Vent:Store staff told me they would search me

KxMx

I would never allow store staff or a security guard to search me. I would make them call the Police.

hollydays

look at PACE,police and criminal evidence act

scheming_gypsy

can you refused to be searched? probably, but it doesn't mean they'll wave you on your way. It'll probably mean they detain you while they call the police who can search you; so you have the right to complain about it

blossomhill_2

hollydays wrote: »

look at PACE,police and criminal evidence act

Thank you, that was what I was looking for

Mrs_Arcanum

Don't go shopping after you have just picked up library books.

hollydays

Also look at the phrase "any person powers",which explains the difference between the powers that a citizen has,and the Police (and similar )

bluenoseam

You do have the right to refuse a search, however you could also find yourself refused entry in future as well as looking guilty as sin, if you have nothing to hide then it takes less than 10 seconds to prove there's nothing wrong. Besides that if it were me, i'd be trying to find out what product was still tagged & do something about it at the first oppertunity.

kaya

i would tell them they could do it in front of the entire store provided they were going to apologise to me in front of everybody when they found nothing , i would rather they were activly doing their job than added another 5% to everybody's bill to pay for more shoplifters next year, and all they were trying to do was the job they are paid for

aloise

Azari wrote: »

Good God, what an odious poster you are!

Not only are you odious, you can't even read.

The OP said: "I entered a store today when as alarms went off. "

Note the underlined part.

Agree with you. Some people can't help being nasty, it's their hobby.:mad:

DCFC79

KxMx wrote: »

I would never allow store staff or a security guard to search me. I would make them call the Police.

nothing wrong with store staff or security staff searching you, members of staff of the supermarkets get randomly searched albeit the staff areasked to empty they're pockets with management and sometimes security there, the easy option for a customer is to empty your pockets so you can get what you wanted