(A) A merchant, or his or her employee or agent, who has probable cause for believing that items offered for sale by a mercantile establishment have been unlawfully taken by a person, may, in order to recover such items without search or undue restraint or in order to cause an arrest to be made by a peace officer until a warrant can be obtained, detain such person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time within the said mercantile establishment or the immediate vicinity thereof.
(B) Any peace officer may, within a reasonable time after such alleged unlawful taking has been committed, arrest without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause for believing has committed such unlawful taking in a mercantile establishment.
(Ord. 3-1971, passed 1-18-1971)