Except for a Bank that is Federally Insured and then guarded with an Armed Guard- most 'chain' stores did away with Security (Loss Prevention) at a store level over a decade ago. In the mid 1990s' a Large Chain Store was sued by a thief because Loss Prevention was chasing them out into the parking lot and said thief was hit by a car. That chain store mandated to get rid of all 'in store' loss prevention and only keep one at a district level to 'come up' with ways to slow down theft (moving high dollar items, caging them, cording them etc.).
That same Chain Store had an Employee shot and killed in Orange County Ca when an armed robber told them to 'open the safe' and that employee though lolly gagging about doing it and giving 'excuses' (although true, the bottom safe was on a 'time lock' ) so ALL EMPLOYEES here and many other chains were taught to just 'do what they say' 'do not engage' 'call the police only AFTER the perp has left the building.
To this day, that's what most all chain stores teach.
