Stop Basing Your Loss Prevention Procedures on Sticky Myths
Sticky myths and slippery truths: these five fallacies can derail a good loss prevention strategy.
Solutions Snapshot: CAP Index
CAP Index helps security, loss prevention, and risk management professionals objectively measure, thoroughly analyze, and proactively manage locations, assets, and crime risks.
Maurizio Scrofani Changed His Mind about Wall Street
In a recent interview, Scrofani divulges how, as an economics and finance major in college, he had plans to work on Wall Street. But his interest in finance gradually grew into a fascination with the world of loss prevention — and an eventual career shift.
Why You Need a Lone Working Policy
In the court case that followed a robbery carried out by a sixteen-year-old in 2015, where a female lone worker was threatened with a hammer, police commented, "It was a terrifying experience for the member of staff, who was the only person in the store at the time, and she has not worked since."
Shots Fired Inside Mall; No Reported Injuries
The sound of gunfire at SouthCenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington, Monday afternoon sent some shoppers into a panic, but luckily no one was injured.
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Is It Washington’s Birthday, Lincoln’s Birthday, or Presidents’ Day?
Which US President said it? "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
Safeguard Marketing and Other Unorthodox Shoplifting Prevention Techniques
Marketing and loss prevention have always been intertwined, but the effort to forge a closer bond with shoppers could further enmesh the two functions.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Why Victims Don’t Report
Here's one unfortunate reason: "If I work in a building with 500 people, surely somebody else will say something. It doesn't have to be me."