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The legislative package—called Working Together for a Safer California—is built upon months of research, input from stakeholders and experts, and feedback from Californians, according to Senate members. The plan includes nine fentanyl-related measures and five bills targeting retail theft.

Since the earliest days of organized retail, there has been a recognition of the unique exposure that retailers have to crime and loss. We...

The stakes for retailers are immense. Because most misdemeanor crime is petty larceny, they are the principal victims when states raise felony thresholds to reduce incarceration. [Sponsored]

"Crime is up." "How should I protect my employees and customers from increasing violence?" "More and more shoplifting incidents escalate into physical assaults." Comments or...

California's Proposition 47 was a controversial ballot measure that downgraded drug and theft crimes from felonies to misdemeanors with the intent of keeping nonviolent...

Organized retail crime (ORC) is a significant source of loss for US retailers. Exactly how significant is notoriously difficult to tease out, but new...

Suggestive of their ability to fight back against a wave of shoplifting decriminalization efforts, the broader retail and loss prevention communities will likely be...

Shoplifting reports in California have increased in recent months. Retailers and law enforcement officials alike are wondering: Is Proposition 47 to blame? The ballot measure,...