Show The Season Sheriff sent ad suggestions on that could well be y those in busi-that the holiday t far RIFF said department drugstore shop-apprehended nan in any other in the This Did true are more active 5 p.m. than any 1 of the day or records ts are hardest lifters on Saturday is productive day ins ions in drug-these are the days and hours ts to give a close s is shoplifting ery hour of the Some areas are worse than others and some merchants do not help discourage the practice among Often when a juvenile is picked up by the merchant for minor shoplifting they are reluctant to turn the juvenile- over to the authorities as he or she may be the child of a good customer of the They are turned loose for fear of losing the family account in the THE professional shoplifter knows all the tricks of the trade and is hard to It takes a keen eye of the watcher to pick them The juvenile offenders pilfering may be only small at first but in many cases it gets to be a major offense if they are not disciplined when first picked By using good judgment and bringing the offense to the attention of the parents this often stops the offense in its WHILE THERE are no complete records of the merchants losses over the nation it is said that the losses amount to billions of dollars a year and in many cases the losses would show a healthy dividend on the firms It is one of many problems that the federal and local governments are having to contend with at the present |