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OpenEye Introduces Line of All-in-One Solution Cloud Cameras

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Everon launches Mavn BI™, Onepoint™, and Sightline™ brands for intelligence-driven, video solutions and account management suite

National integrator unlocks new value, enhances customer experience with cloud-based offering, linking business intelligence, video, and core business solutions

Boca Raton, Fla. - [October 16, 2024] - Everon ("Everon, LLC" or "The Company"), a leading security integrator and premier provider of commercial security, fire and life safety solutions in the U.S., announced today the launch of Mavn BI™ business intelligence, Sightline™ advanced video solutions, and Onepoint™ account management portal as part of a series of differentiating offerings. The launch notably delivers on Everon's investment made through this year's acquisition of DIGIOP, a groundbreaking software development company specializing in video and business intelligence solutions, and reaffirms the integrator's mission to chart a path to growth through technology and innovation.

Mavn BI offers commercial, enterprise-level customers the ability to manage and access robust data and analytics. Mavn BI leverages data from a variety of sources - including point of sale, video analytics, alarm data, license plate recognition, and more - to empower businesses with actionable knowledge to help improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, protect people and assets, and help reduce loss.

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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact


'Shoplifters Gone Wild'
Why People Think It's Okay to Steal

"They pop the locks; they melt the glass; they take the keys out of employees' hands."

By definition, most shoplifting is petty plunder-candy bars, baby formula, lipstick. But the small stuff adds up, as demonstrated by viral videos showing shelves of deodorant or cold medicine swiped into Hefty bags by thieves who can't even be bothered to run away. Some people contend that all of the noise about shoplifting reflects mainly a race-tinged social panic, but the retail industry is not locking up its goods, annoying its customers, and closing stores because of a few viral videos. Companies are doing it because they're seeing their goods walk out the door, costing them billions.

Big corporate retailers, mom-and-pop shops, cops, prosecutors, and lawmakers have tried everything to stop the thefts: get tough, be gentle, invest in new surveillance technology, turn pharmacies into fortresses. Nothing seems to work. At my Target in Washington, D.C., I counted 21 aisles of goods locked behind plastic, including toothpaste, body wash, underwear, earbuds, and air fresheners-all items that impulse thieves and organized criminals alike find desirable and easiest to resell, on the street or, more often these days, online.

Whereas many on the right see the rise in shoplifting as proof of a nationwide moral collapse, many on the left deny that it's even happening or that it is a meaningful problem. Shoplifting is one of the hardest crimes to measure, because only a tiny proportion of cases are ever reported to police. Thefts aren't increasing in every city-in some, reported thefts have gone down-and viral videos of shoplifters-gone-wild don't necessarily add up to a crime wave. But merchandise is disappearing off shelves at such high rates that stores have resorted to extreme measures to defend themselves-even at the risk of alienating paying customers. The surge, retailers and industry experts say, is real.  theatlantic.com

Some businesses try to look tough by dressing the guards in black tactical gear or equipping them with a German shepherd or a handgun, but "you're mainly intimidating your customers," he said. "If I pull up in the parking lot and see that, I'm pulling out."

Hardening the target-creating what the industry calls the "fortress store"-doesn't work either. Adding physical barriers and locking away products "not only deters shoplifters; it deters legitimate customers," Mershimer said. Ditto for limiting the amount of stock placed on display: A mostly empty shelf is more of a turnoff to real customers than to thieves.

Some stores have started locking their front doors, buzzing in only people who look like paying customers. But what does a paying customer look like? Door buzzers are invitations for a discrimination lawsuit.


Violent Crime Actually Rose 4.5%, FBI Revision Shows
FBI revised 2022 crime data to show violent offenses rose rather than dropped
The FBI quietly adjusted its figures for 2022 in recent weeks - and the new numbers show that offenses actually ticked up overall. The apparent stealth edit to the bureau's statistics, first reported by RealClearInvestigations, shows that the raw number of violent crime incidents - including murders, assaults and rapes - rose to 1,256,671 in 2022 from 1,197,930 in 2021, an increase of 4.9%.

In October of 2023, the FBI put out a press release unveiling its national crime data for 2022, which found that "national violent crime decreased an estimated 1.7% in 2022 compared to 2021 estimates." Initially, the bureau projected that the violent crime rate relative to the US population had slipped by 2.1% in 2022 compared to 2021.

But the FBI's adjustment now suggests that the rate of violent crime actually jumped by about 4.5% over the same period. The upward revision went unmentioned in the bureau's annual crime figures press release from September of this year, which announced that violent crime dropped by roughly 3% year-over-year in 2023.

The Crime Prevention Research Center first identified the FBI's subtle fix, citing a spreadsheet breaking down the original data. In 2021, the bureau appears to have concluded it overcounted violent crime incidents by 55,786 and undercounted them in 2022 by 24,243. nypost.com


Progressives Oppose Prop. 36
CA's Prop. 36 won't address retail theft, drug addiction or homelessness: Opinion
Proponents of Proposition 36 call it the "Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act," yet it will create no new homes, no shelters and no treatment programs. It should have been called the "More Money for Prisons, Less Money for Schools and Drug Treatment Act."

That's because the proposition, if enacted this November, will send people with drug problems to prison or jail rather than treatment, increasing jail and prison costs by hundreds of millions of dollars a year at a time when the state already has a significant budget deficit.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office estimates that Prop. 36 will strip about $100 million annually from substance abuse treatment and reentry programs. And because the measure includes no new revenue or mechanisms to pay for these added costs, it will likely force California to slash funding for our schools, health care and other vital programs. yahoo.com

 
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'The Current Pharmacy Model is Not Sustainable'
Why your drug store is closing

CVS is closing 900 stores. Rite-Aid is closing 500. Walgreens announced Tuesday it plans to close 1,200 stores, meaning 1 in 7 will disappear. What is going on with America's drug stores?

Walgreens and other chains overexpanded during the 1990s and 2000s to drive out competitors and draw more customers. They are now shutting down because of shifting consumer habits, competition and changes in the pharmacy industry.

Around 25% of Walgreens' stores aren't profitable, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in June, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft.

Walgreens and other retailers say they have been hit by shoplifting since the pandemic, and resorted to locking up items or closing high-theft stores. But shoplifting alone doesn't explain Walgreens' problems, and the company subsequently admitted last year it "cried too much" over the impact of the would-be scourge. Meanwhile, increased competition and failed growth strategies, like acquiring primary care providers, continue to have reverberating impacts on drug stores.

"We are at a point where the current pharmacy model is not sustainable," Wentworth said in June.

CVS, the largest US chain, closed 244 stores between 2018 and 2020. In 2021, it announced plans to close an additional 900 stores. Earlier this month, CVS said it planned to cut about 2,900 jobs corporate jobs.

And Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy last year, closing up to 500 stores. cnn.com


Consumer Outlook Healthy & Supply Chain Stable
Holiday shopping season: An early look at how retail stores and e-commerce are getting ready for the rush

The consumer outlook is similar to last year & the supply chain is looking more stable.

The consumer continues to look healthy and the supply chain has regained stability as the holiday shopping season begins.

That's according to DHL Supply Chain's new CEO for North America, Patrick Kelleher, who told CNBC the shipping company is seeing more promotional items make their way out of warehouses and to retailers, but not in a signal of increased consumer weakness compared to the prior year.

"Across the board, we are seeing volumes very similar to what we've seen in past years, especially last year," said Kelleher.

Freight is considered a forward-looking indicator of a retailer's expectations of the consumer, and Kelleher said more promotional items have left or are leaving warehouses and filling store shelves, but he added, "I think it's very consistent from what we've seen in past years in terms of the combination of retailers' engagement of promotional strategies around particular product categories, sell-through of their core offerings. We don't see a big shift there."  cnbc.com


Election Day's Business Impact
Companies are talking about how Election Day will impact them, from slowing beer sales to people flying less
The US presidential election is just under three weeks away, and companies from Citigroup to Delta are flagging how it might affect their businesses. CEOs and other business leaders have weighed in on Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and the effects that each candidate would have on their companies if elected.

But they're also pointing to the effects that Election Day, November 5, will likely have on their businesses - everything from drinkers buying less to companies issuing debt sooner. Constellation Brands, which makes Corona and Modelo, often sees beer consumption slow down around contentious US elections, CEO William Newlands said during an earnings call on October 3.

Delta Air Lines expects a 1 percentage point hit to its revenue this quarter as people avoid traveling in the two weeks around Election Day, Glen Hauenstein, Delta's president, said on Thursday. Delta saw something similar happen after the 2016 election, Hauenstein said at the time.

Differences between Harris and Trump on taxes, tariffs, and other issues could lead to very different outcomes for Wall Street depending on who wins the presidential election. businessinsider.com


400 New Stores
Ulta Beauty plans to open 400 new stores, hit 50M loyalty members
Ulta Beauty's profitability strategy includes aggressive growth in store count and loyalty program size.

At its 2024 Investor Day event, the nation's largest beauty retailer, which recently reported its first quarterly revenue and earnings per share misses since 2020, unveiled a strategy to drive profitable growth and market share in beauty and wellness that includes accelerating new store openings to reach a total of more than 1,800 over the long-term. Ulta currently has more than 1,400 locations mnationwide.

The retailer maintained its guidance for fiscal year 2024 and expects a total of 60 to 65 net new stores and 40-45 remodel and relocation projects chainstoreage.com


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Ransomware Attacks Surge Against Microsoft Customers
Microsoft reveals ransomware attacks against its customers nearly tripled last year

Despite the increase, the percentage of cyberattacks reaching the encryption stage continued to decline, according to a Microsoft study.

Microsoft customers confronted nearly triple the amount of ransomware attacks during the one-year period ending in June, the company said Tuesday in its Digital Defense Report.

Microsoft observed a 275% year-over-year increase in human-operated ransomware attacks between July 2023 and June 2024. This increase in ransomware attacks was partially offset by a sustained decrease in cyberattacks reaching the encryption stage, the report found.

"The percentage of attacks reaching actual encryption phase has decreased over the past two years by threefold," Microsoft said in the report. "Automatic attack disruption contributed to this positive trend in decreasing successful attacks."

While data and systems encryption is a traditional defining characteristic of ransomware attacks, many financially motivated attackers skip the step of encryption and steal sensitive data for extortion.

One of the most consequential ransomware attack sprees this year to date did not involve encryption. In April, a ransomware group compromised the Snowflake environments of more than 100 companies in a wave of attacks, resulting in widespread data theft, exposure and extortion, according to Mandiant. cybersecuritydive.com


'The Evolution of Attack Surface Management'
CISOs' strategies for managing a growing attack surface
In this Help Net Security interview, Rickard Carlsson, CEO at Detectify, discusses the evolution of attack surface management in the context of remote work and digital transformation.

AdvertisementCarlsson highlights the challenges CISOs face today, including maintaining visibility and managing compliance in an expanding attack surface, all while dealing with limited resources and rising business demands.

With the shift towards remote work and digital transformation, how has the traditional concept of attack surface management evolved? What are the biggest challenges CISOs face today compared to a few years ago?

Organizations should start forgetting about the old perimeter-based approach to security. There is virtually no difference between office work and remote work anymore. There is no inside and outside, just outside. What is to be secured now is a growing, dynamic, and sprawling mess of endpoints, cloud services, and third-party applications that form an external attack surface.

It is no wonder that CISOs face many challenges today related to attack surface expansion. They are constantly battling to maintain visibility, keep up with modern (and quickly evolving) tech changes, new attack vectors, and stay on top of a growing compliance and regulatory wave (like NIS2, DORA, or the Cyber Resilience Act in Europe). Plus, they need to do it all with limited resources and increasing pressure to bring business value. helpnetsecurity.com


Defenders must adapt to shrinking exploitation timelines
A new report from Mandiant reveals that the average time-to-exploit vulnerabilities before or after a patch is released has plunged to just five days in 2023, down from 32 days in 2021 in 2022.

One reason for this is the fact that, in 2023, exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities (unknown to vendors, with no patches available) considerably outpaced the exploitation of n-day flaws (publicly disclosed bugs, with patches available). Another is that n-day exploitation continues to occur more quickly after disclosure.

Mandiant's analysts have analyzed 138 vulnerabilities disclosed in 2023 that have been first exploited either as zero-days (97, or 70%) or as n-days (41, or 30%).

Zero-days are being increasingly favored by attackers, it seems, and this might be due to improved detection of zero-days or a higher success rate in exploiting them. helpnetsecurity.com


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Eliminating the Risk of Cash-Only Cannabis Dispensaries
What are Smart Safes and How to Use Them at Cannabis Dispensaries
The cannabis industry presents a very unique and challenging field to conduct business in. Not only must cannabis businesses navigate the waters of a semi-legal industry, but they must also deal almost exclusively in cash. Handling and managing cash can pose real financial risks for cannabis dispensaries.

For starters, having large sums of cash present at your business invites criminal activity from both outside and within. Beyond that, keeping track of cash on a daily basis is a laborious and time-consuming task.

Smart safes are a practical way to eliminate much of the risk involved with cash at cannabis dispensaries. With this new technology, cannabis business owners can increase efficiency at their dispensaries, while also keeping better tabs on cash totals.

What are Smart Safes?

Smart safes can combine traditional locking safes and modern cash management software in a single unit. With smart safes, cannabis business owners can track cash flow at their dispensaries at all times, while also having better control over who has access to the cash. Cannabis business owners can also keep tabs on cash activity at their stores from afar simply by logging into their cash management account.

Smart safe technology keeps track of cash deposits directly at the point of sale (POS). As such, these safes can give a real-time update on exactly how much cash is on hand at the store at all times. When it comes time for employees to balance their registers at the end of a shift, much of the hard work is already complete.

What are the Main Features of Smart Safes?

Smart safes are designed specifically to streamline the daily cash flow activities at retail businesses like cannabis dispensaries and can help cannabis business owners and management count money, balance registers, secure cash, and get deposits to the bank.

How can Smart Safes Help Cannabis Dispensaries?

With cash management software, smart safes give cannabis businesses real-time access to cash totals in store. Using this technology, cannabis business owners can monitor activity from afar and make sure their team remains compliant. Even more, with increased access control measures, smart safes will greatly reduce the risks of internal theft at the dispensary. sapphirerisk.com


Businesses Grapple with Cannabis 'Gray Area'
The cannabis industry is awaiting a legal green light, but can businesses survive?

Legal gray area surrounding the drug makes it difficult to prepare next steps, with rescheduling a perpetual threat

AdvertisementThe Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, which took place in downtown Chicago last week, revealed an industry tensely awaiting legal legitimacy.

At first glance, it looked like any other business conference. Men, many in formal business suits, outnumbered women. The exhibition hall was completely devoid of skunk-y smells and a free T-shirt or tote bag was easier to come by than a joint.

Many attendees were accustomed to corporate culture before getting into cannabis, with backgrounds in the alcohol industry, the medical industry or law. Many CEOs of cannabis companies told the Guardian they'd never actually tried cannabis before working with it.

Between discussions about taxes and lobbying, panelists occasionally acknowledged the hundreds of thousands of people who have been incarcerated for taking part in the illegal cannabis industry, people who would never get to participate in a conference like this one.

Most conversations revolved around the difficulties of sustaining a business in a legal gray area. cannabisbusinessexecutive.com


Portland, OR: Suspect surrenders after 2 killed in Portland cannabis store shooting
On Wednesday, a man was arrested and charged with murder as well as other charges relating to an Oct. 3 cannabis store shooting in which two people were killed. 34-year-old Jason Steiner of Gresham turned himself in to the police and was put in jail on charges of two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. The investigation found that the shooting happened after an armed robbery of the store by three people, Steiner was an employee of the cannabis store that was robbed. The shooting happened in the St. John's neighborhood at the La Mota dispensary in the 9400 block of North St. Louis Avenue.  kptv.com


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Fighting Amazon Fakes
Counterfeit Amazon products | What the Tech?
Millions of people shopped during the Amazon Prime Day sales this week and online shopping won't stop there, neither will counterfeit products. Fakes can be in any category. Personal items like shampoo, and eye drops. Tools, electronics and items for the home among other categories.

Amazon says it removed over seven million fake goods from its storefront in 2023. With most of them, you wouldn't recognize as counterfeits until it arrives in the mail.

These Apple Airpods I purchased might be real, but they don't sound quite right. When you're shopping, pay attention to who's selling it. Items sold and shipped by Amazon are likely the real deals. But there are millions of third-party sellers. Some may be shipped from Amazon, but the seller is responsible for the authenticity of the items. They also have their own return policies.

Take some time to read reviews. Do not go by the star ratings. This product, sold by a third-party seller, has 100% positive reviews. But look: All of the 1 star reviews have been canceled, boosting the seller's ratings.

SD cards are easily counterfeited. This buyer recorded video of the card she received and melted in her camera. It looks as though someone placed a sticker over a cheap card to make it look legit.

If you're shopping with a third-party seller, reading reviews is critical because those sellers have their own return policies. You'll deal with them and not Amazon.

Trust your gut. Listings for counterfeit products are often much cheaper than those sold by Amazon might be fake. kob.com


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Police arrest and Albany DA indict three for retail crime ring; Part of a larger group of at least eight
County District Attorney David Soares announced the indictments of three Albany women at a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 2, for their involvement in a major retail crime ring in the Capital District. Soares also highlighted that complications arose from recent bail reform legislation, which prevents judges from setting bail in cases of petty and grand larceny, allowing suspects to reoffend multiple times. The six-count indictment named two of the three women: Winter Vandross, 19, and Zamaria Williams, 22, both of Albany. A third suspect, Myunique McQueen, 21, also of Albany, was at large but was arrested on Friday, Oct. 11. Although McQueen was not named during the press conference, Spotlight News confirmed her identity through multiple sources familiar with the situation. "These three young ladies account for over $78,000 worth of stolen merchandise from just three stores... in just three short months," Soares said, referring to thefts from Kohl's, LensCrafters, and Ulta Beauty. spotlightnews.com


Cordova, TN: Warrants issued for alleged serial shoplifters in effort to crack down on retail crime in Cordova area
The Memphis Police Department has issued warrants for five alleged serial shoplifters as part of a collaborative effort to crack down on retail theft in the Appling Farms precinct. Brianna Neal, 22, is wanted for 10 counts of shoplifting. Meoshia Neal, 41, is wanted for three counts of shoplifting. Tamara Williams, 23, is wanted for 12 counts of shoplifting. Charity Evans, 23, is wanted for 14 counts of shoplifting. Kayamber Kizzie, 26, is wanted for shoplifting, two counts of felony theft, and assault. MPD Major Byron Braxton says arrests for retail thefts in the Cordova area are up 60% since last year thanks to the Appling Farms station's Retail Theft Taskforce and Retail Theft Collaborative with area businesses. More than 50 businesses with 160 loss prevention representatives, officers and managers are in constant communication with police about thefts in the area. actionnews5.com


Davidson County, TN: Woman arrested after year-long shoplifting spree across Tennessee
A woman has been charged after a year-long shoplifting spree where she reportedly stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from stores like Lululemon, Nike and Sephora. Jernithia Bell, 24, was arrested Tuesday, accused of carrying out multiple thefts in 2024. She now faces over a dozen charges. According to court documents dating back to January, Bell entered stores at Opry Mills Mall, Tanger Outlets Nashville, the Mall at Green Hills and others to shoplift merchandise adding up to a total of over $8,500. Bell and other suspects were captured on surveillance cameras entering stores like Ralph Lauren, selecting merchandise, and hiding it away in bags before exiting the stores without paying. Documents state that on two occasions, Bell, along with other suspects, targeted multiple stores in one day. newsnationnow.com


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Shootings & Deaths


Man killed at Maryland Foot Locker had 4-year-old son with him
A man who was shot and killed at a shoe store in Prince George's County, Maryland, had his 4-year-old son with him at the time, charging documents reveal. Two suspects charged in the death of 24-year-old Dominique Hodge appeared in court Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors said Hodge was shoe shopping with his son Thursday evening at the Foot Locker at The Shops at Iverson in Hillcrest Heights when suspects gunned him down. Before the shooting, Hodge made eye contact with three suspects as they were leaving the store, according to charging documents. Prosecutors said Hodge and someone in the suspects' group brushed up against each other in the store before shots rang out. A witness told police they heard dozens of rounds fire in rapid succession, and investigators believe a gun equipped with a switch that turns it into a machine gun was used in the killing. An officer saw three suspects near the shooting scene, investigators said. Police captured one suspect, 19-year-old Andres Rodriguez-Corona, about half a mile from the mall. He's charged with first- and second-degree murder. nbcwashington.com
 

Spokane Valley, WA: Man shot, killed outside Safeway in Spokane Valley identified
A man was shot and killed outside a Safeway on East Trent Avenue in the Spokane Valley around 6:15 a.m. on Saturday. Spokane County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) deputies and Spokane Valley deputies arrived in the area after several callers reported hearing gunshots, seeing a victim lying on the ground and that a possible suspect had fled the scene. SCSO says the suspect has not been located, but detectives believe the shooting was an isolated incident and that there is not an ongoing threat to the public. The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified 53-year-old William McCreight as the person who died. The medical examiner said the cause of McCreight's death was multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of his death was homicide. krem.com


Springfield police, county detectives continue probe of parking lot shooting
The probe continued Tuesday in a shooting at Springfield Park Shopping Center, 857 Baltimore Pike. Springfield police said in a news release that they were called at 4 p.m. Sunday to the rear lot for a report of a shooting. They found a vehicle parked in the far rear of the lot with the back window shot out with the victim inside the vehicle. The shooter had fled the scene before the arrival of police. The injured man was taken to a hospital. Police secured the scene, and detectives responded to process the scene along with the Delaware County Criminal Investigations Division. delcotimes.com


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Robberies, Incidents & Thefts


St. Louis, MO: 63 smoke detectors stolen from Lowe's stores; 2 arrested
Two Romanian men believed to be part of a national theft syndicate are appearing in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Wednesday after being charged with stealing several dozen smoke detectors from area Lowe's stores. According to the Chesterfield Police Department's probable cause statement, the most recent theft occurred on Monday, Oct. 14, at the Lowe's in Chesterfield. Police said employees observed the two men, Crisan Vasile and Florin Stefan, leave the store with $3,000 worth of smoke detectors. fox2now.com



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Boutique - Atlanta, GA - Burglary
C-Store - Red Lion, PA - Armed Robbery
C-Store - Garland, TX - Armed Robbery
Cell Phone - Goldsboro, NC - Armed Robbery
Drug Store - Newark, DE - Robbery
Gas Station - Campbell County, VA - Armed Robbery
Jewelry - Leawood, KS - Burglary
Laundromat - Portage, PA - Robbery
Liquor Store - Alton, IL - Armed Robbery
Smoke Shop - Grand Junction, CO - Robbery                         

 

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Temple, TX - Posted June 18
The Loss Prevention Specialist identifies various types of losses and thefts, works cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment providing critical guidance to Operations on asset protection and profit improvement initiatives. At The Fikes Companies, our Mission is to build a highly successful company which our employees are proud of, our customers value, and the communities we serve can count on...



Multi-Store Detective (Pittsburgh Operating Market)
Pittsburgh, PA - Posted April 9
Job Summary: Store Detectives are key players in serving their assigned locations in the detection and apprehension of shoplifters. Job Responsibilities: Detect and apprehend shoplifters with the use of standard visual practice and CCTV in multi-store environment; Utilize CCTV to create video records of incidents requested by law enforcement and internal departments...



Multi-Store Detective (Cleveland Operating Market)
Cleveland, OH - Posted April 9
Job Summary: Store Detectives are key players in serving their assigned locations in the detection and apprehension of shoplifters. Job Responsibilities: Detect and apprehend shoplifters with the use of standard visual practice and CCTV in multi-store environment; Utilize CCTV to create video records of incidents requested by law enforcement and internal departments...



 


Multi-Store Detective (Akron/Canton Operating Market)
Akron/Canton, OH - Posted April 9
Job Summary: Store Detectives are key players in serving their assigned locations in the detection and apprehension of shoplifters. Job Responsibilities: Detect and apprehend shoplifters with the use of standard visual practice and CCTV in multi-store environment; Utilize CCTV to create video records of incidents requested by law enforcement and internal departments...
 



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