@@AuditingBritain What I found interesting was the security guard's backtracking. You quite rightly picked up on the confident declaration that a suspect would be dragged back into the store for questioning and searching. Hence the lengthy conversation and tirade of BS that most suspects are subjected to. Only when it became apparent that you actually know your stuff did the guard start to quote the actual rules and requirements for detaining someone. The obvious conclusion - their default starting point is that nobody knows his rights. "I've been doing this for 10 years" and "Every other shop does the same thing" doesn't justify their behaviour; it just shows how they rely on the ignorance of the public and lack of education in civil rights. These videos are highly entertaining and provide valuable education at a time we need it more than ever.
@@XposinDundee if Coventry was a normal place she would have at least had a warning from the police not to touch anyone... Obviously Coventry isn't a normal place.
She's been doing it for ten years - and she's been doing it wrong - because nobody knows their rights, and "every other shop does the same thing". Eventually it becomes common practice that the public meekly accepts. Well done AB for the pushback.
Btw the public not knowing their rights is the bedrock for these shops making millions in extra profits by sacking counter staff / security and replacing them with machines that go beep!
Risking their lives? Bit extreme. Usually people working for sports direct are students.. if they didnt call out shoplifters the shop would eventually close down meaning no jobs. How low is your iq?
My friend brought a pair of shoes from supermarket and security tag still inside the shoe, he didn't see it, Alarm went off, He had his earphones in, listening to music so didn't hear nothing, Hundred yards from the Store, He was jumped from behind by two security guards, ended up in a fight, he was badly beaten up by 2 Nigerian security guards outside the shop in 2017, he claimed £39,000 compensation
He is in the wrong job 🤷🏻♂️ security can technically do a citizen arrest as long as they are 100% sure a theft has occurred BUT security need consent to search the bag, they have no power to search a bag using force.
The Police and CPS usually hate anyone doing a Citizen's Arrest because there are parts of the law that are so vague, ie what is reasonable force. It has meant that several prosecutions when a Citizen's Arrest was used have been dismissed. The official advice from the SIA themselves is to observe and report.
As an ex retail security guard. They teach you not to search the bag but to gather evidence and turn it over to the police. Absolute garbage that they have the rights to search
Same here, absolutely no right to search a bag UNLESS they consent, if they refuse and you are ABSOLUTELY certain they have stolen something (witnessed all the points to prove yourself) then all you can do is detain them, same as any other "any person arrest" - searching constitutes assault and the complainant will always win (sometimes a hefty amount) if it goes to civil court
I walked out of Tesco a while ago and the alarm went off, a security guard stood in front of me and said he needs to see in my bag, I said you absolutely don't and stepped around him and carried on walking, they have no powers of detention or search. After i've paid and walked past the tils, it's my property. I researched all this a while ago, it didn't take long to find the information, and i'm not even a security guard, how can an entire staff of security be so completely ignorant of the law?
@MFletch87 If you dont stop you escalate the situation and thats when they get the police involved as they will then assume you are guilty so you might as well just do what lotusman said he did.
The numpty who trained the Sports Direct (Frazers Group) staff is a man called Darren Conway, who now runs the company that employs the security officer, Lodge Security
Sports Direct Legal department spitting their coffees out whilst typing the fastest memo in history - go visit again Monday and see what that daft bint has to say then.
Yes, a Security Guard can search you and your possessions. The 'BUT' though, is that they can only do so with your consent. That security guy is a total moron!
So, the staff can either accuse you of theft, or don't do their job and forget to remove the tag, and that's "it works both ways"? This security guard is incompetent. No other words
32 Years in this industry and I have never felt so amazed that Officers can be deployed into public facing roles with such a lack of basic security knowledge. Sincerely hope he never comes to see me about a job.
@@nocommentukthey cannot search but they can arrest and wait for the police to search them. As long as they have a good reason to suspect that somebody has committed an offence and is likely to leave before a constable can intervene. It’s in the police and criminal evidence act, section 24A.
Slight correction. They know exactly when closing time is. About 5 minutes before they shut, try asking for advice about a pair of football boots for your child.
I walked out of shop in Hobart and two security guys asked me to come back into the store. I knew I'd done nothing wrong so told them no bugger off. They followed me onto a bus while one talked to police. I got off at my stop and kept walking with them following me and soon the two cops ran up behind me asked me to get into their car. Now I was really pissed off, they took me and the two shop security guys back to the store. They searched my bag and found nothing from that store and eventually one of the cops apologised, but I got no apology from the store. Was pretty embarrassing and highly annoying.
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rryeah no. I wouldn't be turning my pockets out or consenting to a bag search either if I've not even bought anything from them. Like what's your plan if you have something they stock and no receipt? I'm enough of a git I'd challenge them to prove the accusation with CCTV and/or description of exactly what they think they saw and what exactly they think I stole with store manager present. I had a run in with store security that were convinced CCTV had me lifting something. When police showed up I consented to them searching and they found nothing so security tried to claim I must have ditched it...where exactly I did that is anyone's guess. Police reviewed the CCTV they had and quickly figured out the muppets had been to keen scrubbing through footage. Person walking right in front of me was the thief and the idiots let them walk straight out the door. Similar experience for apologies too. PSNI were very apologetic, the store and idiot security not so much.
I feel sorry for that security guard. He got so much wrong and is so terrified of being made to look bad that he felt the need to try to dominate the situation, and just made himself look like a dumbass.
Why? Because he doesn't have a brain to think logically? I am amazed that there are still people who think that we need permission to film in public nowsaday hahahahha.
I’m a security guard in Tesco and u gotta c the person conceal item and they have to leave the store,then you ask to come in back room while phone police for them to search them.if they don’t see you conceal the item they have no legal right or power to search ur bag 💯👍
@@JunctionWatcherAny Company has a duty of care to its staff so most policies would state to call the Police. If a member of the public or an employee gets injured, the Company is liable for that injury so although a Citizens arrest can be made should a crime be witnessed, the risk lies with the Company employing the staff member.
@@AuditingBritain Doesn't 'detaining' constitute an assault? I've been in this situation, I was grabbed when the alarm went off when I left a shop - I wasn't the only person leaving. I had nothing at all, no bags or anything and I told the security guard he was assaulting me and I would defend myself if he didn't let go. He did.
@MFletch87 AB is correct. You have to have reasonable grounds to detain someone at the store, but neither the staff nor the security have the right to search a bag. They must call the police. That is the point he is making. Without witnessing the person placing the items in their bag, they do not have reasonable grounds. It’s the law, it’s quite straightforward.
@@ianward1110 No chance AB barely did anything here, the idiot kept pulling his own strings and stupidity kept coming out, completely oblivious clown 🤡
Poor AB, live the way you preach brother, you constantly tell police to politely ask you without jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst, yet here at the start you jumped on the store security who was stopping a guy from going home with a tag on his socks, as well as openly stating before being pressured that the fault lays with them for causing this guy any potential embarrassment, a rare class act from this security guy to be fair!
Security guard touches you, spouts a load of nonsense then starts talking about little kids. He comes across as someone who is more likely to be arrested than make arrests 😂
They're not allowed to search; they have to hold you until the police arrive. If they hold you and the police come, search and find nothing on you, then you can charge them with false imprisonment.
@@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu I see. In Australia, the police are called regardless the price of the items and it's up to the discretion of the business. They're still not allowed to search you though. We also have these signs on entrances of shopping centres saying that "It is a condition of entry that staff are allowed to check your bags." This gives some of the staff a massive, big head, some staff really don't care.
Do Sports Direct staff not realize that the only people that can stop and search you once you have left the shop are the police... Idiots need retraining...
They can't stop and search you inside the store either. Untill you leave the store simple fact is that it's not stolen. You could innocently want to look at the goods in natural light. Everyone has right to citizens arrest, get it wrong and your fucked.
Did you see the reports of people buying their SIA licence. It's as big if a scam as the post office claiming the computer system was fit for purpose. 😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 No to tell you the truth I've never worn a tracksuit in my life. Also as an older punk type person, their clothing is really not my style.
@@neilhartland8694 Unless there are signs specifically to say he cannot, then he can. He should only stop if someone then says to him 'Please stop recording and leave' then he has to. So what's your point? EDIT: He even says specifically in the video, "if you ask me to leave, i will leave"....she does not.....
@@the_honeybadgers unfortunately you are wrong. Outside (in a public street) no problem. But inside a private premises then prior permission should be obtained for various reasons. Employees may not want to be filmed and certainly customers of the business, particularly children, have a right to privacy in such an enviroment.
@@neilhartland8694 No, you are wrong. The property is private but with the expectation that any member of the public can enter the commercial premises. As soon as you enter the private premises you must adhere to any signage or employee requests. If you disagree with their requests, you don't enter or can just leave. If there is no specific signage, it is reasonable to assume it is allowed. As a street photographer of 10 years, i'm well versed in these aspects.
@@the_honeybadgers then i strongly suggest you do a bit more research. I also work in media (all be it tourism) and I can assure you that you have to obtain permission to film (in these types of scenarios) in or on private premises whether there's signage or not. The main reason is the privacy of employees in their place of work and the privacy of customers, particularly children especially if the footage is intended to be put out in the public domain.
Just like to say thanks to AB for clarifying a situation that we may all find ourselves in at some point. My local Sainsburys bleeps at nearly every other customer on their way out it seems. If I was stopped I probably would have let them search my bags before I saw this video, now there is no way I would let them infringe on my rights. Hopefully this may also serve to educate clueless security staff like the ones AB spoke to. Either way 👏👏AB.
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017correct. Only when they are sure something has been stolen. I don’t to live in a place where I can be searched just because someone WANTS me searched.
In the UK, store staff can detain someone if they reasonably suspect shoplifting, but they cannot search them. If the alarm goes off when someone exits, staff can: 1. Politely ask the person to return to the store 2. Explain the reason for the detention (alarm activation) 3. Ask to see their bag or purchases 4. Check receipts or proof of purchase However, staff: 1. Cannot search the person or their belongings without consent 2. Cannot use force or threats to detain someone 3. Must call the police if they suspect theft or if the person refuses to cooperate
@MickG-c7f Mick if you do not know the answer to your own question I cannot help you. So you carry on voting for the two party cartels and be complicit in the further demise of this country.
That security guy never learned how to listen and respond accordingly. It's baffling how many people are employed in positions where they are ignorant of the laws and rules.
That security guard is a wannabe police officer for sure. I can Make citizens arrests. What an actual knob. Someone is just deluded and a high on power. You can only make citizens arrest if you're 100% certain a crime has been committed. And you also need to State which point of law exactly you're making a citizen's arrest for. If the person is not convicted of the same law you stated when making the citizens arrest. Is fundamentally unlawful. People think citizens arrest law is simple. It is not and 90% of citizens arrests are unlawful. I have no doubt he'll be applying to the police academy soon. Probably result in litigation on the first day of employment. Well done for exposing this. When I was 16 I went to a theme park. With two friends my one friend had a grinder on her. Nothing in it and nothing else on her. The security guard refused to let all three of us leave said we were all detained until police arrived. None of us could leave and accused us all of being drug dealers. They said they had the right to search me and my two friends despite them both being girls and both search by men. We explained to the security guard grinders aren't illegal. They just left and said shut up drug dealer. Police arrived, confiscated the grinder and went on their way. However, because they were bitter they won't let us into the park and said we breached the terms and conditions of bringing contraband items in. Subsequently took legal action and got a great deal of money. Ironically, got a lot of free tickets to other resorts owned by the same company. As much as the security guard may think they're untouchable. They are not. Great video. Very different to your usual content so quite refreshing to see. 😂😂😂❤
100% they are NOT legally allowed to search anyone without their consent. All they are allowed to do is if they suspect you're shoplifting is hold you there until the police arrive who are the only people who have the 'power' to search. SPORTS DIRECT staff are misinformed. And that security guards is as thick as two short planks stuck together with stupid glue ! The security tag door alarms DO NOT give a shop the power to search you, its only there to indicate to them that a tag has possibly left the store and nothing more.
@@RMcL328 Theft is an indictable offence so under section 24a of PACE they can arrest you until police arrive, using reasonable force too under section 3 of the criminal law act.
That yapping security guard desperately wanted to be a police officer, but he failed the application because he was just slightly not ignorant enough to be one. He almost made it but it's a very high bar of ignorance.
Lmao I found out that he cut the part where the customer told the staff that they can check his bag to untag the socks lmao he also cut the part where he told the young chap that he will push him down the stairs
Love it when your new video is up !! Just a little thing but your auditing Britain which includes Scotland but you've never came up here you need too we need you up here too ! It's well overdue x ♥️
@@GeorgeMurrayMuirhead Nope, PACE 1984 S1 allows them to search for stolen items, _if_ they have reasonable grounds for believing they'll find them. As AB and others have demonstrated, they regularly abuse that power by having no such grounds.
I have spent thousands of pounds in my local sports direct store over the years but I will not go there ever again as I bought a pair of trainers but they squeaked when I walked in them so I took them back after a week and the manager said he wasn’t prepared to take them back
Thank you Sir AB for doing what you do! I've a feeling that Security Guard sits home alone every day and just talks to himself nonstop.
I think he does more than talk to him self 😂😂😂
Thank you
@@AuditingBritain What I found interesting was the security guard's backtracking. You quite rightly picked up on the confident declaration that a suspect would be dragged back into the store for questioning and searching. Hence the lengthy conversation and tirade of BS that most suspects are subjected to. Only when it became apparent that you actually know your stuff did the guard start to quote the actual rules and requirements for detaining someone. The obvious conclusion - their default starting point is that nobody knows his rights. "I've been doing this for 10 years" and "Every other shop does the same thing" doesn't justify their behaviour; it just shows how they rely on the ignorance of the public and lack of education in civil rights. These videos are highly entertaining and provide valuable education at a time we need it more than ever.
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He wanted to be a PC but didn't make the Grade
@@JohnSharman-hu7wu he wanted to work in McDonalds but didn’t pass the entry exam which was
What’s your name
She’s been doing it for ten years. Absolutely mental.
@@XposinDundee if Coventry was a normal place she would have at least had a warning from the police not to touch anyone...
Obviously Coventry isn't a normal place.
@@andrewp3636 Don't be naive the police would even help to cover up when security assaulted disabled kid.
She's been doing it for ten years - and she's been doing it wrong - because nobody knows their rights, and "every other shop does the same thing". Eventually it becomes common practice that the public meekly accepts. Well done AB for the pushback.
Btw the public not knowing their rights is the bedrock for these shops making millions in extra profits by sacking counter staff / security and replacing them with machines that go beep!
@@chriscurtain1816How prevalent are lawsuits in the UK? I know it’s nothing like the U.S., but how common is suing in the UK?
Miinumum wage slaves risking their lives so billionaire Mike Ashley can get a new Rolls every year
I would think it normal for a billionaire to have a Rolls every year if he wanted one!
just a minion ....... perfect example
Risking their lives? Bit extreme. Usually people working for sports direct are students.. if they didnt call out shoplifters the shop would eventually close down meaning no jobs. How low is your iq?
Spot on 👊
What do you do buddy? Times r tough
Sports Direct lost £8000+ worth of cheap junk while AB kept the store security busy.
16,000 items taken?? 😂
Ha ha ha 😂😂😂
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It's not their job to educate the public about what they think their job is. Got to be highly intelligent to work security at JDs, (apparently!)
Sports Direct under cut costs of goods putting other brands out of business, then they put there prices up when all the competition was gone.
Sports Direct would be a great place to recruit tomorrow’s police officers. Clueless and egotistic.
U do not have any right to search people u can get done for assault that nasty little bastard get him out of the shop
The moment the security guard said that AB had to inform that he was filming indicates how much he knows about his legal responsibilities - NONE!
They need to employ security guard to stop the customer shop are breaking the law imo
My friend brought a pair of shoes from supermarket and security tag still inside the shoe, he didn't see it,
Alarm went off, He had his earphones in, listening to music so didn't hear nothing,
Hundred yards from the Store,
He was jumped from behind by two security guards, ended up in a fight, he was badly beaten up by 2 Nigerian security guards outside the shop in 2017,
he claimed £39,000 compensation
Amazing.
Wow, I might try that😅
@@bond0666
I’m trying it tomorrow 39k laughing all the way to the bank 😂😂😂
in Nigeria security are allowed to be hands on
@@Lemingtona-x5g Jungle law is not the same as UK law.
Omg they actually think they can search people when they work for sports direct 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Because nobody in the UK resists “authority”.
People in UK hqv3 become so timid @@ArmyJames
@@ArmyJamesso true people now don't challenge things same as the covid shit like sheep just obey
He is in the wrong job 🤷🏻♂️ security can technically do a citizen arrest as long as they are 100% sure a theft has occurred BUT security need consent to search the bag, they have no power to search a bag using force.
The Police and CPS usually hate anyone doing a Citizen's Arrest because there are parts of the law that are so vague, ie what is reasonable force. It has meant that several prosecutions when a Citizen's Arrest was used have been dismissed.
The official advice from the SIA themselves is to observe and report.
@@markc7440they don’t like anyone being the hero but themselves. Citizens get abused for it every day.
No such thing as 100% sure
@@Crashawsome what 🤷🏻♂️ if I see someone take an item off the shelf put it in the bag and walk out with out paying 🤦🏻♂️ then yeah I'm 100% sure
@anthony6800 no it doesn't they go off for many reasons hence why it's not reasonable
As an ex retail security guard. They teach you not to search the bag but to gather evidence and turn it over to the police. Absolute garbage that they have the rights to search
But they all do
Same here, absolutely no right to search a bag UNLESS they consent, if they refuse and you are ABSOLUTELY certain they have stolen something (witnessed all the points to prove yourself) then all you can do is detain them, same as any other "any person arrest" - searching constitutes assault and the complainant will always win (sometimes a hefty amount) if it goes to civil court
In the UK, they can REQUEST to look inside your bag, but you have the RIGHT to refuse that search. It really is that simple.
The security guard was a encyclopaedia of total rubbish information 😂😂😂
And tooled up like an SAS trooper on ops.
@@Bobario1 Short Arsed Simpleton tool.
@@andrewmcgonagle6290 👌🏻👍😁
I do security and this security guard needs retraining asap clueless on photography law .. shouldn't hold a license..
Rumour has it that security guy is still there arguing even though AB has left 😂😂😂😂
@@alcoyne3333333333333 security got ambushed by a mirror... it wasn't pretty
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"If the alarm goes off,we can stop&search anybody"--NO YOU CANNOT__NO QUESTION!!
Sports Direct won't pay for private security but willing to put their staff in danger
I walked out of Tesco a while ago and the alarm went off, a security guard stood in front of me and said he needs to see in my bag, I said you absolutely don't and stepped around him and carried on walking, they have no powers of detention or search. After i've paid and walked past the tils, it's my property.
I researched all this a while ago, it didn't take long to find the information, and i'm not even a security guard, how can an entire staff of security be so completely ignorant of the law?
@MFletch87 They said they paid, so how would they be a shoplifter?
@MFletch87 Again, you are assuming things. They need to prove it, onus is on them, but not by abusing your rights and the law.
Stop the paranoia fella its destructive @MFletch87
@MFletch87 If you dont stop you escalate the situation and thats when they get the police involved as they will then assume you are guilty so you might as well just do what lotusman said he did.
Lotus Man is correct, after you pay the item is yours. Walmart checks anything not bagged and you can walk away and tell them to F off.
The numpty who trained the Sports Direct (Frazers Group) staff is a man called Darren Conway, who now runs the company that employs the security officer, Lodge Security
Monkeys???
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That security guy is the biggest knob....he loves his own voice even though he hasn't an idea about the law.
Makes a change from the arrogant auditor who thinks he knows everything
Probably the smallest knob😮
Little jumped up Gen Z tosspot
@@bflat1784he knows enough
He was too arrogant and didn't listen to AB at all.
Sports Direct Legal department spitting their coffees out whilst typing the fastest memo in history - go visit again Monday and see what that daft bint has to say then.
if only, they probably won't ever hear about it
AB must return before security is replaced to get the follow up
That security guard was a decent fellow.
Yes, a Security Guard can search you and your possessions. The 'BUT' though, is that they can only do so with your consent. That security guy is a total moron!
Why are you capitalising a meaningless description of a fellow citizen?
@@rogerborgprobably because he chose to. Just a guess.
@rogerborg maybe they are trying to add a bit of literary 'DRAMA' to comments section?
Ignorance is more terrifying than knowledge.
But he can detain you also until the police arrive
that poor security guard hasn't spoken to someone for a while, he is taking full advantage of an ear
Ahh bless - The security guard thinks he's police. 😆
He's certainly jabbering gibberish like one.
The security stoped me stealing a chicken from Tesco he said “ what are you doing with that “ ?. I replied, roast potatoes peas and gravy
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Not even funny ... roast potatoes take too long and there's not enough veg.
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This was one of the best ones, Highlights a massive lack of understanding in the UK
So, the staff can either accuse you of theft, or don't do their job and forget to remove the tag, and that's "it works both ways"? This security guard is incompetent. No other words
32 Years in this industry and I have never felt so amazed that Officers can be deployed into public facing roles with such a lack of basic security knowledge. Sincerely hope he never comes to see me about a job.
They already knew he’d paid before they searched him. Absolutely no grounds. Disgusting.
Even if they knew 100% that he had stolen from them, they still couldn’t search him without his consent.
They seemed really worried about the tag it seemed to be an exploding ink tag...
Sports direct really need to be more careful. They don't have a clue.
@@nocommentukthey cannot search but they can arrest and wait for the police to search them. As long as they have a good reason to suspect that somebody has committed an offence and is likely to leave before a constable can intervene.
It’s in the police and criminal evidence act, section 24A.
Omg the tag was on the socks ! The store assistant explained that when he asked the guy if he could check that’s why the gentleman agreed ! Honestly
Need people to go to this Coventry sports direct
Amazing how misinformed but confident these people are
Slight correction. They know exactly when closing time is. About 5 minutes before they shut, try asking for advice about a pair of football boots for your child.
I walked out of shop in Hobart and two security guys asked me to come back into the store. I knew I'd done nothing wrong so told them no bugger off. They followed me onto a bus while one talked to police. I got off at my stop and kept walking with them following me and soon the two cops ran up behind me asked me to get into their car. Now I was really pissed off, they took me and the two shop security guys back to the store. They searched my bag and found nothing from that store and eventually one of the cops apologised, but I got no apology from the store. Was pretty embarrassing and highly annoying.
GO TO A SOLICITOR, SUE THE POLICE, SECURITY AND THE SHOP...
Your behaviour was quite risky! You should not allow for it, if necessary show your pockets but not going anywhere and avoiding giving a details.
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rryeah no. I wouldn't be turning my pockets out or consenting to a bag search either if I've not even bought anything from them. Like what's your plan if you have something they stock and no receipt? I'm enough of a git I'd challenge them to prove the accusation with CCTV and/or description of exactly what they think they saw and what exactly they think I stole with store manager present.
I had a run in with store security that were convinced CCTV had me lifting something. When police showed up I consented to them searching and they found nothing so security tried to claim I must have ditched it...where exactly I did that is anyone's guess. Police reviewed the CCTV they had and quickly figured out the muppets had been to keen scrubbing through footage. Person walking right in front of me was the thief and the idiots let them walk straight out the door. Similar experience for apologies too. PSNI were very apologetic, the store and idiot security not so much.
That security Guard constantly interrupted A.B. But kept complaining about AB interrupting him. What a stew-headed knob.
This guy has verbal diarrhea. It's hard to stop diarrhea.
I feel sorry for that security guard.
He got so much wrong and is so terrified of being made to look bad that he felt the need to try to dominate the situation, and just made himself look like a dumbass.
Looked like he was recalling his training “copsplaining” videos.
There's a reason why he's a security guard
is it the lack of training or the fact that he did not have the gumption to run a till.
Why? Because he doesn't have a brain to think logically? I am amazed that there are still people who think that we need permission to film in public nowsaday hahahahha.
Lmao
Give some people a uniform and they think they are Judge Dredd.
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Careful, he’s got his trousers tucked into his boots. He’s tactical, high-speed, and quite obviously a crack parachutist. Or, he’s just a knob.
@@tallchap8070🤣🤣🤣🤣you know it 🤣🤣👍🏻
Their parents must be so proud!!
Boy AB I love your channel. I've learned so much watching the content you upload and the comments too. Thank you and kudos 💯
I’m a security guard in Tesco and u gotta c the person conceal item and they have to leave the store,then you ask to come in back room while phone police for them to search them.if they don’t see you conceal the item they have no legal right or power to search ur bag 💯👍
If you see them conceal but they refuse the search or to go to the back, do you have the right to search them?
@@JunctionWatcherno he still doesn’t have the right to search without consent but he can detained them (citizen’s arrest) until the Police shows up
@@JunctionWatcherAny Company has a duty of care to its staff so most policies would state to call the Police. If a member of the public or an employee gets injured, the Company is liable for that injury so although a Citizens arrest can be made should a crime be witnessed, the risk lies with the Company employing the staff member.
@@AuditingBritain Doesn't 'detaining' constitute an assault? I've been in this situation, I was grabbed when the alarm went off when I left a shop - I wasn't the only person leaving. I had nothing at all, no bags or anything and I told the security guard he was assaulting me and I would defend myself if he didn't let go. He did.
@@AuditingBritainwrong again. S 24 a of PACE ONLY applies to serious offences. Indictable offences.
What a lot of rubbish that security guard was speaking, and he actually believes the crap he's spouting
@@gerry77mckee18 neither of the first were even security. That's the worst part.
A perfect little copper tyrant in the making
Sports Direct would certainly not search me, alarms or not. What total idiots that they believe they can
So what d'you keep in your bag that you don't want anyone to see?
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 It’s not about that it’s about your rights and them infringing on your rights. Catch up.
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 You're missing the point
@MFletch87 AB is correct. You have to have reasonable grounds to detain someone at the store, but neither the staff nor the security have the right to search a bag. They must call the police. That is the point he is making. Without witnessing the person placing the items in their bag, they do not have reasonable grounds. It’s the law, it’s quite straightforward.
@MFletch87 AB doesn’t hide comments, it’s TH-cam’s auto moderation which flags certain comments for review by the channel owner.
Ears firmly shut, mouth on overdrive. As usual.
The security guard will “citizen arrest” somebody who has innocently had the tag left on, if they will not let him look in their bag ……. What a muppet
99.999% of store alarms are false alarms
Security Guard is thick as Mince
The correct phrase is as thick as 'minimum wage'
Thick as a submarine door.
Still more intelligent than AB
@@ianward1110 No chance AB barely did anything here, the idiot kept pulling his own strings and stupidity kept coming out, completely oblivious clown 🤡
Well the mince is not thick is it
Wow, no powers to detain or to search. When she said she would pull someone back that would be assault, those staff are a liability!
Need people to go to this Coventry sports direct
Their bosses have told them they can do it. Knowing full well they legally can’t. It’s not their head on the block.
They're welcome to search my bag. My ball bag.
😂👏 them be swamp nuts today 🥵
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This is absolutely shocking!!
Poor AB, live the way you preach brother, you constantly tell police to politely ask you without jumping to conclusions and assuming the worst, yet here at the start you jumped on the store security who was stopping a guy from going home with a tag on his socks, as well as openly stating before being pressured that the fault lays with them for causing this guy any potential embarrassment, a rare class act from this security guy to be fair!
Security guard touches you, spouts a load of nonsense then starts talking about little kids.
He comes across as someone who is more likely to be arrested than make arrests 😂
@@garyeggbean2803 security guards are more like the criminals than the ... criminals
anytime a man (the security guard) talks about filming children, they should be subject to having their home computers searched
They're not allowed to search; they have to hold you until the police arrive. If they hold you and the police come, search and find nothing on you, then you can charge them with false imprisonment.
Exactly
@@SenorNavel The police are not called unless the goods have a value of £200 minimum.
@@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu I see.
In Australia, the police are called regardless the price of the items and it's up to the discretion of the business.
They're still not allowed to search you though.
We also have these signs on entrances of shopping centres saying that "It is a condition of entry that staff are allowed to check your bags." This gives some of the staff a massive, big head, some staff really don't care.
It amazes me how few security guards know what they can and can't do.
Well Well Well.. Soon as he stated GDPR applies to members of the public. it confirmed everything he was saying
I feel for these staff being asked to be security as well as cashiers and shelf stackers. One day they will stop the wrong person.
OMG. This woman is a liability.
For trying to stop shoplifters?
@@Bobario1 For not comprehending the bounds of her (non) authority.
And now.......she's famous for being a liability 😂
@@Bobario1 No, for illegally searching people when she has zero legal right to do so.
@@rogerborg She needs more authority to challenge the shoplifters. So do the security guards.
"Enjoy the rest of your day boy" has clearly never been punched in the mouth before.
Oh I bet he has, no way has he got to that age without a slap 😂
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You're mum has
@@stepheng8779 😂😂
Part of retail work
Do Sports Direct staff not realize that the only people that can stop and search you once you have left the shop are the police... Idiots need retraining...
They can if you consent, most people won’t know their rights though and automatically say yes.
they can do citizens arrest but they have to have seen the items taken etc
They can't stop and search you inside the store either. Untill you leave the store simple fact is that it's not stolen. You could innocently want to look at the goods in natural light. Everyone has right to citizens arrest, get it wrong and your fucked.
They have no power to search.
Security has no right to search, without warrant!
The ignorance of these guys is unbelievable. SIA is seriously out of date.
Did you see the reports of people buying their SIA licence.
It's as big if a scam as the post office claiming the computer system was fit for purpose.
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it serves No Purpose, But takes our money
@@alanbaxter8100 exactly right. The old SITO training was much better, far more comprehensive and also paid for by the employer.
I'm proud to say not only have I never stepped foot in a Sports Direct, but after this I never will either.
Why's that? Cos you might get searched if you steal a tracksuit and the alarm goes off?
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 No to tell you the truth I've never worn a tracksuit in my life. Also as an older punk type person, their clothing is really not my style.
Guy with the blue lanyard has the iq of a garden gnome
What a wonderful advert for this company 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 Are you on the owners dating list?
THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY WAS INCREDIBLY SHOCKING FROM BOTH THE STAFF AND SECURITY
and also the 'auditor'. I didn't see him ask for permission to film inside the shop.
@@neilhartland8694 Unless there are signs specifically to say he cannot, then he can. He should only stop if someone then says to him 'Please stop recording and leave' then he has to. So what's your point? EDIT: He even says specifically in the video, "if you ask me to leave, i will leave"....she does not.....
@@the_honeybadgers unfortunately you are wrong. Outside (in a public street) no problem. But inside a private premises then prior permission should be obtained for various reasons. Employees may not want to be filmed and certainly customers of the business, particularly children, have a right to privacy in such an enviroment.
@@neilhartland8694 No, you are wrong. The property is private but with the expectation that any member of the public can enter the commercial premises. As soon as you enter the private premises you must adhere to any signage or employee requests. If you disagree with their requests, you don't enter or can just leave. If there is no specific signage, it is reasonable to assume it is allowed. As a street photographer of 10 years, i'm well versed in these aspects.
@@the_honeybadgers then i strongly suggest you do a bit more research. I also work in media (all be it tourism) and I can assure you that you have to obtain permission to film (in these types of scenarios) in or on private premises whether there's signage or not. The main reason is the privacy of employees in their place of work and the privacy of customers, particularly children especially if the footage is intended to be put out in the public domain.
Just like to say thanks to AB for clarifying a situation that we may all find ourselves in at some point. My local Sainsburys bleeps at nearly every other customer on their way out it seems. If I was stopped I probably would have let them search my bags before I saw this video, now there is no way I would let them infringe on my rights. Hopefully this may also serve to educate clueless security staff like the ones AB spoke to. Either way 👏👏AB.
That security gaurd would be perfect for the modern police force. 🤣🤣
How thick is that security guard.
Thick in the head. Thick round the belly.l
How long is a piece of string
which one?? They all special
Citizens sticking up for other citizens, what a unique concept..
Even if they're possibly shoplifting?
@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 Yep. Rights are rights, laws are laws.
What an embarrassing statement.shoplifting should not be promoted unfortunately this video seems to give power to shoplifter.
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017 How do I know that you're not shoplifting right now? Prove your innocence.
@@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017correct. Only when they are sure something has been stolen. I don’t to live in a place where I can be searched just because someone WANTS me searched.
she needs reporting and give us an update
In the UK, store staff can detain someone if they reasonably suspect shoplifting, but they cannot search them. If the alarm goes off when someone exits, staff can:
1. Politely ask the person to return to the store
2. Explain the reason for the detention (alarm activation)
3. Ask to see their bag or purchases
4. Check receipts or proof of purchase
However, staff:
1. Cannot search the person or their belongings without consent
2. Cannot use force or threats to detain someone
3. Must call the police if they suspect theft or if the person refuses to cooperate
They can't stop you. A security guard has no more authority than anyone else! They have no powers of arrest or search!
Ffs that Security Guard could talk a glass eye to sleep 🥱😴😴😴😂
He did have a touch of Verbal Diorrhea, worried about being made to look stupid, trouble is, he was doing that all himself LOL
The two people inside the store need to go away and never come back and they should be forbidden from working face to face with customers.
give these fools a small amount of power and they think they can make their own laws
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Love the confidence of the ignorant when they're spouting absolute nonsense.
Oh my days. How many times he said “it works both ways” when it actually doesn’t, what absolute idiots.
Stupidest expression ever.... 'oh my days'
@original.dwornboy never got the concept of " oh my days"? or the meaning!
@@glenmorgan4597Try google
England is such a horrible society
Yes because sheeple keeps voting in Labour or Tory.
Vote reform@@steve-en7bm
Well, you could always p*ss off to Spain.
Well if you don't like it, change it
@MickG-c7f Mick if you do not know the answer to your own question I cannot help you. So you carry on voting for the two party cartels and be complicit in the further demise of this country.
No use trying to talk to a piece of wood
That security man speaks for much you’d think he was vaccinated with a phonograph needle!
Groucho Marx. Duck Soup. 1933.
That security guy never learned how to listen and respond accordingly. It's baffling how many people are employed in positions where they are ignorant of the laws and rules.
That security guard is a wannabe police officer for sure. I can Make citizens arrests. What an actual knob. Someone is just deluded and a high on power. You can only make citizens arrest if you're 100% certain a crime has been committed. And you also need to State which point of law exactly you're making a citizen's arrest for. If the person is not convicted of the same law you stated when making the citizens arrest. Is fundamentally unlawful. People think citizens arrest law is simple. It is not and 90% of citizens arrests are unlawful.
I have no doubt he'll be applying to the police academy soon. Probably result in litigation on the first day of employment. Well done for exposing this.
When I was 16 I went to a theme park. With two friends my one friend had a grinder on her. Nothing in it and nothing else on her. The security guard refused to let all three of us leave said we were all detained until police arrived. None of us could leave and accused us all of being drug dealers. They said they had the right to search me and my two friends despite them both being girls and both search by men. We explained to the security guard grinders aren't illegal. They just left and said shut up drug dealer. Police arrived, confiscated the grinder and went on their way.
However, because they were bitter they won't let us into the park and said we breached the terms and conditions of bringing contraband items in. Subsequently took legal action and got a great deal of money. Ironically, got a lot of free tickets to other resorts owned by the same company.
As much as the security guard may think they're untouchable. They are not. Great video. Very different to your usual content so quite refreshing to see. 😂😂😂❤
100% they are NOT legally allowed to search anyone without their consent. All they are allowed to do is if they suspect you're shoplifting is hold you there until the police arrive who are the only people who have the 'power' to search. SPORTS DIRECT staff are misinformed. And that security guards is as thick as two short planks stuck together with stupid glue !
The security tag door alarms DO NOT give a shop the power to search you, its only there to indicate to them that a tag has possibly left the store and nothing more.
They can’t “hold” anyone either
@@RMcL328 Theft is an indictable offence so under section 24a of PACE they can arrest you until police arrive, using reasonable force too under section 3 of the criminal law act.
You have it.
That security guard was full of crap!
Should get clarification from the higher-ups at Sports Direct and let them know their security guards are misinformed.
You think they will care? Sports direct?
This is why they work for Sports Direct
Thanks for exposing Sports Direct
That yapping security guard desperately wanted to be a police officer, but he failed the application because he was just slightly not ignorant enough to be one. He almost made it but it's a very high bar of ignorance.
He is saving up to buy a blue line flag
Probs on a 12 hour and needed to kill time😂
The security guard is on £11 an hour with a law degree ,not a clue and the staff my god idiots
The guard has excellent customer skills not ! ASCONE needs teaching to staff members , AB you got it right ! Well done,
the sheer arrogance and over-inflated egos on display here by sports direct staff is off the chart.
Looks like the employee's are as arrogant as the owner of the company.
@@BuzzQuick-s5j he has shares in mars bars. The amount he must eat I'm surprised there's any left
they need a huge fine for this
Security guard is a bell end who loves his own voice
What you do is you carry a spare bag with dog poo 💩 to let them search if they unjustly ask to search your bag
Lmao I found out that he cut the part where the customer told the staff that they can check his bag to untag the socks lmao he also cut the part where he told the young chap that he will push him down the stairs
Security guard is a SAUSAGE!!!! Not a clue
He called SD staff security, what a tosser 😂
Security full of his own self importance. Thick as two short planks!
She said they don't have security. Then said she will get security for you?
Lol what was that about?
Don’t have a shop security they have the overall town centre security
Love it when your new video is up !! Just a little thing but your auditing Britain which includes Scotland but you've never came up here you need too we need you up here too ! It's well overdue x ♥️
That security guard looks like a poor version of Post malone
You Can’t Reason With STUPID..only the Police can Search YOU…
Only if they arrest you they can search you
@@GeorgeMurrayMuirheadi know Hello’s 👋👋👋🤡
@@GeorgeMurrayMuirhead Nope, PACE 1984 S1 allows them to search for stolen items, _if_ they have reasonable grounds for believing they'll find them. As AB and others have demonstrated, they regularly abuse that power by having no such grounds.
@@rogerborg what i AM SAYING IS THE POLICE…HELLO 👋👋👋🤡
@@GeorgeMurrayMuirhead if you watch AB videos you know he is searched at times without being arrested
''Everyone else does it so its okay''
thats whats wrong with this country.
everyone having this dangerous mindset.
I used to get told off by my late Dad for saying "my brother did it too and you didn't tell him off" - made me smile.
These security guards are a liability. They obviously have zero training.
Or they've had training but are deliberately ignoring it.
This is how they are trained, lying and all.
At least this one could speak English.
@@ramalama9650 not allowed 🚫 😉
I have spent thousands of pounds in my local sports direct store over the years but I will not go there ever again as I bought a pair of trainers but they squeaked when I walked in them so I took them back after a week and the manager said he wasn’t prepared to take them back
It’s scary how arrogant and thick that security guy it. He’d make a good cop!
Amazingly, these people are allowed to drive cars and breed!
Hopefully not at the same time !
For now
And have job pays deal public 😅
And vote. Their vote for the communist/WEF party cancels out your vote. #sad
@@roberthardy2013😂🙏 👍