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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.

Articles

Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Retailers Increasingly Worried about ORC Statistics

Despite retailers reporting worrisome and worsening ORC statistics, resources to fight it may be on the verge of stagnating. Only 40 percent said their companies are allocating more resources to fight ORC, down from about half of retailers that noted increased spending in both 2016 and 2015.

Safety

What We Can Do About Racial Profiling in Retail Stores

One idea to limit lawsuits: Conduct periodic surprise store audits to ensure compliance, identify gaps in training, and weed out problem employees.

Industry News

EEOC News and Enforcement Trends

Data examining the broader security industry suggests that security personnel actually file about as many lawsuits against their employers as they spark because of something they did or did not do.

Safety

A Security Lawsuit Is a Legal Landmine

Nine seconds after three armed men entered a convenience store in Rochester, NY, one of them shot security guard Brian Brown in the face. “Thirty-six pellets went into my eye, the rest went into my head,” he told local WHAM 13 News. “They’re still in there.”

Safety

The Real Danger of a Hostile Workplace

Loss prevention and asset protection teams need to track and analyze incidents and investigate complaints of workplace harassment and bullying for any suggestion that race or ethnic discrimination is a contributing cause.

Loss Prevention

CASE STUDY: The Rent-A-Center Loss Prevention Challenge

“Deprive a thief of a safe and ready market for his goods; and he is undone.”

- Digital Partners -

Safety

Background Screening for Violence Prevention: What Checks Do Retailers Make? Are They Enough?

In the nation's third workplace shooting in 24 hours, a temporary worker at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, MD, opened fire on her coworkers, killing three and wounding several others before shooting herself.

LPM Voice

Reduce Employee Theft by Removing Opportunity

Not every solution needs to feed into the crime prevention arms race. An important foundation, say researchers and industry experts, is for retailers to assess whether their basic control policies and procedures might be inadvertently contributing to employee dishonesty.

LPM Voice

Integrating Technology and Contract Officer Management

The convenience of today's app-driven world is all around us. Whether we're on the road, ordering a ride or mapping a route, or at work, creating notes, scheduling a meeting, or getting a reminder that we have a meeting, the convenience is there.

Investigations

Does Employee Monitoring Technology Change Staff Behavior?

Does technology-based employee monitoring reduce misconduct? Does it dampen or enhance worker productivity? What do you think?

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Violence in the Workplace

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