Illinois Retail Merchants Association’s Post

A suspected shoplifter picked the wrong store on the wrong day. That same day, an organized retail theft task force happened to be working in the area. The task force is made up of officers from Daly City, San Bruno and San Mateo. Daly City Police Department San Bruno Police Department San Mateo Police Department #Proactive #Collaboration #LawEnforcement #ORCTF #AssetProtection #LossPrevention #OrganizedRetailCrime

#DefeatORC #IntegrityWins #ShopliftersLose #RetailScience 🌟🌟🌟 As a Former Asset Protection Associate (APA) with the world's largest retailer, the non-repentatent justification given by the majority of sneaky, brazen, denial-filled shoplifters - even with their minor children present, and often included in the act of shoplifting - was, "It is what it is!" Many seemed to feel entitled to a "five-finger-discount," especially if they paid for some of their merchandise, or just for entering our store. The problem is definitely societal and systemic, and will require solutions which change attitudes and behaviors, with significant and immediate consequences for being dishonest, and tangible incentives and recognition for always choosing the path of honesty and integrity. -Maceo D. Pembroke, Jr. Retail Theft Mitigation & Safety Sustainer and Innovator M.A. Sociology B.A. Psychology w/ Honors 🌟🌟🌟 #promotable #originalcontributions #WalmartProud #CoreValuesKeeper #BeTheSpark #apfieldinnovations #lpfieldinnovations #opentowork #ProtectUpFront #assetprotection #AP #reduceshrink #shrinkreduction #lossprevention #deterrence #leadership #carpediem #seizetheday

If it can be easily flipped, it is a 🎯 target. #OSINT #ContextualIntelligence #CargoTheft #supplychain #supplychainsecurity #supplychainvisibility #supplychainriskmanagement #supplychaindisruption #logistics

Because of stepped-up enforcement, retail theft arrests in the city have nearly tripled in 2024 — already exceeding the total in 2022 and 2021 combined, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. We applaud Mayor Parker, Philadelphia Police Department, and District Attorney Larry Krasner for this tougher stance. We cannot afford to embolden thieves while people live in fear. Together, we can make Philadelphia a safer, more attractive place to do business. Read more about the city’s rise in retail theft-related arrests and what law enforcement is doing: https://lnkd.in/eRVE22Nr #InclusiveGrowthPHL #InclusivePHL

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs a new law implementing stricter penalties for shoplifting and package theft, Tops Friendly Market gets a police substation 2 years after a deadly mass shooting, can California curb retail theft without changing Prop. 47? And more LP news you may have missed this week! #LP #lossprevention #assetprotection #retailnews #retailcrime #ORC #shoplifting

The issue has been discussed on theft and the well publicized flash mob gangs. Accurate measurements to track and compare is important

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the organized retail crime problem, here are just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of July. https://lnkd.in/g9cu-yPs

This case sheds light on the alarming scope of organized retail crime, a pervasive issue that has particularly impacted Washington state, ranked as the number one state in the country for retail theft. With retailers losing an estimated $2.7 billion to organized retail crime in 2021 alone, the detrimental effects on businesses and consumers are profound. Proud to see #HSI PNW leading the effort in this state to investigate and prosecute the countless organizations operating in this region. Our partnerships with Seattle Police (Adrian Zane Diaz ), the US Attorney’s Office, and most importantly the almost 20 private partners we meet with regularly make these types of outcomes possible. More success in this space is on the horizon! #OrganizedCrime #RetailTheft #LawEnforcement #CrimePrevention #CommunitySafety #WashingtonState #RetailSecurity #Collaboration #PublicPrivatePartnerships #RetailIndustry #CriminalJustice #FraudPrevention #RetailLossPrevention

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#DefeatORC #IntegrityWins #ShopliftersLose #RetailScience 🌟🌟🌟 L-Suite Leadership Moment (TM) "He / She who meets needs leads..." "Carpe diem! (Seize the day!)" "The Deleterious Impact Of Organized Retail Crime (ORC)" Organized Retail Crime (ORC) is the large-scale theft of retail merchandise, beyond personal use, with the intention to resell the items for financial gain, and can also include transactional fraud. It is estimated that ORC is an $100 billion problem for US retailers, annually. To help visualize the magnitude of ORC, consider that Americans consume 8 billion chickens yearly. Thus, if each of these chickens averaged a retail price of $12.50 each, in various forms (e.g. fresh, frozen. rotisserie, fried, patties, nuggets, strips, salads, soups, sandwiches, etc.), it would be as if the "ORC wolf pack" is shrinking out and reducing US retail profits by an amount comparable to all the chicken purchased and consumed by Americans yearly. ORC is truly significant, pervasive, harmful, and unacceptable! Working in the field, for the world's largest retailer, I directly encounter some of ORC's practitioners and ORC's deleterious impact regularly, including: -the danger of violence and injury to customers, employees, vendors, and bystanders, and property damage; -increased costs for merchandise, property damage, deterrence, and insurance passed on to consumers; -closure of much-needed stores, reducing the quality of life, opportunities for gainful employment, reinvestment, and philanthropy in high-shrink neighborhoods; and, -losses in sales and profits. In my opinion, much stronger consequences must be enforced from the bottom to the top of ORC rings to ameliorate this loathsome problem. Crime should not pay: our honest customers should be able to "save money and live better," and not have to suffer due to the behavior of brazen ORC practitioners and participants, and brazen shoplifters, who profit from retail theft and fraud. -Maceo D. Pembroke, Jr. Retail Theft Mitigation & Safety Sustainer and Innovator M.A. Sociology B.A. Psychology w/ Honors 🌟🌟🌟 #promotable #originalcontributions #WalmartProud #CoreValuesKeeper #BeTheSpark #apfieldinnovations #lpfieldinnovations #opentowork #ProtectUpFront #assetprotection #AP #reduceshrink #shrinkreduction #lossprevention #deterrence #leadership #carpediem #seizetheday