Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

Philadelphia Deploys New Strategies Against Retail Theft | License Plate Cameras Help Solve Crimes but Are Creating Backlash Over Privacy Concerns | 525% Increase in Recovering Stolen Goods in California Thanks to Task Force

Watch this now on-demand webinar to hear about great cases, events, and information, and take a cross-country tour of ORC partnerships from New York to New Mexico.

Widespread protests and looting shocked the nation and rocked retail in 2020. As a contentious presidential election draws near, it’s time for retailers to prepare for more unrest.

California Voters Will Decide Whether to Roll Back Prop 47 | Police Searching for Suspects in Triple Homicide at Montgomery Grocery Store | Why Are Target and Walgreens Slashing Their Prices?

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

Program to Stop Retail Theft in California Is Underway | US Customs Seizes $1.38M in Counterfeit Championship Rings | How Did a Shoplifting Bill Get Through California’s Assembly with Most Democrats Opposed?

Retailers Use Police-Like Investigation Centers to Fight Theft, Shoppers Pay the Price | California Advances Legislation Cracking Down on Stolen Goods Resellers | Is Society in a State of Moral Decay, or Are Stores Exaggerating the Problem?

Police Fatally Shoot Amazon Warehouse Guard Who Tried to Kill Supervisor | For Some Retail Workers, Safety Threats Are Motivation for Unionizing | 3 Women Say They Were Sexually Assaulted in a Georgia Target

On May 1st, the Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance (GROC) hosted its inaugural Law Enforcement Symposium, marking a significant step forward in the fight against organized retail crime (ORC) in Georgia.

Woman Convicted of Using Target Self-Checkout to Steal $60K of Product | Shoplifting Suspect Dies After Being Shot by Phoenix Police | Large ORC Ring Is Charged in NYC