We know that your week can get busy, and the time you have to catch up on the news from around the retail loss prevention industry is often stolen away by other things. That’s why the LPM team sifts through headlines from all over the country to bring only the most relevant LP news to you here, in our special weekly news round-up—the perfect bookend to a productive week.
Here’s What You May Have Missed
Emerging Technology Currently Elevating the Retail Shopping Experience
AI was the headlining act at NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show in New York City, but retailers are leveraging other emerging forms of technology as well, all in an effort to provide an improved and seamless shopping experience.
Cargo Theft Reaches ‘Unprecedented Levels’ in 2024, Increasing by 27%
Cargo theft increased markedly in 2024, reaching “unprecedented levels”, according to a firm that tracks thefts in the US and Canada.
Maryland Business Leaders Call for Crackdown on Organized Retail Theft
Maryland business leaders and advocates are pushing lawmakers to pass a bill that would crack down on organized retail theft and hold offenders accountable.
California Task Force’s ‘Shoplift With A Cop’ Blitz Leads to Arrest of 37 Suspects
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office’s annual “Shop With a Cop” event drew droves out to the area’s shopping centers and malls. But behind the scenes, the county’s Organized Retail Theft Task Force (ORCTF) was conducting a crackdown on opportunistic shoplifters.
Retail Crime Rise Tied to “Soft On Criminal” Policies
Over the past four years there’s been a huge increase in retail theft in the United States, but that’s also about when a law enforcement trend allowing minimum or no punishment for “small,” non-violent shoplifters became popular.
Man Who Scammed Local Casino Employee into Stealing $700K Convicted
In August of 2023, a high-level employee at the Four Winds Casino in Hartford received a call they believed to be from a tribal chairperson instructing them to put $700,000 in a bag for an urgent payment. They employee loaded the money, left the casino, and dropped the money off to two men at a gas station in Gary.