when a "normal" adult male works LP is it common to dress funny or

[PlateStacker]

You just don't want to let your looks give you away. I always dressed to not stick out, and to blend in. So they don't see me following them. And they are more comfortable to steal around me, thinking "theres no way a guy that looks like that would work here". You don't want them notice your fallowing them and dump the goods, or see how at the last second and turn around at the exit.


Either way, some people heave no life and literally live at the place I was AP at (Wal-Mart) and recognized that I was always there.

[ctx2]

My normal "uniform" is either sweat pants or yoga pants. On the off chance im at a store in a nicer area i will dress the way customers dress. Eh, i look like a child anyway so people don't really suspect me of anything. Your best bet is to dress for the weather and for the store you are working in that specific day. You want to blend in otherwise you will be made and wont make as many stops.

[AP716]

I always plan ahead for the store I will be at and the crowd. I typically wear polos and jeans in most cases for my store. If I go to the high risk stores, I wear t-shirts, jeans and usually a hooded sweatshirt or flannel jacket depending on the weather to fit in better. On the floor, I like to keep my phone to my ear talking to myself, even if I'm not working with a partner just to give the effect that I'm not paying attention to my surroundings. This time of year though, I always forget to keep a jacket in the office so I'm not wandering the floor in short sleeves in the mid 40 degrees!

[LP98225]

i just dress in normal street clothes, I try and avoid wearing anything distinctive people tend to notice someone in a bright colored shirts.

[rpmacmurphy]

I know I've mentioned this on here before, but one of the tactical LP detectives I used to work with had such a good disguise that he was basically invited into an ORC ring. They had seen him at the store a lot and assumed he was also a shoplifter. We conducted an undercover investigation and eventually brought it down.

[brentjk1]

It's Michigan in the winter, so I'll be on the floor in a variety of sweatshirts/hoodies and jeans/khakis. My city is relatively upscale but close to the urban cities, so we have a huge variety of dress here..nothing sticks out.