Professional Development

Please join us in congratulating the following individuals on their recent career moves and promotions.

Blain’s Farm & Fleet, led by Dan Boutelle, exemplifies community impact through decades of support for the American Heart Association—raising over $6.8 million, hosting annual charity events, and implementing lifesaving AED programs that have already saved eight lives in their stores.

Loss prevention professionals face unique mental health challenges due to high-stress, high-risk job environments, and accessible therapy options can help them build resilience and sustain long-term well-being.

In an increasingly unpredictable world, businesses must adopt a dynamic and regularly updated resilience strategy—guided by tools like the PESTEL framework—to proactively manage evolving threats across political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal dimensions.

Jacque Brittain, LPC, emphasizes that storytelling is a vital leadership skill—crucial for communication, influence, and credibility—urging loss prevention professionals to master this art to strengthen reports, inspire teams, and drive results.

After a five-year break, the 2025 MI ORCA Conference returned with renewed energy, uniting law enforcement, prosecutors, and retail professionals to share strategies, highlight successes, and strengthen partnerships in the fight against ORC across Michigan and beyond.

Inside, find a wide variety of stories about artificial intelligence for loss prevention professionals, including a look at the role of AI in criminal investigations and law enforcement, how AI is taking case management to the next level, how AI can stop loss at the checkout, and more!

Before joining Flock, Oscar spent 18 years at Target Corporation, where he most recently served as vice president of assets protection.

Recently, the Food Industry Association’s (FMI) asset protection community took over St. Louis for the 2025 Asset Protection and Grocery Resilience Conference.

Available on-demand now, this eye-opening webinar delves into the complex world of investigating internal losses within the retail industry.