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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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Retail Crime

How to Catch Someone Stealing without the Use of Excessive Force

More than lecture, video, or online instruction and pen-and-pencil testing, situational exercises or scenario training provides supervisors with a picture of how ready an officer is to handle an event.

Loss Prevention

Keys to a More Reliable Project Cost Estimation

These tips may help you to assess the completeness of a project’s cost estimate, either when conducting your own estimate or evaluating the sufficiency of an estimate developed by a consultant or integrator.

Safety

3 Indispensable Ideas for Your Retail Store Safety Checklist

Loss prevention executives may want to review these steps for a retail store safety checklist to see if any actions that other companies have found helpful might prevent their next injury—and perhaps a million-dollar jury award.

Loss Prevention

How to Maintain a Positive Outlook among Your Loss Prevention Staff

A growing body of research links loss prevention staff attitudes to the training they receive. How else should managers handle negativity in the workplace?

Safety

Physical Security Threats and Vulnerabilities

Learn what physical security threats and vulnerabilities your devices might be exposed to, and then learn how to harden those technologies against them.

Technology

The Retail Robot Revolution Is Underway

Adoption of the retail robot is expected to accelerate as strategies are developed to justify the investment. According to market analysts, the most aggressive early adopters will be businesses that can show clear financial losses due to criminal activity and where robots can reduce risks to workers.

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Professional Development

How Can We Keep Good People in Loss Prevention Positions?

High staff turnover in stores, including in asset protection and loss prevention positions, complicates the effort to keep general and LP staff continually updated and skilled in profit protection.

Industry News

What Would a Threat Management Unit Look Like in the Retail Space?

A few years ago, Alisha Bromfield, a Home Depot employee, was strangled and killed by her supervisor while the two were traveling to a wedding together.

Safety

Now is the Time to Talk: The Crisis Leadership Role in Emergency Preparations

Many crisis events are, by their nature, impossible to predict. However, the impact they have on retailers can be dramatically curtailed if the organization is prepared.

Safety

New Court Cases Show Liability for Security Lapses Can Go Beyond What Retailers Might Expect

Three recent verdicts exemplify the importance of proactive security, as plaintiff's attorneys often find ways around efforts to limit liability. In one case, after an employee assault on a coworker, a retailer learns it must face a lawsuit without its insurance carrier.

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