How a Private Detective Can Catch a Shoplifter

A private detective will be in a busy shopping area, not in a specific store, just walking around. They'll see someone who looks suspicious and then they'll follow them until they can basically catch that person red-handed. David told Cottam that people almost always just confess immediately because they're just surprised to be stopped like this by a random stranger in the first place. After that, the detectives act like the real police. They'll generate a file, think about whether they want to prosecute, pass it to their lawyers, and then you go to court for trial.

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