Actually, I knew a couple of loss prevention guys who worked for several stores in Fairbanks.  They would target a store with surveillance on certain days and hours.  They had a thick photo book of previously arrested shoplifters.  The idea was to maximize the amount of time they were in a particular store and spread the total cost of their services among several business establishments.  The store I worked for had a code they would announce for a shoplifter and every male currently working would respond to that location.  It was usually very effective. 

I am not opposed to stopping shoplifting or stealing.  I am opposed to putting people into jail for longer sentences.  I think anyone with an addition should be sitting in a treatment facility rather than sitting in jail for an extended time.

I see a problem with justice in general.  Bill Allen paid many tens of thousands to bribe  legislators and ended up smelling like a rose.  Corporate criminals rarely do time.