Author: Bob Holtzman Date: Subject: [OT] -- Fry's and other retailers
At 12:40 AM 02/12/2001 -0700, you wrote: >>
>> At 12:17 PM 02/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>> >I've questioned this policy when I've encountered it in other retail
>> >stores. The answer I've gotten was that no one forced you to enter the
>> >store so by entering you have give prior consent to the stop and any
>> >inspection. If you did not want to be stopped or have your purchases
>> >checked then you should have gone someplace else. That has been the
>> >standard answer in about 17 states including Arizona.
>>
>>
>> Whose answer? The store's? The various state's Attorneys General?
>
>The stores, states' AG, police departments, courts
>
> Interesting. Any word as to exactly what law would be broken by a refusal
to stop and be searched?
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
check the price of the beer!"