§ 78-102. Constitutes breach of peace; detention of suspects.

An act of shoplifting as defined in section 78-101 is declared to constitute a breach of peace; and any owner of merchandise, his agent or employee, or any city police officer who has reasonable ground to believe that a person has committed shoplifting may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time not to exceed 30 minutes for the purpose of investigating whether or not such person has committed or attempted to commit shoplifting. Such reasonable detention shall not constitute an arrest nor shall it render the owner of merchandise, his agent or employee, liable to the person detained.

(Code 1975, § 18-60)