[yummyfajitas]

What exactly should walmart do?

Run a private police force that inevitably harms criminals during the law enforcement process? (The article criticizes them for doing this.)

Maybe walmart can run it's own on-site jail that way the cops only need to come once/day? I'm sure a private walmart run jail won't attract the same criticism, particularly when the inevitable bad things happen in it.

Or maybe they can hire more security guards to follow around suspicious people in the store. I'm sure that will help stop the criticism, even if the demographics of suspicious people don't correspond to population demographics.

From what I can tell, the problem isn't walmart but the people who shop there. But this is obviously a politically unacceptable conclusion, so walmart makes a convenient scapegoat. And they'll remain one no matter what they do.

[maxerickson]

Yes, the criminality is the problem.

But say having someone present at an entrance for much of the day clearly cuts the number of shoplifting incidents. It's pretty reasonable for the police and town to push for that staffing if it is less costly than handling the displaced incidents.

[Domenic_S]

You know what Target does? They help out law enforcement and even have a top-rated crime lab: https://corporate.target.com/article/2012/02/an-unexpected-c...

A friend of mine was a Target store manager. According to him, Target had a more symbiotic relationship with LE, vs Walmart which just seems to suck resources dry.