Badges - Re: Wal-Mart Security Employees Fired for Disarming Store Gunman
- From: "CarlGlas" <CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 07:00:03 -0500
The really bad thing is that Wal*Mart has an almost endless supply of money and
lawyers, so suing them would be a waste of time and money.
I see evidence of pilferage all the time, everywhere at my local Wal*Mart. The
really dumb thing by Wal*Mart is they display expensive stuff out of the way
where shoppers can't be easily seen.
DVD Player Thief Caught By Walmart Security
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/12/DVD-Player-Thief-Caught-By-Walmart-Security-417208
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From: "C D Rowsell" <cd2u@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:40 AM
Subject: Badges - Re: Wal-Mart Security Employees Fired for Disarming Store
Gunman
>I want to know how you can retreat if the bad guy is charging you? If he is
> trying to get out the same door your trying to retreat through, Houston,
> there is a problem. Apparently, WalMart is not such a worker caring company
> anymore?
>
> CD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Michael Volling
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:20 PM
> To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Badges - Re: Wal-Mart Security Employees Fired for Disarming Store
> Gunman
>
> Heaven forbid these guys be allowed to defend themselves and their
> coworkers. Unless there is more to the story, I can't see how Wal-
> mart can justify terminating them. This is what happens when
> management enforces a zero tolerance policy and won't make exceptions.
>
>
> On May 9, 2011, at 8:21 PM, CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Four Wal-Mart employees have been fired after management said they
>> violated company policy by disarming an alleged shoplifter who had
>> pulled a gun inside the store.
>>
>> Lori Poulsen, Justin Richins, Shawn Ray and Gabriel Stewart were all
>> longtime workers at Wal-Mart's Layton, Utah, store. Poulsen was an
>> asset protection coordinator, Richins and Ray were asset protection
>> associates, and Stewart was an assistant manager.
>>
>> On Jan. 13, employees allegedly witnessed a man identified as Trent
>> Allen Longton take a netbook computer out of the package and stuff it
>> under his shirt. When Longton attempted to leave the store, he was
>> confronted by Poulsen, who escorted him to a nearby office. The two
>> were joined there by Ray, Richins and Stewart, Salt Lake City's
>> Deseret News reported.
>>
>> Inside the office, Longton allegedly pulled out a loaded handgun and
>> ran toward the office door, which was blocked by Ray, Richins and
>> Stewart. Longton then allegedly grabbed Stewart and shoved the gun
>> into his back. Concerned for their safety, the workers reacted
>> forcefully and disarmed Longton.
>>
>> In the police incident report, the investigating officer noted that
>> the Wal-Mart employees acted in the "best interest and safety" of
>> those around them. Longton, as it turned out, was a convicted felon
>> who was prohibited from possessing a firearm.
>>
>> Wal-Mart managers, however, disagreed. The following week, the four
>> workers were fired for violating the company's "Investigation and
>> Detention of Shoplifters Policy." The policy instructs employees to
>> retreat if an individual brandishes a weapon.
>>
>> "If during an approach or investigation, it becomes apparent that the
>> suspect has a weapon or brandishes or threatens use of a weapon; all
>> associates must disengage from the situation, withdraw to a safe
>> position, and contact law enforcement," reads a copy of the policy
>> available online. "If at any point the suspect or any other involved
>> person becomes violent, disengage from the confrontation, withdraw to
>> a safe position and contact law enforcement."
>>
>> The next paragraph instructs employees to "put people first," stating
>> that protecting the physical well-being of "suspects, customers and
>> Wal-Mart associates is your first priority."
>>
>> Speaking with the Deseret News last week, the dismissed employees
>> said they had nowhere to go and were forced to subdue the suspect
>> when he charged them. They also said they were not comfortable
>> allowing an armed man into the store area where shoppers could be at
>> risk.
>>
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>> Wal-Mart did not immediately respond to a request for comment today
>> from AOL News.
>>
>> In a previously released statement obtained by The Deseret News,
>> managers defended their actions, saying the four put their safety
>> "and potentially the safety of our customers and other associates in
>> jeopardy."
>>
>> Stewart, who had been with Wal-Mart for 12 years, told the newspaper
>> he is still trying to understand the company's decision.
>>
>> "I honestly felt worse than when I had the gun to my back," he said.
>> "I honestly felt betrayed."
>>
>>
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> rming-store-gunman/
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