Detention

Any merchant who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed retail theft may detain such person, on the premises of a retail mercantile establishment, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for all or any of the following purposes:

(a)to request identification;

(b)to verify such identification;

(c)to make reasonable oral inquiry as to whether such person has in his possession unpurchased merchandise and, to make reasonable investigation of the ownership of such merchandise;

(d)to inform a peace officer of the detention of the person and surrender custody of that person to a peace officer; or

(e)in the case of a minor, to immediately inform a peace officer and the parents or guardian or other private person interested in the welfare of that minor of this detention and to surrender custody of such minor to such person.