Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Cook County Task Force Uses All Means to Bust ORC in Chicago | To Prevent Theft, Many Big Chains Now Lock Up All Kinds of Merchandise | 2 Walmart Stores Remove Self-Checkout Kiosks as Retail Giants Rethink the Option

Retail Theft Bills Steal the Spotlight During Public Safety Hearing | California Crackdown on ORC Leads to Nearly 500 Arrests, Recovery of 160,000 Stolen Goods in Just 3 Months | Arrests Made in $14.5M Gold Heist—Largest Ever in Canada

Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs New Law Implementing Stricter Penalties for Shoplifting and Package Theft | Tops Friendly Market Gets Police Substation 2 Years After Deadly Mass Shooting | Can California Curb Retail Theft Without Changing Prop. 47?

Discussions with retailers reveal that the retail crime problem and the homelessness problem are related. Learn more in this article from the LPRC's Cory Lowe.

Retail crime is a real and powerful concern. In this Wrapping Up column by Jac Brittain, read why we need to continue to take this problem seriously.

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the ORC problem, here are just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of March.

Retail Theft Ring That Spanned 13 Counties Busted, 5 Suspects Arrested | Security Officer Recounts Fatal Walmart Stabbing | California Lawmakers Have a New Solution to Deter Retail Thieves: Arresting Them

Customs Officers Seize $2.71M Shipment of Counterfeit Sports Merchandise | LA County Sheriff’s Department's ORC Task Force Conducts Major Fencing Bust | Amazon Invested $1.2B, Hired 15,000 People to Tackle Counterfeit Problem

Hiring and training more employees to deliver excellent customer service is the solution to rising theft. Read more in this article.

To Catch Retail Thieves, This Unlikely Duo Treats Them Like the Mob | How a Shoplifting Crime Wave Is Forcing the Retreat of Self-Checkout | Suspected Retail Theft Crew Busted after Running from Police in California