A.
A peace officer, merchant, or merchant’s employee who has reasonable cause for believing a person has committed the offense of shoplifting under Oregon State Statute 164.015 may detain and interrogate such person in regard thereto and in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
B.
Where a peace officer, merchant, or merchant’s employee with reasonable cause for believing that a person has committed the offense of shoplifting as defined under Oregon State Statute 164.015, detains and interrogates him in regard thereto, and such person thereafter brings against the peace officer, merchant, or merchant’s employee a civil or criminal action for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, assault, battery, or wrongful detention based upon the detention and interrogation, such reasonable cause shall be a defense to the action if the detention and interrogation were done in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.
(Ord. 51-O-013 § 107; Ord. 66-O-184)