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Home Depot Fires Men Who Stopped Thieves
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- A former Home Depot employee said the company fired him and three other workers because they helped police catch several suspected shoplifters in May.
Midwest City Police said the men helped officers catch suspected shoplifters as they tried to run from a store with lawn equipment.
An internal memo from Home Depot outlines that associates cannot accuse, detain, chase or call the police on any customer for shoplifting. However, one of the fired employees said the company is selective in enforcing that policy.
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Is this not the stupidist policy ever? Firing employees for assisting law enforcement AND preventing the loss of merchendise by the store? Not to mention recovery of a stolen vehicle. Dumb dumb dumb.
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- A former Home Depot employee said the company fired him and three other workers because they helped police catch several suspected shoplifters in May.
Midwest City Police said the men helped officers catch suspected shoplifters as they tried to run from a store with lawn equipment.
An internal memo from Home Depot outlines that associates cannot accuse, detain, chase or call the police on any customer for shoplifting. However, one of the fired employees said the company is selective in enforcing that policy.
Read the rest here.
Is this not the stupidist policy ever? Firing employees for assisting law enforcement AND preventing the loss of merchendise by the store? Not to mention recovery of a stolen vehicle. Dumb dumb dumb.