mall security
Shopping center sentinels
Mall security refers to the guards and surveillance systems that monitor shopping centers for theft, disturbances, and safety violations.
The guards themselves are often called mall security or mall cops—a term that can carry a dismissive tone, since they lack police authority: Mall security asked the teenagers to leave.
The job has become shorthand for low-stakes enforcement or wannabe police work.
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- suspicious activityBehavior suggesting wrongdoing
- walkie-talkiesPaired handheld transceivers
- patrolRegular surveillance route
no loitering sign · guard · patrol officer · foot traffic · metal detectors · radio · panic buttons · flashlight · food court · anchor store · uniform · medical emergencies · fire hazards · lockdown procedures · trespassing · body cameras · undercover agent · Segway
- mallsgalleria, food court, anchor stores, anchors, anchor store
- security patrolpatrol, mobile patrol, guard dogs, foot patrol, guard
- securityalarm system, lock, safe, alarm, camera
mall securitypolice officers
Sworn law enforcers
law enforcement · federal agents · SWAT team · FBI · state troopers
mall securityshoplifter
One who steals merchandise
shoplifters · thief · criminals · criminal · thieves
mall securitycustomer
Buyer of goods
visitor · window shopper · passerby · general public · bystander