CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The Castle Rock Town Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday that would make it illegal for large retailers not to report a theft to police within four days.
Republican state Rep. Max Brooks, who also serves on the council, asked the town attorney to help draft the proposal. It would add a section to the town’s criminal code requiring a corporate entity to report the theft of its property within 96 hours of learning there are reasonable grounds to believe one happened.
The draft also requires companies to keep photo or video evidence of a theft and give it to police. It bars them from retaliating against employees who report theft, and from adopting a written policy that prohibits employees from reporting theft to police…