LAAORCA Speakers - These episodes of opening speakers at the Los Angeles Area Organized Retail Crime Association's 3rd annual conference in Feb 2012 represent the 2nd largest city in the U.S. and are comprised of senior public officials that have been heavily involved in the ORC efforts throughout Southern California. Their speeches show how important the public and private partnerships are in combating this national problem. Their comments and predictions are extremely important to hear and shed light on how effective LAAORCA has been and how important LAAORCA's future role must be. Established in 2009, LAAORCA now stands as a perfect role model for all ORCA programs in North America and these episodes are being brought to you for just that purpose. Educating today for growth tomorrow. Make sure you watch them and if you're trying to form one in your city feel free to share them with your public officials and make sure you watch the LAAORCA Leaders episode as it gives you an inside look at how it got started and how it operates.
 

LAAORCA - Assistant Chief Michel Moore - Office of Special Operations, LAPD

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ORC gang in North Wales convicted that wore specially adapted lycra leotard suits with front openings for concealing merchandise. In the four-and-a-half minutes the men were in the store they got away with 10 packs of coffee, two bottles of spirits, two air fresheners and a can of chili. When their car was stopped a short while later a list of postcodes of Co-op stores in North Wales was also found. "They had been deliberately sent to North Wales and targeted retail premises." (Source walesonline.co.uk)
 

Excerpts from GAO-11-675:  Efforts to Combat Organized Retail Crime The U.S. Government's Accountability Office report on ORC (June 2011) found the following, Part 1 of 3 What GAO Found Retailers collaborate with law enforcement agencies to detect and deter retail theft and investigate potential ORC cases, and federal agencies are taking steps to better track their involvement. Stopping ORC begins with retailers, which have invested in new technologies and personnel to deter and investigate ORC. These investigations are often conducted in concert with local law enforcement, which generally must balance ORC investigative demands with other offenses—including violent crime. Federal agencies, including FBI and ICE, also work major ORC cases in conjunction with retailers and local law enforcement. These agencies do not have dedicated ORC resources, but both have implemented recent efforts to enhance tracking of ORC cases within their case management systems, including developing a program code to better track involvement in ORC cases. Such tracking is intended, in part, to improve data collection and reporting of case information and help inform management resource decisions. (Source gao.gov) Tomorrow - Part 2 of - What the GAO found.