Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

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

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?