So as most of you know. I work undercover for several companies as a Loss Prevention Agent. Simply put, I act as a customer and catch someone shoplifting then I arrest/prosecute them.
MOST fo the time things go off with out a hitch. Today was not one of those days. I watch the subject(A white male mid 20's) grab an Xbox game and walk to a corner of the store where he cuts it open with a box cutter and removes the game from it's case. He then tucks the disk into his waist line.
This is the norm, I deal with this scenario ever day. As usual, I follow him outside and identify myself as LP I ask him to face the wall and put his hands behind his head. Well, he starts to do as I say and all is well. That's until home boy drops his right hand. Part of me thought he was trying to dump the disk, then I remembered he still had the box cutter on him. I grab his arm and shove him against the wall as I was trained. I had the upper hand at this point but I didn't want to cuff him until I was 100% sure I could contain both arms.
At this point the suspect tries to kick back at me with his left leg. I just back to avoid the kick but in doing so, I lost my leverage on him. He spun around and got a good right hook into my ear:mad. OUCH! I was dizzy but still "fighting" the guy. I'm not sure how but at one point were were almost hugging trying to get hits off at each other. I pulled out my baton(It's like 16", small" and tapped him on the back of his leg.
That was enough to confuse him because he directed all his focus on that. I hooked his arm with the baton and dropped him to the ground and just knelt on him. I was pissed off so I had my baton against the back of his head with my knee on top of that. It was a cold day so my ear hurt like all hell for hours. I'm fine now and that ass holes off in jail for SL and assaulting an Agent.
All that over a damn 42.99 Xbox game.
MOST fo the time things go off with out a hitch. Today was not one of those days. I watch the subject(A white male mid 20's) grab an Xbox game and walk to a corner of the store where he cuts it open with a box cutter and removes the game from it's case. He then tucks the disk into his waist line.
This is the norm, I deal with this scenario ever day. As usual, I follow him outside and identify myself as LP I ask him to face the wall and put his hands behind his head. Well, he starts to do as I say and all is well. That's until home boy drops his right hand. Part of me thought he was trying to dump the disk, then I remembered he still had the box cutter on him. I grab his arm and shove him against the wall as I was trained. I had the upper hand at this point but I didn't want to cuff him until I was 100% sure I could contain both arms.
At this point the suspect tries to kick back at me with his left leg. I just back to avoid the kick but in doing so, I lost my leverage on him. He spun around and got a good right hook into my ear:mad. OUCH! I was dizzy but still "fighting" the guy. I'm not sure how but at one point were were almost hugging trying to get hits off at each other. I pulled out my baton(It's like 16", small" and tapped him on the back of his leg.
That was enough to confuse him because he directed all his focus on that. I hooked his arm with the baton and dropped him to the ground and just knelt on him. I was pissed off so I had my baton against the back of his head with my knee on top of that. It was a cold day so my ear hurt like all hell for hours. I'm fine now and that ass holes off in jail for SL and assaulting an Agent.
All that over a damn 42.99 Xbox game.
