How to be spotted as Loss Prevention/How to be a good LP Daily Vlog
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Today's video goes over a bad experience dealing with a Loss Prevention Agent, whose lack of training upset me and left me feeling uncomfortable about shopping at my neighborhood Walmart. But its not all negative, I also use the experience to go over some do's and don'ts for being an agent, and give some advice to agents who are struggling in their role.
Remember to like, comment, and subscribe, but above all else, remember to treat others as you would want them to treat you.
I used to go in stores just to draw these guys out and identify them. They're so easy to spot. I never stole from a store, but it was a bit funny getting them worked up.
That is what I do lol then I go up to them and ask about their productd
*products
So, y'all are the creepy guys following me and my best friends with our small children around the stores??? Creeping us tf out, or are those just literal stalkers???
wHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
u need to get a life lol
All horror stories begin with "so I was at Walmart..."
You might be on to something...
🤣😂😂dude, we were unfortunately just at Wal-Mart....and you are correct.
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Lol lol
Synonymous with “Here, Hold my Beer 🍺”!!! Lol
The one at my Walmart in Florida walks around with a empty blue basket for an hour
They do that here too. You see the same person everytime you go too lol.
I worked as an LP for a distribution center when I started out. I'm making the transfer to stores now. As a 20 year old I have a lot to prove. Id never ever walk around with an empty basket. That just seems stupid haha
Charles Carter haha! Like aren’t they given money?
@@redevous Idk lol. Evidently not. They look and act so obvious lol.
@@MichaelPalmateerPhotography what do you do then?
I can always tell who works in loss prevention. They have a look and act like if they are shopping then later you see them talking to employees and body language.
Street steel seriously ! I can spot LP so easy, even if they aren't giving off any signs I can read ppl very well.
S. D. if you stand back and pause from shopping you will see them looking at you.
Street steel I know, I don't even have to do that. They make it so obvious. If he's a good LP, u wouldn't know he was LP.
S. D. can y'all give some signs
I absolutely agree with this statement you made. When I train, I always teach my new agents, and even transferring agents that, LPs should be felt and not seen
I have a friend who's been shoplifting for twenty years and he got caught only once, because he has some set of rules "I wouldn't call them laws" to abide by, some of them he told me were: Never take more than 99 dollars total worth of anything including tax, never trust anybody lurking beside you, always assume everyone in the store is a LP officer, if you think something is not right abort immediately, never ever forget to have your ID on you, do not leave the store and come back for more loot, and my favorite: do Not get GREEDY...
@Noureddine Elaroussi...shame on you...reconsider your moral compass, please!
Little does he know loss can be tracked and reviewed and it accumulates. It's a great way to build up a felony. I'm sure if its attempted now it's a straight trip to jail. Twenty years ago is different than now.
This will only increase Amazon's revenue, where you can shop in peace.
not really.. porch piracy is now a profession.....and seems much safer that instore lifting.
Walmarts online too...
True
Yea, and that online shopping crap kills jobs!! Are you ready to support all the unemployed we will soon have?
@@csbaca1 dude ..nope they just complain n point gingers n blame n assume like usual without knowing shit about the person or people or know shit about shit really cuz they follow the rules n molded to believe nun but they been taught ..robotic ass ego riding over the brain tall children with strings attached so the dance on Que n speak the same shit expected cuz they don't know anything but... as thinking outside the basic would require selflessness ...yet they get taxed on everything n everything including there ass in many ways 🙄get that edd baby n don't let the employed hate as who to say u don't deserve it as many with fucked up attitudes n ugly character n arrogance get paid to be an asshole while thinking they Makin the world a better place 😒
I am going to summarize this guys long ass video into 5 things you most do as an LP, no matter which company you work for:
1. Full, 100% observation of subject.
2. Observe subject select merchandise.
3. Observe subject conceal merchandise (if applicable).
4. Observe subject bypass all pay points, all registers.
5. Observe subject exit store.
Then make apprehension.
The end.
And see them enter the department or section.
Right on.I hear you loud and clear.great acoustics in here.
I love it when I have nothing better to do that day/night & LP is following me around the store thinking Im going to steal something. I just purposely start walking back n forth thru the entire store deliberately making them follow me in circles. Then I get them to follow me to the KOTEX isle. I grab a box of DOUCHE & ask them for there opinion on the product. LMAO
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That's great
LMFAO that's great!!!!
#WINNINGATLIFE 😂😂
Just look for the guy pretending way too hard to look like he's not Loss Prevention... they are so easy to spot
Some LP can blend in anywhere. I worked with a very large dude that could go into the women’s section and could still catch more stats than anyone else .
I like to bust them by asking them where I can find a certain item! The expression on their face is priceless or flat out just tell them "DONT WORRY IM NOT STEALING ANYTHING" Most of the ones at Wal Mart are goofs and totally obvious! If you get caught there you are just not to bright!
I am LP at a Walmart in Alabama. Sometimes we are shorthanded on Door people and I’m asked to fill in to give breaks or lunches. I don’t like it. It puts my job at risk because I have my regular thieves that will recognize me as being at the door. It’s a small store too.
I like to look guilty and follow the theft prevtintion guys and flirt with them.
One more tip. If you see a police car in the parking lot, its a free for all. LPOs are with the police and another shoplifter.
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Worst. Tip. Ever. My store has at least 2 people on at all hours. It only takes one to do the report and turn you over to a cop.
But please do feel free.
Lol, but seriously...is stealing when it’s really busy at peak hrs (5-8 & weekends) less likely to get caught or when it’s super dead? Bc I’ve always thought abt that.
@@cheepasskid if your professional anytime is the time. if it's busy pros conceal with customers around, employees manager cops it dont matter your not gonna see the concealment
Dan Ferguson trueeeeee
I'm starting to get really frustrated with Walmart and Fred Meyer. They follow me around the store and I've never stolen anything in my life!! I am a frequent shopper and I spend lots of money at times. It's as if they have me on some face recognition camera database, but I've never stolen anything and I make a decent income. I feel like they are wasting their resources by targeting the wrong person! I'm thinking about getting a lawyer. WHY do they see me as a threat? I buy clothes for my kids, food and things I need each week. This is why I love Costco. They treat me like family.
Go ahead. Get a lawyer. Monumental waste of money. I can follow you as often as I want.
@@codinginzen8793 what the hell?
@@codinginzen8793 🤔 weirdo.
@@Renvega77 when youre in a store they can follow you all you want. Do you understand simple English?
@@lisagolding1192 dumbass
My sister got caught by loss prevention! Literally 3yrs later she applied for a manager position with Walmart at a different store and got hired!!!! 🤦♀️
Lol
The eyes. It's all in their eyes.
You can tell who's who by the eyes.
Ajax Ashford exactly this.
I can tell you’re a marine by your eyes
Exactly what are you saying about eye recognition?
It shows in the eyes , if someone is comfortable, if they're shopping, if they're sketch, ur instincts and intuition along with visible body language and small ques...hes on the money...also sometimes l.p. have a shopping cart, and they look like a guy who would never have a shopping cart, then they have the weirdest shit that no one shops for in their shopping cart, and they move isles not shopping them but watching people...theyre so easily spotted.
@@markgonzalez3432 lolol
If you take an anti theft sticker and put it close enough to the beepers at the door, the alarm will keep going off until the store turns off the system. Then its whole hog!!
🤔Finally somthing usfull to a broke, jobless bum who has to switch up his hustle this week👍
Ok intresting. So what I've heard is put them together (🔆🔆) face to face, rubbing each other, 🔊🔉🔈🔇.
I had a horrible experience in Target, I was being followed from one aisle to another in the make up area. I was looking for a certain item. Noticed I was being followed closely by a man, I'd move, he move. It felt so uncomfortable and uneasy, it was hard to concentrate. It was so very uncomfortable. Got to a point that he was only a few feet from me, I thought he might hurt me, or grab me. Fed up I just got one item and hurried over to the cash resister to pay, I'll I wanted to do is get out of the store. The man didn't follow me to the cash resister, or out the store. If it ever happens again I'll know, I can have them fired and not have to worry about them again. I'll video their actions as proof, as it was so wrong and stalking behavior.
Lol you can't get them fired for doing their job.
If you just shop and go home , why you even care if anyone watches you ? The only reason you would worry is because you are STEALING
I can walk into Walmart and within a matter minutes point out your loss prevention is!
Shit dude cut to the chase man
Really...lol
If you shop often in the same store more than once a week sometimes you will see the same LP and recognize them, but they often rotate and work in other stores to try and conceal their identity, and if you see on LP there are more, usually a whole team of them lurking depending on the store, time of year, etc, at Christmas season they hire extra LP.
I used to do this. I made a point to make myself known. Why hide it? I’d rather you didn’t steal because you know we’re watching than press charges and deal with all that.
Right
Kroger did this to me so bad I won't shop there anymore. The thought of stealing has never even occurred to me or cross my mind, ever! Yet strange men following peering around aisles acting all mental and scaring folks is legal. Still thinking about suing. I think people who say well that's just the way it is has never been really been followed while believed to be a shoplifter by one of these maniacs. It makes you feel threatened.
I am 70 years old and was stopped before I left the store by 2 people who said we want to talk to you about what you have in your purse then they took me back and harassing me I finally was escorted out by local police officers and told not to worry about it.
LP are easy to spot when you’re just shopping they look suspicious checking around or someone but to a shoplifter he or she is not going to notice
Great video just had a quick question what are you using to record it looks so clear..
he's in the USA we have HD. Better then a potato.
CVS got rid of there entire loss prevention department back in October 2017.
UTUBER101 why?
No they didn't
They're bringing it back.
Had two LPs confront me in a Wal Mart. These were young guys, dressed like stereotypical dirt bags. Confronting an old man who is a former soldier and who is visibly armed is a very poor idea. I had no idea who, or what, they were. Thankfully, a manager stopped them before they wound up in a lot of hurt. Had they escalated the situation to the point I felt my life was in danger, it would not have been good. Btw, they never identified themselves as LP or as employees of Wal Mart. Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous for them, not me.
Serious question...Lets Say one of these LP's suspects you of stealing but you haven't done anything wrong then tries to stop you from leaving and grabs you. You hit them or even go so far as to let a round off in one of them. What are the laws regarding this type of situation? Would you get charged for assault when they touched an innocent person first?
No one, except sworn LE and then only with probable cause, has the right to put hands on you. Most especially, in the case I mentioned, if they have not identified themselves as loss prevention and, as far as I can discern by their dress and mannerisms, they are no more than street thugs, you have the right to defend yourself. In my case, my age, when confronted by two much younger men, would put me in fear for my life. This is a touchy area of the law and you should be, as I was at the time, recording both video and audio. As a minimum, be recording audio. When LE is called, I will cooperate with them only as far as the law requires. Which means LP has to be able to tell the officer why they suspect I have stolen something. I will require that they tell him in front of me. Bear in mind that this would all be recorded and streamed to a site neither LP nor LE can access. I recommend Bambuser for that purpose. They can't erase it nor alter it.
Sfc Retired Thank you for your service.
You're welcome. Been retired for twenty-six years now. Some of it I miss and some of it I most assuredly do not miss.
Sfc Retired My son is active duty in the USMC. Has been for 11yrs. I can't even imagine what he has seen and done while being in so many dangerous places overseas. I pray for him and all the men and women in uniform to stay safe and come home alive after every mission. I am very grateful for your commitment and sacrifice for our freedoms. Take care.😀
I recognized one in Walmart once walking all over the store with the same thing in his hands two different times in the same day so I asked him where I could find the trash bags at?
Remember that customer service is key, do to the fact that the loyal customer's are the one's who pay your checks, you got to be 100 percent accurate in the LP world, and only engage when you seen all the seven universal steps then you identify and go for the stop.
I have hundreds of tips. Also, i've set off alarm systems a few times. You are not obligated to go back into the store, you are not obligated to stop upon any request. Just keep walking. An alarm is not probable cause.
You're pretty intelligent. Do you live in the USA? Your a grown up now, you can leave the house any time want to, Danny.
Thanks man, I gave you something. Meat and vegetables cost a fortune, hey man, I can pay, but the monopoly on food is criminal. Watch the vegetable aisle too. The only things that are priced not out of the budgets of the masses are carbs. Carbs are deadly. That's why America has fatties for the poor. They can only afford the least healthy food.
@@danferguson71 I wanna know why Asians have no awareness while on the road.
@@danferguson71I knew someone who used to steal food in their pants. I see nothing at stores. You stealing that’s your business
I'm still trying to figure out when did stalking become an honorable profession?
Theyre not good at anything else dont take this away from them hahahaha
Worked for wall Mart. For three years. Never once saw or met any of the l.p. guys. Never saw inside their room either. Kinda creepy, because I know they were there they just never identified themselve.
You are the clueless type. You should be aware of your surroundings, more. Use a crosswalk ever?
Almost every time I go to Wal-mart, Target, Marshall's, wholefoods and Safeway, an Uniformed and an undercover LP follows me around the store.
I've never steal anything in my life, I just don't know why they think I would steal something... sometimes when I'm paying at a self check out some strange reason I have to swipe my card for 3.4 times because the card reader failed.
I wonder if the store can remotely controlling the card reader to fail on purpose.
It's been like this for over 18years ever since I moved to USA.
I seen lp following this guy who was getting upset same walmart the suspect said loudly stop following me. After no response from lp the suspect got soda can from cooler and toosed it at lp head. Then they got into it at the garden department. Didn't stay to continue watching.
Does lp recognize customers who shop often and pay every time
Yes, just like when you recognize a car parked in front of your house that's never been there before. Absolutely Sveta
Yea they do as well as customers recognize who lp is because they shop their so much
Where I live it is a big town, not far from Tampa, The same people see us in Walmart all the time knows us by face we always talk to them, sure after several times they know most of their regular people
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Yes you get to know the regulars, whether they're shoplifters or not
16 min video for 5 min info
Jason Ray actual what was the info...I missed it?
Dam babbling blah ,taken his time to ID a LP.. I don't care who any one is at Walmart, I go in get what I need and out I go..
Fat boy talks nonsense
You guys ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe, I thought this video was long too lol
Vicente Martinez When you upload an unedited video, no.
I work in AP. Many of the things being said here are true, but there are some things that are wrong. Just because a customer starts talking to an employee in a calm, friendly manner, does not mean they will not steal, do you know how many people go up to an Associate, ask for help and advice, and then go walk out with a cart full of stuff?! However, the badge, needing the 5 elements, using phones etc... all correct. I don't use phones in my store because I'm the only AP in my store at the moment, but we would use them to communicate. Our cameras are phenemonal and we often help the police with outside cases due to the cameras. I love when people think they're fake! There is not one fake camera in the stores, we see everything in clarity! We do have an amount and circumstances that we HAVE to prosecute, but any amount under that is at our discretion. If they aren't in the system or don't have any prior retails, I usually cut them a break under a certain amount, depending on how they behave. I work at a maximum risk store so I catch about 4-5 per day. Maybe 2 or 3 will be prosecuted.
Also, I think this person could have been in the early stages of training, if he was at Walmart, he was training at a different store from his own and sometimes part of the training is floor training to follow someone, usually after looking for an alert signal. An alert signal can be anything, as long as it's not racially motivated or biased, no profiling, but other than that, there is no particular rule.
I lucked out, I had awesome trainers and Im good at my job, I love what I do!
They walk out the store with the whole cart full??
LP can NOT be terminated for watching anybody. Period. It is their job and at their discretion to choose to watch anybody that may be exhibiting suspicious behavior. I know the industry well. More often not the LP gets called out because the person they're watching just got locked on to and their plans of theft got foiled, and now they're pissed. Walmart sucks, period. I agree. I was recently in a retailer where I observed two females both conceal a bottle each of UV in their purse in the liquor aisle. I'm sure LP saw this too. Right before they exited they both decided to dump the bottles because the LP guy got spotted. They both passed him and said garbage like "why u following me secret shopper". Well as I passed them I said "because you both were about to walk out with two bottles of booze you fucken degenerates!" "That's why he's watching!"
We've got a hero here everybody
And what is suspicious behavior? No one can answer this.
I start following them when they follow me.They freak out.Then I order what I need on ebay or amazon for making me feel un comfortable
Let's start following them fucks and pretending to be the real lp officers 😎
I've been an APA for Walmart for about a month and can't seem to get the hang of keeping eyes the entire time. The lady who has been training me is actually absolutely phenomenal but I'm dealing with the whole 6'3", 285 lbs, and a beard thing. I just can't seem to avoid sticking out like a sore thumb, even looking like an oilfield worker which is where I actually came from and is the main industry in my area. I can spot an alert signal from a mile away but staying on them and out of sight is a different story entirely.
Brother u just blabbing on around the whole point ur trying to get to. Brown this video could've easily been 3min lol
Well with THIS level of knowledge and superiority in its customer base it’s a wonder why Walmart would even pay to staff an LP dept.
Hey bro good video. I actually wall being follow with my family by a LP and he made it so obvious that he was pissing me off every where I turn he was there and then from far away I can see him looking at a item and starring at me at this point I got real upset that I had about $350 cash in my pocket and told him, look bro I got plenty of money to pay for my shit so stop being so fucking disrespectful in front of my family and leave us the fuck alone. He looked at me with a scared face and said sorry I wasn't trying to profile just doing my job, so I said well you are doing a shitty job and making yourself so obvious. Maybe I went a little over board I don't know but that shit was so annoying.
I been tearing them up 20 years..never been stopped...im semi retired now...maybe I'll get a job there....all loss prevention looks like this guy.
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Yeah this is been happening to me I've been going into the store they started following me and finally I like flipped off the camera one day I left my cart and then I continued to go in there because it's the only Walmart near me. Maybe a year later all of a sudden the past few days I've been followed again. As soon as I walk in. I don't get it
Happened to me at walmart as well. It actaully happens to me a lot. And it happens more when im dressed down. I hate being followed around and my kids also see it. My 7 yr old daughter gets scared because she says guys always follow us around the store. She doesnt understand that they are just doing therw job, but it REALLY makes us uncomfortable. Is there any way I can let them know that they are LP so they will let us shop.
Sandra Tovar I had one following me in Walmart and I got so aggravated I finally just turned around and told him that I knew he was LP and to find someone else to follow. He got so flustered he walked away with a red face and left me alone.
They checkin out yo ass
Just tell them “Excuse me sir, I know you’re LP. Please leave us alone before I speak to the manager. Thanks!”
I worked lp for a long time, and I get followed around everytime I enter a storr that there are lps in. It doesn't matter if I'm wearing a suit and tie, or my regular casual clothing, they always seem to gravitate towards me. I just laugh and keep it moving because I know exactly what they are dealing with and what they do, I know I'm not doing anything wrong at all. I catch myself critiquing their work all the time and the lps these days are nowhere near efficient or effective with their training in dealing with shoplifters as we were.
Aaron Reid any nigga that look down they following. you got on a sweatsuit followed, hoody followed, black followed, hispanic followed, visible tattoos followed whole the white boy walking out wit a cart full of shit easy
The reason you were hired for the job is because you appear to be suspect yourself...this is why you tend to get followed no matter how you dress...sorry to tell you.
Snitch.
HBK970 right! 🤣🤣🤣
Well yeah you're black.
same happened to me on the day I wore some raggedy clothes because I had just woke up and went on a quick Walmart run. I saw the guy watching me trying to blend in , no badge or tag visible.
If Wal Mart wants to waste their time following me that is their business. All they will get is practice. Just do not ask to see my receipt when I leave, because you will not see it.
Why is that exactly?
I go to sally world spend my money and when leaving there’s someone wanting to check my receipt why? Since when is that a normal interaction in a brick and mortar store? They don’t see mine either, it’s like hey let me see your reciept criminal.
@@cashole5713 its been that way since the 90s
I don't work in loss prevention and never have but being a Black man I've always been able to spot who's the loss prevention person in a department store because I can see them start to follow me and I can also hear the dome cameras turning to watch my every move. When I'm the only person in a section of the store its quiet enough to hear the dome cameras move around because they're watching me from the camera room. Also I can tell if you're an LP if you're looking at stuff that I know you're not going to wear yourself. I've waived at the cameras before because I knew they were watching me. I'm not even a thief. Don't be obvious if you're an LP.
Righton.pushing empty baskets.earplugs in. Cellphones in hand no basket. Standing in the aisle with me,staring at a bottle of ketchup for 5 mins.come on.these lp guys are amazing.
So I work at hotels and we can call our non emergency police line and have them come out and trespass someone. So they aren't legally allowed on property. Is this something walmarts (or stores in general) would be able to do with habitual offenders? I know state laws effect things like this too. In Arkansas btw.
Thanks bro. I’m not gonna lie I used to shoplift ALOT. Hey I was desperate. But I don’t anymore. I have way too much on the line. But after a while I could tell who was LP. In my city LP has the college mascot somewhere on their shirt. I’m in Wichita, Kansas and they usually have the shocker mascot on them. Besides I’ll notice them awkwardly walking around, way too obvious. My father used to work security for a grocery store and I was told stories. I remember the one time I got busted. They took me back and the usual Schtick. While talking one guy makes a run for it. By the end of my stay they had 3 people. This one kid who was early to mid 20s was supposed to stand by me. Left for like 3 seconds and I distinctly heard his boss say get back there he could escape. They tried to get me to admit to more then what they had me on.
Man, you hit this on the head!!!! I go through this almost in any store i frequent!!! I start following them back and touch their arm like " i know who you are"! :)
I want to do this😂
@@georgeeno_2815 And it's never really them but just a random person who thinks you are crazy because you did not actually ID any loss prevention worker.
Do more videos about how to be a better LP. That would be so helpful
MG I got you...coming soon
I'm glad I accidentally came across your video. 😌 Just the other night I was at Walmart as it's the only big box store in my town, and while there I noticed a guy following me around. I'm in chemotherapy & I once in awhile feel sick so I always carry a small ziplock bag in my purse. Most of the employees there in CS know me & have even assisted me before. I was in the cat food isle & got sick in my mask. I got the bag, finished getting sick then had to change my mask. Afterwards, I started noticing a guy everywhere I went. He followed me for almost 15 minutes. All of my items were visible in the cart seat. I had put 2 items back however when I price checked them & realized they were not on clearance. I notice him walk up to a few employees as I'm heading there to ask where something is. As I ask, this guy rudely answers. I knew exactly who he was then, he was an LP. So I went where he told me to find what I asked about. I also start seeing him whisper into each employees ear I pass & then they dart their eyes right at me. I walked then into the sock area and stop. He was 10 feet away & stood & stared. So I finally went to him & asked why he was following me. He sd "Because I don't trust you! I saw you fiddle in your purse & put a couple items back!" I explained what I was doing in my purse, asked if he'd like to see my vomit, then explained why I returned the 2 curtains. He then sd "ok, FU!" under his breath thinking I didn't hear him & he walked away. I never saw him again. I'm embarrassed & pissed. I know now who he is after a friend gave me his name. This guy is a 26 year old who was booted from the Army recently & thinks he's better than anyone. I've called to speak to the manager but he never seems to be around.
@Patriotic Dandelions I reported it and because he's done this to other customers and WalMart employees, he was fired.
I can’t take it anymore going into Walmart with my son, I am CONSTANTLY being followed by the same men over and over. What can I do to get it to stop? I’m constantly forgetting things because I can’t focus with people following me and my 1 year old. I shop there weekly, sometimes multiple times a week. I feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable. Sometimes I don’t want to buy certain personal items because some random man is watching what I put in my cart. I live in a small town and walmart is one of the only places to shop. I feel trapped.
Good info! Walmart must have very poor training in all their stores as it’s very easy to spot an LP at ours here in NC. Two different stores, different towns they stick out like a sore thumb. And this is a chain of stores that definitely profiles its customers. Good to hear your sons also an LP. He’s got a great teacher with you.
I was a cop for 20 years and really got alarmed at all of the shoplifting calls. If you’ve got a good team word gets out that stores not one to mess with trying to steal.
No matter what store I walk in to especially Wal-Mart, I get profiled right away. I get followed by several Loss Prevention Agents. I have some tattoos and a couple of piercings. I guess that means you are automatically suspicious.
I know that feeling exactly the same way for me because I have a mohawk and a little bit of a wild look is what I have been told and the mohawk is the only thing that has a hold of the lp's mind and it must have a very strong trance on people because they are very much in pursuit of everything that I am doing but if I have a hat and I go to the same place to shop I'm not really looked at at all because they have the impression that I am just a good old country guy who has a little shopping to do with no intuition of breaking the law.profiling is a major issue for the Walmart loss prevention workers and I think it's important for the company to make an effort to get it out of their minds so they can focus on the thief in disguise that's also wearing a cowboy hat and looking like a good old boy but all along he's robbing them blind right under their own eyes.
@@michaelmcvicker3349 Exactly right.
I am a former LP legend in the Chicago area. I was never spotted until I identified myself. I lasted close to ten years before moving on to a bigger and better career. Judges handed out over 100 years of incarceration time based on my stops and investigations!!!
nice. come get your dozen donuts
Hey man I like your videos. I want to get into loss prevention any advice for me? I actually caught quite a few when I used to work at a supermarket.
Angelica C Absolutely, you can always DM me IG. Have you began applying?
Wow! Great video! Action packed. I didn't know that being a real "LP"in a discount store required such highly trained and sophisticated secret agents. And to think that one slip of the tongue or the wrong body language could put the secret security "LP" in grave danger or at the very least could compromise His or Her undercover mission. That could result in merchandise being taken to the suspects domicile.
Domicile? Lol really rookie? U just wanted to try & let everyone know ur an mos! Or an edp?
Well said lol
I think Walmart LPs aren't as trained as Target LP. I know I'm generalizing but it's true for Hawaii Walmart/Target department stores
So why does Target stand at the entrance and not the exit?
you do the "Thief Scratch".
Please explain?
What do you look for when someone is trying to steal? How do you know if someone is going to steal when they enter the store?
just imagine if there was a line of people all dressed the same and just followed a route picked up just a set of item and purchased them all in a line, would a LP follow them? and imagine if they just spaced themselves out far enough that they could just create a full loop a few times.
like a purchasing flash mob
Year ago I was held in error by a mainstream store's LP people...I tried to leave and was detained but had not even done anything...cops came and when tapes were reviewed it was found to be a mistake..I filed a lawsuit and settled with un-named store for $35K...but agreed not to talk to tv media...these mistakes do happen so now as bad as it sounds, I do try to look like a suspect as when you are held in error you can make some extra money..I would never steal anything but have no problem benefiting from over-zealous LP staff!!
I am an AP at Walmart, I never profile by race. I’ve gone by body language on anyone. I use my earbuds. My coworkers and I work as a team and we work well together. I’ve actually caught more whites at Self Checkout not scanning or tag switching. I love my job!
BS
You just made it a race thing . You said I don’t profile but I’ve caught more whites what an oxymoron lady you need to think before you speak
LP tactics, they do wait in the parking lot and follow you in the store to blend in, they also buy stuff and drive away to try and fool people, sometimes they are going through the register to pay and they never come outside, they are just posing. They wear a earpiece to communicate with LP in the office watching you on store surveillance video, they then tell other LP your location or which exit your walking towards, they also wear disguises, or change their clothing or wear ball caps to hide their eyes while they watch you, also making eye contact, a regular customer doesnt make eye contact like that because a real shopper is too busy minding their own business shopping, LP usually dont talk much unless they are trying to fool you.
Being too friendly is an indicator that you are worthy of being watched.
So if I were to put something in my pocket, say I didn't have a cart. Could L.P. approach me about it BEFORE I leave the store?
If you don't catch them peeping through hole at you on their knees
i start LP on Tuesday and i am looking up good tips and i am about to watch your new video, pretty dope channel! but with any job i have i try to do 100% and i do not like to disappoint, the story sounds like the LP was just being a pest. the only time LP seemed to watch me was this one time in Marshals, she kept watching me and only just me! and talking on the radio and the other one up front would look at me hahaa. i just made eye contact and tried to show i am no threat but they kept watching me until we left. it kinda bugged me but i just laughed about it.
Really I don't know why they even have lps it's nothing they can do if somebody wants to get away. mabe just get knock out. That's what police are for.
Loss prevention at the Battle Ground, Washington Walmart has been harassing my elderly mom, who's in her 90s for five years now! Falsely accusing her of stealing. I'm her full-time caregiver and was also accused of stealing as her accomplice. Walmart has untrained loss prevention associates working here and are leaving themselves open to a potential lawsuit.
Sounds like you're upset because you never got a chance to conceal. Good job LP!
I haven’t seen the rest of your videos but I’m so glad that I came across this one. I’ve been racially profiled at several stores including Target and Fred Meyer. You’re right, these LPs are poorly trained and I know because I design security and compliance training.
Here today and gone tomorrow will be their swan song if they don’t fix their destructive training procedures.
So what are these indicators because I am a going attractive female and I get followed and watched every store I go to and I don't steal. I take my time and move slowly sometimes but that shit pisses me off! I always get targeted for some reason.
What advice would you give a young woman whos been hired to be a LP.
Your not a man so don't act like one?
Was Target LP for years and to this day I can spot them a mile away lol they always make eye contact 😂 big booboo stop following me dammmmit 😂😂😂
So how do you keep eyes on the person without eye contact ?
Me too yesterday I was at Walmart. I was in self checkout. I’m in one of those electrical wheelchairs they provide. I have very bad vertigo. So I had a trash can full of stuff and more groceries in my cart. So as I was checking out by using a scan gun or whatever that thing is. The lady grabbed my trash can and yelled at me make sure all this stuff is scanned. I told her check the screen. Everything I scanned is on the screen. Then she took my stuff I already scanned in the cart that isn’t in the trash can out and started bagging it. I told her to leave my stuff alone I have a box in my car I put stuff in when I run out of bags. She didn’t listen. So I paid for all my stuff and I thought she put my bag in my cart and I left when I got home I was missing food!! I was pissed!! I called Walmart talk to the manager and she was shocked. The lady left for the day after I just got home. When I got back to Walmart the manager tried looking for my stuff that was missing and she only found 4 items cuz everything was being taken back to shelf’s. So I spent the next freakin hour to find all the stuff all over the store. The lady Made me lose about $45 worth of food.
I just follow them lol and they get MAD!
Perks of working retail for 4yrs
I am thinking about being a loss prevention but I would have to transfer to another store because that’s the only place that they’re hiring for but do you have any tips as working as a loss prevention
Why would I gaf who LP when I have never shoplifted? I'd have called him out.
Dose the same apply in the uk because i got training to be a lpo for tkmaxx
CALI ACTIVE I always get followed when I go into any store mostly I think its because of the way I look and my tattoos. It pisses me off I can't even shop comfortably I would love if you would make a video of my right as a shopper and when enough is enough cus I shouldn't have to put up with that S**t..
That happened to me too
When this happens to you, look them in the eye and tell them get tf on. Then go directly to management and complain for your safety.
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Not the lps fault that there are dirtbags making everyone look bad....if theft wasn't a major issue lp wouldn't be necessary.....
Lp has to be able to anticipate a hazard or theft before it occurs....just cause they are watching doesn't mean your guilty...
@@joshwalters3148 but like the original commenter said, when is enough enough?! I had an LP walk past me over 10 times while saying on the radio what I'm wearing while I had a cart full of merchandise
Anytime I'd visit San Diego, and go to one of the walmarts around, I could spot LPs almost instantly, I was being watched once. Finally just said something to that individual about it. Im no thief and I started to get pissed. I was there for roughly an hour and watched almost constantly.
As I typed this comment I heard you say Chula Vista, the walmart I visited was in National City.
thanks for all the good information bro. I'm looking to get into loss prevention so this was very helpful, thank you.
That young lady would not stop staring at me so obviously i finally confronted her and said i know your following me because of these bandaids and showed her my receipt she just said oh and walked away! After that she and her guy helper did NOT stop following me so i messed with then big time i started to put little things in my cart and follow them and then i would lose them on purpose and put the product on some random shelf so when i would start following them following me they would see my cart had a couple of things in there and now none! They got so pissed off. But didnt stop following me so i kept doing it then i decided ill go out side with nothing in my cart to go smoke a ciggaret! They literally waited at the door untill i came back in and i said hi to her and said wow your really dedicated to watching me! And then said dont worry you can waste your time because i dont steal from my work place...... The look on her face was priceless! But im still pissed off because my whole 8 hours of work she and he both followed me! And no im not a stealer i never stole anything from walmart or ever will so idk why they would just keep following me because i dont have a past from stealing or acting suspicious in any time i have bin to that walmart shopping or working! So i was wondering what i should do in that situation? Tell the store manager? But they NEVER do anything! Or what?
Samantha Stout I had a similar situation working for Target. They took it too far, I couldn't even go to the bathroom without the lp leader following me and sitting at the stall next to me. One time I found all the pockets on my jacket inside out , another time it was covered in coffee. I don't steal and it probably made them upset after spending all that time watching and waiting to catch me doing something. I should've made some phone calls but I let my emotions get the best of me and I quit my job. The team leaders really liked me and I could've been a leader someday if I had stayed. I did eventually send a detailed Email to the Ethics Dept. But they responded by saying the situation has been dealt with appropriately. I know the woman that worked with LP left Target but don't know the status of the LP leader but at least the complaint will stay on record. I know the lockers are Target property and they have the right to search those but It was an unpleasant learning experience. They never communicated or asked questions and I really think it could've been handled better.
A lot of times I do not have extra money to spend, When my wife is buying food at Walmart I walk around and look, I wear clothes that look good sometimes when I go in and kind of watch other people I will stand there in the DVD section or Phone section make it look like I'm looking at things and makes them uneasy when they see me because they think I'm a Loss prevention agent
Be careful I just seen an LP on the Christmas holiday get stabbed outside a store just saying be careful guys these days not care they will do whatever it takes to get away and do the drugs
If you see loss prevention then they suck I've never been spotted ever and I've been doing it for 10 years
Good job on this video!! My funny story at TJMax as soon as i walked in i saw a couple on blouses grab 6 continue with a couple more the price was right so then here comes a worker and tells me is everything ok i looked at her and i said yes and no and continue my shopping but i was taking my time by now 1 hr. had gone by and there she is again so i told her since your following me around can you give me some water so i can take my tylenol because if you would to look down on my left leg i have a boot due to an injury and i would like for you to help me look for more items . I told her you need a lot of training on how to approach customers because when you saw me grab those items you looked all scared so go followed someone else before you get fired and get the proper training after all that i grab lots of items but only took the blouses and i had her push my basket to customer service and told her now you can put all the other items back since you made a big mistake following me around thinking i was going to steal blouses big mistake i had her fired because she kept asking me is everything ok and harassing me when i couldn't even walked that fast i had to take my time to enjoy my shopping .i love my blouses but TJMax workers need good training.
When I shopped at Ross one time with my mom in Mira Mesa area on San Diego, I was being followed by LP because of the way I was dressed and I had tattoos. They didn't follow my mom, just me because I was wearing a band shirt, jeans, loads of jewelry, and had tattoos. I got really uncomfortable when I know better not to shoplift. It upsets me because I don't appreciate being judged and harassed that way because of how I look where to an LP, if they see a person with tattoos, wearing band shirts and such they assume, "Oh that person must be a hooligan, they're going to steal and cause trouble." I was going to sue Ross for that, but decided not to and stay away from the store. In the end, what I am trying to say just because someone dresses different doesn't mean to go and harass them.
That is called a "clueless, inexperienced wanna be LP".
Ross employees aren't even supposed to apprehend anybody so there's no point in them following you. They were either being weird or had nothing better to do which is still weird lol
Anytime a security guard stops you or puts you in cuffs and you didn't commit a felony in there presence they open themselfs and their employer up to a lawsuit
As an ex criminal i can spot them from a mile away, your not fooling me with that empty ass cart for a hour
What, you don't like sour milk? ex criminal hahaa wtf is that dogg???!
The best bet is to be fast. It takes time for an LPO to track you. If you suspect someone is a store dip, he probably is. These guys are somewhat stupid, commonly ex military, or prospective police officers. Look out for black people especially. Move through areas quickly and randomly. If they follow your random movement, they aren't random. Pretend to steal something and put the fool under pressure. Better yet, just leave and go to the next store. Come back when things cool off.
Found the beta with the tiny dick
Yeah good luck. Spider wire, ink cartridges, RFID tags, hundreds of 1080p HD PTZ cameras that can zoom into the specs on your face, or the plates on your car. Uniformed security, undercover loss prevention agents, and *secret reveal*, hidden cameras located EVERYWHERE. Impossible to see even when you know where they are. Stealing nowadays is like breaking into a military base, just not gonna happen. Oh can't forget the dummy cameras. Leaves you risking which ones are real and which ones are fake.
@@knightlykin1499 Eh... Shoplifting is still very big business. Everything you've mentioned has ways around it. That's why stores lose millions of dollars to shoplifting these days. I'm not making any moral statements on anything, but saying that shoplifters don't get away anymore is patently false.
Dont thieves make small talk to employees to deflect?
Tessa Rowell yes they do. We had a junkie shoplifting today and the idiot calmly stood talking to our on site manager. Called my manager and told him to take him down. They think they are slick but a experienced employee can tell if someone is intending to steal the second they walk down the isle.
@@Adam-wk1ef when i worked in a beauty supply store, I knew right away. The moment 2 people walk in ...but only one come up to me and starts rambling on about a product but the one walk quickly to back...they are the takers and the other is the distraction.... I was so confident I didnt even wait to check the camera...I just went straight to the taker and told him to empty his pickets... they go after the $25 doller tubes of pricey hair die...they can sell it for $15 to get drugs....
You definitely make some great points. At my workplace, we don’t have hired LP like Monument. We used to, but the company cut security. So we the employees have to watch and report suspicious behavior to other staff and managers.
I never ever want to make someone feel like I’m profiling them at all. But I have had times when seeing someone who I’m not 100% certain whether they’re going to shoplift or not. That’s always a frustrating situation to be in.
What I would have done if I was that LP at the Walmart you were at, if anything about you led me to feel suspicious of your behavior, I’d have asked a Walmart employee to customer service you just to get a 2nd opinion to see if you need to be watched or if my suspicions are just bogus.
That’s what I do at my job if I’m not sure about someone. Following that person around is just pointless. I’m totally open to hearing your opinion on this though.
Can anyone tell me how it is to be an LP for a grocery store more specific for an H-E-B. No smart ass remarks please. I just need a job and prior service at least gave me skills to be good at this job. So F it. Thinking of applying. But just keep seeing comments on LP for Walmart and target. But what about H-E-B?
I know this video was posted a while ago but this video popped up because i was searching videos of how to know when LP is following/harassing you in walmart! I work for acosta which is a vendor company for walmart and sams clubs. So im there all the time! I had my offical badge on and my tablet that has a huge acosta sticker on the outside where it is visible as well as my badge being clearly visible. So my story goes like this im in store doing my work and i had cut myself on something so i put a napkin on my cut that i had in my pocket then proceded to the band aid aisle i picked up a box of bandaids took one out and put it on right away because my cut was pretty bad! I then RIGHT AWAY went to self check out and bought the band aid box i had opened and used. And i even told the lady watching the self check out area that i had cut myself and didnt know where the bandaids were in the back for employees so i opended this bandaid package and put one on already and that i am buying it right now. Everything went smooth checking out the lady said i understand and no problems! But then i see this young lady a couple of times in regular clothes following me then anouther older guy in regular clothes following me too. I said nothing just thinking in my head im being crazy or something! But then as i continued working i see them in every aisle im in like circling the aisle in my location so then i stared to think i saw that young lady on a previous visit (not to mention she was wereing the same exact clothes as the last time i saw her) On that previous visit i was on i saw the same young lady that was following me laughing and joking with one of the department managers there and they were talking about work so i knew she worked there! As for the older guy i knew he worked there too because as soon as i relized they were following me i started to watch them back and saw them watching me from a distance and they were talking and just conversating as they were staring at me working so i started to stare back and made eye contact with the both of them.