red Bull but i changed my mind and put it back. After paying for some other thing that i bought i was approached by a store security that just asked about that Red Bull can. I was just surprised. I told him i put it back (which i did) and he let me go without searching me. He said he believed me. Before i left i offered him to search my backpack and he refused.

[@marinp6018]

John, that LPO was not good at all, and he is a nightmare waiting to happen. You could have sue him and the store for coming at you at accusing you or even express his suspicion in regards to a shoplifting activity. The law indicates that an LPO has the obligation to keep you in his sight AT ALL TIMES from the time you picked up the item. If he lost sight of you even for few seconds he is not allowed to pursue with the mater, exactly for the reason you just described. In those few seconds you placed back the object, and that could led to false arrest, defamation, emotional distress, etc. If the suspected shoplifter it happens to be a visible minority,, ,, the damage can be even bigger. If following the false arrest injuries have occurred as result of being forcefully detained and/or placed in handcuffs, and/or the suspect was in impossibility to take his/her medication, the store's nightmare begins.....you got the picture

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

We're in the iron and steel business . She doe's the ironing , I do the stealing !

[@marinp6018]

Personally as LPO I would preffer letting ten suspected shoplifters go than falsely accusing a single patron. 10 shoplifters can take merchandise from 500 to 1000. A lawsuit can cost the store in excess of 10,000. I know for fact, in Sussex, England, a falsely accused patron was awarded by the court £31,500

[@neoshiloh7897]

Robocop??? Give me a break! Looking for attention, focusing on easy pickers?? Focus on real crime bro...

[@empressqi1722]

It gives him a false sense of mission and accomplishment.

[@elokim1321]

what are we coming to? scared poor old 78 year old woman , she stole 20 pounds god damn it . obviously she needed it.why you cruelly treating elderly.

[@germyw]

She stole. It's against the law. You have no idea if this lady has been doing this her whole life. I saw a program about a sweet looking little old lady who had been in prison for being a coke dealer and who had been a crack head for 16 years after. Age doesn't wash away one's sins

[@MichaelSwinhoe]

Gosh is Boyes still going. growing up in the north east Boyes was like an Aladdin's cave of toys.

[@JeevesReturns]

Shouldn’t charging £80 for some cheapass shirt be a crime as well?

[@kikidoyouloveme6885]

JeevesReturns if you buy it so...

[@navyblue8881]

i shoplifted because i needed things my parents did not allow me to get and since i did not have any money after it i became a better person inside i learned that even if you have everything in the world you are not well off

[@jackyblue67same10]

The man wearing the vest looks like Dan Aykroyd I think lol

[@jacquelinekirkpatrick8028]

I know it's wrong to steal, but his huge enjoyment of the job he does, the security man with the shaved head is utterly repulsive.

[@sweetdash7298]

i hope they didn't put those Ray bans from his as* back for others to try on ewwwww

[@nonrustic2221]

Great educational video.

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

A culture that bans firearms even for shopkeepers is reaping it's karma.

[@lachlanoneil8938]

Looks like they are not tough enough they should get jail time (6 months plus) for 3 Rd time offenders

[@rollerzleader2812]

Sheeeeit all I wanted was a chocolate bar :3

[@tamaravansan3039]

detectives acting like children

[@JustLouIt]

That nigga at 5:00 couldn't steal himself a tooth????

[@susansimpson72]

where is your pic nigga

[@dracovenit9549]

These people need to be at sea and in the mines, or building things... though Thatcher put a stop to that.

[@thetruth5098]

I would not have gave them those car keys.

[@SamSitar]

that's his specialty. other people get the larger criminals.

[@StarChildFunk]

how can people go on tv saying theyre doing something illegal and will continue to do this , showing where they do it and showing their faces, names,taktics, voice etc? that will be the end of their criminal carrer.. dump logic.

[@woomoo182]

Those are just actors for the real robbers in jail

[@gregtamakki3269]

At about 12:45, what was that blue thing above their heads? I've never seen that before in England. Now I know what it was...it was the sky!

[@jonnanr18]

Everything in stores is ridiculously expensive, that's why people still items. Even those stupid shampoos are high price.

[@angelac2757]

Not if you consider that its not the specific perpetrators they're targeting, its the entire phenomenon of shoplifting, which has much increased bc of the recession. A few accessories nicked from Claire's isn't a big deal on its own but if thousands of ppl are all doing it here and there, it is. It affects the livelihood of ppl working in retail and businesses.

[@nancywarren608]

I just dont get that they think it's funny. Nervous reaction perhaps, but the thrill is still there to do it again. Heavier jail time. England is far too soft.

[@annoyedlemon]

i dont blame her from stealing from charity shops they are meant to help the poor these day they are so over priced and barely help the poor

[@ihatekoolaid14]

I was under the impression that the UK and especially London were quite literally saturated with CCTV cameras just... everywhere, like some Orwellian nightmare. I wondered how someone could even think of getting away with anything... then I remembered the sham of a legal system they have where even murderers get a smack on the wrist and sent on their merry way. Now don't get me wrong, my country's legal system is abhorrent and I don't deny this, but you'd think there would be a happy medium somewhere in between the death penalty and "Oh, you brutally murdered someone? We'll sentence you to 5 years but you only have to serve 3... that sound fair?"

[@wesleyp3024]

they should raise the sentence every single time they get caught. these people are getting slaps on the wrist. 4 months? id say the first offense should be 1 day in jail, 10x the value of whats stolen as a fine and 1 year probation. the next time your caught it should be 1 month in jail 10x the value stolen as a fine and 2 years probation, the 3rd time you are caught it should be a walk of shame through the streets in your underwear for 24 hours without food, water, rest or sleep while being whipped if you dont comply, 1 year in prison 25x the value stolen and 5 years probation. and the same sentence every time after. if probation it violated the entire probation term should be served as a prison sentence. the fines should be collected and used to restore losses from shops.

[@dollyjeanstevens]

A bank manager stealing,.well that sums up why are money has gone!!