Shoplifting & Organized Retail Crime
By King Rogers
Forty years ago, organized theft (now called organized retail crime, or ORC) plagued the East Coast. Gangs of professional thieves from various countries in South America in an organized and well-planned scheme were targeting high-end designer clothes from department and specialty stores from Boston to Atlanta. Intelligence on these gangs
By King Rogers
The history of loss prevention reflects the dynamic nature of the industry and shows how it has risen in importance in the retail world since its inception. Back in the Sixties, retailers called the departments that were engaged to impact loss security. Many of the practitioners in those departments fit
By King Rogers
A Short History of Loss Prevention
In the sixties, retailers called the departments that were engaged to impact loss security. Many of the practitioners in those departments fit the nomenclature of their department in demeanor, behavior, action, and results. There was little communication between the security practitioners and the senior management
By King Rogers
Why should we, as loss prevention practitioners, consider modeling the loss prevention enterprise? After all, our job is to stop theft and other losses with cameras, tags, alarms, and all the many types of technological tools at our disposal.
It is precisely because of the ever-advancing technology as well as the
Shoplifting & Organized Retail Crime
By King Rogers
In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens wrote about a group of youths from about 10 to 14 years of age who were formed into a band of professional pickpockets by an older man named Fagin. Fagin befriended these young people by providing them with shelter, food, and drink only to be
