King Rogers
The Organized Theft “Sales Cycle”
Forty years ago, organized theft (now called organized retail crime, or ORC) plagued the East Coast. Gangs of professional thieves from various countries in...
A Brief History of Loss Prevention
The history of loss prevention reflects the dynamic nature of the industry and shows how it has risen in importance in the retail world...
Emerging Trends in Loss Prevention
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...
Integrating Technology into the Loss Prevention Enterprise
Why should we, as loss prevention practitioners, consider modeling the loss prevention enterprise? After all, our job is to stop theft and other losses...
Organized Retail Theft
In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens wrote about a group of youths from about 10 to 14 years of age who were formed into a...