Tag: theft investigation
Building the Foundation for a Strong Logistics Loss Prevention Department
Once, a distribution center supervisor told me about their former logistics loss prevention manager. During management meetings, this fellow took great pride in informing...
Certification Has Tremendous Benefits for Law Enforcement
Mitzi Perry, LPQ, has been an investigator at the St. Petersburg (Florida) Police Department since 1999. In 2001, she was assigned to the auto...
Test, Do, Learn, and Share
Over the years, enterprise needs for supply-chain asset protection (SCAP) have undergone a transformation from lock-and-key security operations to more integrated supply-chain security and...
Who’s Telling the Truth? Tips for a Loss Prevention Investigator
Let’s consider the context under which an individual decides to lie. First and foremost is the deceptive individual’s fear of detection. The fear of...
Social Media Monitoring for Brand Threats and Suspicious Activity
The statistics are in, and the results boast resounding numbers. According to Eric Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We...
A Formula for Fighting Organized Retail Theft
What started out as a small meeting in Houston to discuss the problem of infant formula theft led to arguably one of the most...
$1 Million Apple iTunes Scam Takes Employee Theft to Another Level
An employee theft incident at the Apple Store in the Queens Center Mall has resulted in a 24-year-old man being charged with grand larceny...
Loss Prevention Interview Tips
In our last two columns, we discussed how context matters in conversations and the questions that are appropriate to ask as part of the...