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Monday, July 14, 2014

Target Security Officer Fired After Reporting Shoplifting

Dallas Northington spent nearly eight years working for Target in loss prevention, roaming the stores and scanning the surveillance cameras. In an episode at the Leesburg Target store in May that he said was typical, a man was allegedly captured twice on video shoplifting, and Northington responded as he said he always did: He called the Leesburg police, made a report and provided them the videos of the two incidents.

But the man in the video may have been a Fairfax County sheriff’s deputy, Northington said he soon learned. And within days, two things happened: The deputy retired from the sheriff’s office and Target fired Northington, 29, a married father of two with a third child on the way.

Northington said Target officials told him that he had violated procedure by not filling out the proper paperwork before contacting the police, though he said his office had operated the same way for years. He said he also was told that he had been insubordinate for not seeking approval before calling police, though he said the standard practice was for him to act as needed.

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6 comments:

  1. Looks like he caught the wrong "fish" this time -- betcha once the dust settles, he will come out on top of this ...

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  2. Blogger Daddio said...
    Looks like he caught the wrong "fish" this time -- betcha once the dust settles, he will come out on top of this ...

    I bet so to, at least I hope

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  3. A textbook example of the America we've allowed our gov't to build around us.

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  4. Will we allow the police to be above the law in this case? If so. the door is open, and there is no more control. It's time to stand up for this employee, and prosecute a criminal cop.

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  5. TarJay continues to step in it.

    Looks like this occurred before their recent "Welcome Thieves, Muggers, Thugs and Robbers" memo. But it certainly followed their inability to protect the IDs of their customers.

    Nice looking store but why continue to subsidize the liberal Dayton family wackos who own it? Can't think of a good reason anymore.

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