Tag: loss prevention professionals
What You Need to Know about Video Surveillance Laws
Surveillance footage is most effective when used to impeach a plaintiff’s credibility as to the extent of his or her injuries. Since the tape is factual, not opinion, it is not subject to traditional credibility attacks, note Rubin and Stempler.
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Source Tagging: 20+ Years of Innovation
Every so often, a simple idea catches the imagination, fervor, and engagement of a group of people and is developed into a successful practice that revolutionizes a business. Electronic article surveillance (EAS) source tagging is definitely one of those.
The Loss Prevention Foundation Announces Newest Diploma-Level Partners
The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) recently announced its newest Diploma-level partners, Alto Assurance and ClickIt.
ORC Theft Trends and Impact
A more effective way to attack this type of theft is to bring together retailers and law enforcement resources in order to share trends and case details.
LPM “Magpie” Awards: Applauding Excellence, September–October 2018
The LPM "Magpie" Awards offer a means to celebrate industry accomplishments on an ongoing basis, recognizing the loss prevention professionals, teams, solution providers, law...
Partnering Science, Data, and Asset Protection to Tackle Retail Shrink
Over the course of the past half year, we have been working closely with The Kroger Co. and the asset protection team utilizing analytics...
Machine Learning and the Evolution of Exception Reporting (Appriss)
Recent years have seen an explosion of consumer products that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). Self-driving cars, Alexa, Siri, chatbots, Google search, and smart traffic...
How Store Environments Affect Shoplifting Crime
Here’s how one shoplifter assesses risk. “First things first—you want to know if they got what you want. The second factor is the risk involvement. The risk involvement will be security times cameras times employees times space times [other] customers."
Retailers Now Need to Watch for These Social Engineering Techniques
So what exactly is social engineering? It is the manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. It is a confidence (con, for short) trick for information gathering, fraud, or system access.
Loss Prevention Certification: Recently Certified – August 2018
We are pleased to recognize and congratulate an industry leader who recently obtained their LPC certification. Despite their demanding schedule and having other impressive educational credentials, they still saw the value and took the time to obtain this industry-leading LPC credential.