Good samaritan?

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heres the scoop, was at work yesterday, not workin jus shopping and i walk out the door. as i'm walking, I notice our security officer havin a problem with stoppin a suspect. (she's a short, petite lil black woman) the suspect, a guy was at least a foot taller than her, an the only backup I see is our other security guy, a bigger guy, but he's several aisles away.. the guy bolts from her hold an runs out the door right past me. i could have easily tripped the ****** up or tackled him..but i didn't.

now, i'm not sure about our policy of stoppin thives, while in uniform or on the clock. I beleive we can only chase them to the edge of our building before we call the cops. but should i have interveaned, as a good samaritan, not as a worker-since i was outa uniform an off the clock?

the thieve was some punk teenager. so i'm not exactly threatened by em if your wondering.