Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

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 April.

California City Accepts $975K to Crackdown on ORC | Millions in State Funding Being Used to Stop NY Retail Theft | Task Force Credited with Nearly 90 Retail Theft Arrests in San Mateo, CA

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