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Originally Posted by PoPoCamaro
In WA there is no way that a mall security guard has the right to detain you. Also, he has no authority to ask for your drivers license. If the cops were called, they could maybe come after you for vandalizing the property, but a cop can't give you the traffic ticket without witnessing the crime. (Unless there was a collision.) Also, they (security guards) would have to be able to pick you out of a photo montage saying you were the driver. But that's WA.
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If the security guard files a formal complaint and signs a statement, the cop can act on that. It's a lot of paperwork, but it is legally sound in this case, if the cop wants to make a case of it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the police don't have to witness a crime if a witness has a testimony.