Video captures Winners loss prevention officers struggling with shoplifting suspect
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An incident caught on video outside a Winners is raising questions about how much force loss prevention officers should use at retail stores.
An incident caught on video outside a downtown Winners store is raising questions about the role of loss prevention officers at retail stores and how much physical force should be used, if any, to apprehend shoplifting suspects.
At around 4 p.m. on May 20 outside the College Park Winners, located near Yonge and College streets, Stephlynn Tee said she spotted a group of three individuals restraining a young man.
Tee said that when she asked what was happening, she was told they were loss prevention officers and she should “stay away.”
“I had recently been shopping there. I was on my way home and suddenly this person was slammed into the wall and I had no idea what was happening,” Tee said.
“Once it looked like the man was being harmed… I decided to start recording and asking questions.”
In the video, which Tee shared on social media, three people dressed in regular clothes can be seen apprehending a man outside the store, holding his arms and covering his eyes.
