Integrating Technology into the Loss Prevention Enterprise
Why should we, as loss prevention practitioners, consider modeling the loss prevention enterprise? After all, our job is to stop theft and other losses...
It Is Entirely about the People
Most all of us are in the midst of implementing strategies for a new fiscal year. As we do so, I wonder how many...
Telephone Interviewing: New Tactic for an Old Problem
Times are changing and organizations need to change with them. With the advent of computerized media review, the loss prevention department can target dishonest...
Ensuring the Survival of New Security Managers
Of all the problems that retail security directors have in common, perhaps there is none more frustrating than the loss of a good security...
A Tale of Two Companies: A Roadmap for Merging LP Departments
LensCrafters is the largest chain of optical superstores with more than 860 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Sunglass Hut International is recognized as...
From Store Detective to the ASIS Board of Directors
EDITORS NOTE: Linda Florence, CPP, is currently assistant director of security and investigations at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, rated one...
Managing in an Era of Uncertainty
The terrorist attacks of September 11 will have a lasting effect on the way we do business in this country. Issues such as security,...
The Myths and Realities of Criminal History Research
 Our nation’s courts are among the oldest institutions in this nation of laws, and their many distinct, disjointed, and undesirable systems are part of...
Organized Retail Theft
In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens wrote about a group of youths from about 10 to 14 years of age who were formed into a...
The Journey from Security to Corporate Management – A Conversation with David Myers
EDITOR’S NOTE: David Myers recently left Montgomery Ward after 14 years as vice president of asset protection. Before the demise of Ward’s, Myers managed...