The shopkeeper’s privilege permits a merchant, or his agent or employee, with reasonable cause, to detain on the premises in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time any person suspected of shoplifting . . . for questioning or summoning a law enforcement officer.
Gortarez v. Smitty’s Super Valu, Inc., 140 Ariz. 97, 680 P.2d 807 (1984)
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