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Garett Seivold

Garett Seivold is senior writer for LP Magazine. He is a trained journalist who has been covering corporate security for industry professionals for over twenty years. Seivold has been recognized by several organizations for outstanding writing, investigative reporting, and instructional journalism. He has authored dozens of survey-based research reports and best-practice manuals on security-related topics. Seivold can be reached at GarettS (at) LPportal (dot) com.

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Workplace Bullying and How to Avoid a $4.7 Million Lawsuit

Actual violence or threats of actual violence demand more attention from loss prevention, asset protection, and security teams than workplace bullying does, but non-physical forms of workplace violence can hardly be ignored.

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As Retail Operations Change, Injury Prevention Must Too

Year after year, retail workers are less likely to get hurt on the job. The industry has seen a steady decline in its injury rate, dropping every year since 2012. But retail work has also gotten more deadly with the number of fatalities up five percent in 2016.

Safety

Avoid 4 Common Retail Security Training Deficiencies

According to research, workers whose education includes scenario-based instruction score better on retention exams, have a more positive attitude toward training material, and think arguments used in training are more persuasive.

Technology

Lessons from Research on Self-Checkout Technology

The prospect that self-checkout technology or no checkout will come to dominate retail environments is reflected in two recent news items.

LPM Voice

A Fresh Approach to Fraud Prevention May Allow Self-Checkout to Finally Meet Its Promise

While it's certainly the future, self-checkout is also a mature technology with persistent, unaddressed problems in need of a fresh fraud prevention approach. [Sponsored]

Featured Articles

Tools and Training Help LP Teams Punch Back Against Violence

Imagine, if you can, the country’s polarized politics spilling over into a store aisle and a retail associate trying to calm a shouting match...

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4 Tips for Better Management of Contract Security Retail Officers

The number of security guards directly hired by retailers is expected to decline by 2.8 percent between 2014 and 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ occupational outlook.

LPM Voice

As the Meaning of Asset Protection Evolves, How Should Loss Prevention Executives Respond?

The critical necessity of preventing loss and theft to physical goods has not been supplanted—but it has certainly been added to. [Sponsored]

Investigations

6 Steps for Preventing Employee Theft of High-Value Property

To the extent possible, it’s good to keep high-value assets and critical material separate from employees, but that’s not always practical.

Featured Articles

Counterintuitive Strategies for the Successful Loss Prevention Director

There is no universal secret to professional development success. Still, there tend to be commonalities among LP leaders who gain recognition within their organizations. And they’re not always what you’d expect.

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