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In reply to the discussion: Starbucks arrests: Who gets to decide whether youre a patron or a trespasser? [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)When I was a deputy, in NC instead of PA but I would guess its the same, policy on trespassing calls was first we inform the person they need to leave. That was because if we took the landowners word for it they may be telling a lie or there may have been a misunderstanding.
So we tell the person to ensure they have been told and understood.
If after we told them they left, then we did a report and recorded that they had been trespassed from the property in the log and everybody went along their way.
If they refused, then it was time for use to remove them and either arrest or issue a citation. Or if they returned to the property after being trespassed another warning was not required.
From what Im gathering the restroom had coded locks on it, and only customers got the code. Ive never seen that but apparently its a thing in some places.