Shoplifters beware. Tigard police said they arrested more than a dozen shoplifters during a sting operation over the weekend and the next time you’re in a store, you could be standing right next to a detective.

FOX 12 crews were at Target and also at the Washington Square Mall on Saturday as several law enforcement agencies worked together on the retail blitz. Most people walking into the stores had no idea what was going on around them, which is exactly what police want.

Tigard police said they ran their first shoplifting mission of 2023 on Saturday.

“We have some people on the floor who are watching and then we also have people who are watching cameras,” Detective Kaci Mace, of the Tigard Police Department, said.