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.
Shoplifting is often cited as the most frequently committed crime in societies around the world. (Content sponsored by the Crime Accountability Partnership Program.)
Facing rapidly evolving threats and coming off a year ending with weak sales, loss prevention, safety, and risk practitioners in the restaurant industry face a mounting number of critical questions.
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As the contract security guard industry has improved and become more professional, it has become tougher to assign all the blame to it when security partnerships go wrong.
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