When Tragedy Strikes the Loss Prevention Community
On the evening of April 10, 2016, a shoplifting suspect was attempting to steal three flatscreen televisions from a metro Atlanta Walmart when he...
LPM 2016 Readership Survey: We Need You!
It's that time of year again -- where we ask our readers like YOU to tell us how we're doing. No matter how little...
NRF/Forrester Survey Says EMV Pushing Aside Other Payment Initiatives
Reducing credit card and debit card fraud by implementing EMV chip card acceptance has become retailers’ top payment issue in 2016, but retailers are...
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up – August 2016
Shoplifter Runs over Employee with Electric Scooter
Watching somebody roll through Walmart on an electric scooter looking for bargains on oversized containers of cheese balls...
Every Crisis Management Plan Needs to Address Workplace Violence
As mentioned in a recent article (“Terrorism, Workplace Violence, and Insurance Implications”), the latest research suggests that 95 percent of employers are either completely...
RLPSA Names David Johnston, CFI as New Board President
The Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association (RLPSA) has named David Johnston, CFI as the new Board President. Johnston is currently the Senior Director...
Completing the Loss Prevention Job Search: Preparing for Your Resignation
Once we’ve gone through the process of finding our next career match and completing our loss prevention job search, there is still unfinished business...
Jewelers’ Security Alliance Six-Month Crime Statistics and Trends
Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) has released its crime statistics for the first six months of 2016 which indicate a continued decline in crime against...
The BID Movement and Its Link to Retail Crime Prevention
History has shown that less is more in terms of reducing centralized control and complexity. In the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron tried—but failed—to...
2016 National Retail Security Survey Results Released
Results from the 25th annual National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) were recently released at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) PROTECT Conference, which was held...