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October's Moving Ups
14 New Senior LP's -
5 Promotions -
9 Appointments
Belk
named Jonathan Nix AP Manager of Investigations and Supply Chain
Bloomingdale's
named John Carro, CFI Manager, Asset Protection Central Investigations
CITGO
Names Shane Moser Vice President of Health, Safety & Environment
Go City
named Daniel Puente Global E-Commerce Fraud Supervisor, US & UK
H-E-B
promoted Eric Mayo to Managing Dir. LP-Houston/NW/Central Market/Smart Shop/Mi
Tienda Divisions
Integritus Group
named
Kevin O'Brien Vice President, Business Development
LiveView Technologies
named Mike Lamb Loss Prevention Consultant
Loss Prevention Foundation
names Robert LaCommare, CFI as new Board Member
Loss Prevention Foundation
names Dave Fisher as new Board Member
Office Depot
promoted Greg Jobe, CPP, CFI to Director, Enterprise Loss Prevention & Safety
Rite Aid
promoted Chuck Lindow, LPC to Interim Divisional Asset Protection Leader
Sherwin-Williams
promoted Ken McLean, CFI, ACIP to Senior Director, Global Security & Crisis Mgmt
The Monitoring Association
Welcomes Morgan Hertel as New President
Walgreens
promoted Shant Wartanian to Associate Manager Special Projects, AP &
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Axis and ethical business: a constant focus
Never has the ethical behavior of business been under closer scrutiny.
Advances in technological capabilities, geopolitical issues, the need to reduce
environmental impact and customer expectations all place an onus on every
organization to commit to high-standards of ethical behavior. Here Axis CEO Ray
Mauritsson and Malin Svensson, Chief People Officer at Axis, discuss some of the
challenges, and how the company's values provide a clear direction for Axis, its
employees and partners.
Axis stands proudly behind its vision to build a 'smarter, safer
world' and presents itself as a company doing business 'in the right way'. But
in a turbulent world and when operating in such a sensitive sector as
surveillance, how difficult is it to stay true to your values?
Ray Mauritsson: I actually don't think it's
difficult to stay true to our values. In fact, I think it's precisely because we
have such a clear set of values that we're able to deal with external turbulence
and any ethical challenges that arise. Axis has been a purpose-driven
organization since it was founded, and as we've grown we have ensured that our
values are understood and consistently adhered to. Our vision of helping to
build a smarter, safer world is the north star that keeps us all heading the
right direction, and we believe that video surveillance and the increasingly
intelligent related technologies are overwhelmingly a force for good.
Malin Svensson: While our vision gives us
all a clear direction, we're careful to say that a 'smarter, safer world' isn't
a destination but an ongoing learning journey - there will always be more work
to be done. There's a great deal of detail that sits beneath the vision, which
explicitly sets out the ethical standards we expect from ourselves and our
partners. We have one set of core values for Axis, and in the same way we have
to have one set of ethical principles for all of us. A global approach. Nothing
else is credible for us and our customers.
Leaning
on our ethical cornerstones and core values, our employees and partners are
trusted and supported to make the right decisions in the face of challenges that
arises from the external environment, be they political, technological, social
or economic. So, to reiterate Ray's comment, our values don't change in relation
to the external environment, they're part of our DNA.
Read more here
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
COVID Crime Wave Hit Big Cities & Small Towns
First Covid raised the murder rate. Now it's changing the politics of crime.
Violent crime spiked across the country
during the pandemic, forcing a reckoning in cities like Atlanta.
Topalli wasn't your ordinary victim of gun violence. He's a professor of
criminology at Georgia State University, so he effectively became a victim of
the kinds of crime waves he's studied for decades. The crime wave cities like
Atlanta are seeing, he says, was entirely predictable.
"I'm not surprised at all that we had an increase in crime," Topalli said in an
interview. "Criminologists and public health people were saying that that was
going to be the case as soon as they heard about the pandemic. And it's pretty
much come true at this point."
His shooting was part of a steep uptick in violent crime during the pandemic
that resulted in a highest-in-decades peak in homicides nationwide,
according to data from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Atlanta was hit hard; the city's police
department reported a nearly 60 percent increase in homicides in 2020. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tied the surge directly to the pandemic, calling it a
"Covid crime wave."
But this crime wave wasn't like those of earlier decades, which were often
concentrated in big cities. The increased violent crime during the Covid-19
pandemic hit everywhere - big cities, small towns and rural areas as well.
Where Atlanta and Washington, D.C., reported a steep increase in violent crime,
so too did less populated places like
Augusta, Georgia and
Norfolk,
Virginia.
Second, even as violent crimes increased nationally, property crimes and
burglaries decreased.
"What the pandemic did was it shifted a lot of these patterns," Topalli
said of the difference in crimes. It owes in part, he explained, to "many more
people staying at home, fewer people actually going into places of business ...
we've seen a drop in those kinds of crimes that we would expect would be
affected by that."
politico.com
U.S. murder rate highest in over 20 years
HOMICIDES PER 100,000 PEOPLE
'Open Season on the Retail Business'
Police blame bail reform for shoplifting outbreak
Local police are frustrated. Business owners are angry and concerned.
Shoplifting, they say, has become a much bigger problem. Some thieves are taking
it to a whole new level, and it's shocking even to veteran members of law
enforcement.
"It
is literally open season on the retail business," says Gates Police Chief
James VanBrederode. It's a new breed of shoplifters -- blatant, brazen, and
more willing to get caught.
"What my officers are seeing is there is no fear- the brazenness of this stuff
is just amazing," says VanBrederode. "They know you're not going to put me in
jail- there's not a lot the police can do anymore."
One can essentially walk out of a store and not pay, and then walk out of
jail hours later. It's because a state law, passed last year, removes bail
for non-violent crimes. It's now coming at a cost to police and businesses, in
manpower and money.
"They will just run out of the door with stuff in their hand as opposed to
trying to hide it," says Gabe Savino, store manager of Liquor Warehouse. Even
the stores' multiple cameras don't deter shoplifters.
Shoppers pay an even bigger price. Believe it or not, police say so do many
shoplifters.
"A lot of the people we are catching are just looking for some quick money to go
out and get another fix," says VanBrederode. "We are literally watching people
on this path to self-destruction because there's not interruption to their
crime problem."
Chief VanBrederode says he has appealed to state lawmakers to make changes to
the law.
13wham.com
The Inflation-Crime Connection Continues to
Make Headlines
Op-Ed: Crime and inflation - two bad things that go together
Recent studies show the connection, which
ought to make Congress think twice before passing a huge stimulus package.
When
the economy tanked during the great recession of 2008-10, crime rates remained
low. Now,
they are rising. Some experts say this is because we've been focusing on the
wrong thing. Inflation, not unemployment or falling wages, is the real
catalyst for crime.
That is the theory of University of Missouri-St. Louis professor emeritus
Richard Rosenfeld. In an
opinion piece published this week, American Enterprise Institute senior
fellow Brent Orrell writes about Rosenfeld's research, including new evidence
that links inflation to the murder rate, especially in low-income communities.
The FBI's newly released
crime data for 2020 showed an almost 30% increase in the nation's murder
rate. Property crime figures did not mirror that trend, but it's too early
to dismiss any eventual connection.
Some recent
news reports seem to point toward property crime troubles. Earlier this
year, when lumber prices rose dramatically, reports began surfacing of lumber
heists at construction sites and lumber yards.
Bloomberg quoted a supply chain expert who said the prices gave rise to a
lucrative underground market. Rising prices are "going to drive criminal
activity just like all other forms of supply and demand," he said.
Similar reports have surfaced of the thefts of
bicycles,
catalytic converters and
autos, among other things.
This confirms a study published by
Global Crime in 2007, that found, "inflation lowers the real income of
low-skilled labor, but rewards property criminals due to the rising demand
and subsequent high profits in the illegal market."
deseret.com
Chicago's 'Safety Gap': A Tale of Two Cities
As violent crime soars in Chicago, 'safety gap' among neighborhoods widens
Crime
has surged across the city in 2020 and this year, but the wave has been
hardest on neighborhoods far from the city center that have long experienced
violence at terrifyingly elevated rates. And the gap in safety between the
city's mostly white, affluent neighborhoods and largely poor, Black and Latino
areas has never been greater.
So far this year, the murder rate in the seven most dangerous police
districts rose to a three-decade high of nearly 100 homicides per 100,000
residents - 30 times higher than the rate in the
safest seven districts, where the rate fell to fewer than four per
100,000, according to an analysis by the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
"People say it's a tale of two cities: Downtown is like Manhattan, and the
South and West sides have homicide rates comparable to violent South American
countries," said Kimberly Smith, director of programs for the crime lab.
Residents of high-crime neighborhoods increasingly have moved out of the city,
though the city saw a slight increase in the latest 2020 census, with big
increases in people living downtown.
"The loss of life is not a good thing obviously, and the fact that it's
concentrated in a few areas is not good," Smith said. "If we believe that
homicides are driving people out of the city, homicides aren't good if they
happen downtown or in West Garfield Park."
chicago.suntimes.com
State's Attorney Mosby releases names of 91 former, current Baltimore cops she
said can't be trusted to testify
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby on Friday released a "do not call list"
that names 91 former and current city police officers whom she says can't be
trusted to testify truthfully in court.
Mosby's long-awaited list identifies officers whom prosecutors say have been
convicted of crimes of dishonesty or abused their authority and therefore
shouldn't be called to testify at trial. In a statement, Mosby said she has
faith in the majority of Baltimore police, but when officers are convicted of
crimes it compromises the work of her prosecutors.
Public defenders, activist lawyers and news reporters
have sought the list ever since Mosby told a crowd two years ago that her
office tracks these cops.
About 25 of the officers listed are currently employed with the Baltimore Police
Department, according to prosecutors. Twenty-four of the 91 officers have
pending criminal cases in the city, Baltimore, Anne Arundel or Harford Counties.
baltimoresun.com
Pasadena Police to Hold Community Meeting to Discuss Recent Spate of Shootings
COVID Update
417.7M Vaccinations Given
US: 46.6M Cases - 763.7K Dead - 36.5M Recovered
Worldwide:
246.4M Cases - 4.9M Dead - 223.2M Recovered
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Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 321
Law
Enforcement Officer Deaths: 498
*Red indicates change in total deaths
Delta Has Faded - But Winter is Coming
Covid-19 cases are down 60% from Delta peak. Still, be vigilant heading into
winter, CDC director says
Rates of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have sunk significantly
in the US since a wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant peaked
in September.
But with cases still relatively high, many children still ineligible to be
vaccinated, and colder weather coming, it's not time to feel comfortable
about the country's position, leading health experts have said.
"We are now heading in the right direction ... but with cases still high, we
must remain vigilant heading into the colder, drier winter months," Dr.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, said in a White House coronavirus briefing Wednesday.
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths jumped after the early summer as the Delta
variant became dominant -- but all three are declining now.
cnn.com
Mass Police Exodus Coming?
NYPD preparing for potential crush of retirements ahead of vaccine mandate
The
NYPD is bracing for a potential mass exodus over the city's COVID-19 vaccine
mandate - issuing numerous guidance Thursday for cops who would rather quit
than get the jab.
Police officials have reserved the auditorium at 1 Police Plaza Friday for the
NYC Police Pension Fund to process retirement paperwork for cops with at
least 20 years on the job, according to a pair administrative bulletins sent
out to the workforce Thursday.
"This is to assist members who wish to retire due to the vaccination mandates,"
the memo reads.
One police source railed against the haphazard communications with cops about
the retirement scramble - just four days before the vaccine requirement will
be enforced.
As of Thursday, 25 percent of the NYPD's workforce
remained unvaccinated and face being placed on unpaid leave starting
Monday if they do not get the jab in the coming days.
Hundreds of cops have been lining up to get the vaccine this week and
police brass hope more get the jab over the weekend - but it was unclear how
many cops will choose to hand in their gun and badge instead.
nypost.com
Up to 9% of U.S. Workforce Threatens to Quit
Over Vax Mandate
72% of unvaccinated workers vow to quit if ordered to get vaccinated
A large number of unvaccinated workers say they'll quit their jobs if their
employers follow upcoming federal rules to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a think tank concentrating on health
issues, found 37% of unvaccinated workers say they will quit their jobs if
forced to either get vaccinated or take weekly Covid tests. And if their
employer mandates vaccines and doesn't offer the testing option, 72% of the
unvaccinated workers say they will quit.
The Biden administration is drafting workplace safety rules that will require
all businesses with 100 or more employees to
mandate the vaccines for their employees or frequently test workers. That
large employer rule would apply to about 80 million US workers, or two-thirds
of all workers nationwide.
If the surveyed unvaccinated workers follow through on their threats to quit, it
would lead to somewhere between 5% to 9% of workers
leaving their jobs, depending upon what rules they face.
But the survey results come with a big caveat: Many unvaccinated workers who
say they would quit may not follow through on that threat.
cnn.com
Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit
Florida's DeSantis files lawsuit against federal government over vaccine mandate
Florida
has filed a lawsuit aimed at combating President Biden's mandate that
requires federal contractors to get their workers vaccinated against the
coronavirus by Dec. 8, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Thursday, escalating
political tensions with the Biden administration.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Tampa, names Biden and federal agencies
in Florida such as NASA as defendants. It asks judges to suspend Biden's
vaccine mandate issued last month and award the state costs and attorney's
fees, among other requests. The president's vaccine requirement represents a
"radical intrusion" of personal liberty, the suit said.
Even if the vaccine requirements were lawful, "the manner in which they were
enacted violates fundamental principles of administrative and procurement law,"
Florida officials wrote.
DeSantis's political defiance against federal vaccine mandates has been mirrored
by a growing number of state-level leaders to varying degrees in Alabama,
Arizona, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Texas.
washingtonpost.com
Unemployment Benefits for Anti-Vaxxers
Iowa passes bill allowing unemployment benefits for those fired over vaccine
mandates
The Iowa state legislature passed a bill Thursday that allows residents fired
for noncompliance with vaccine mandates to receive unemployment benefits,
while also broadening religious and medical exemptions from immunization.
The bill was passed with overwhelming support in both chambers, which
Republicans control. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she plans to sign the
legislation into law, though she added that a vaccine was the "best defense"
against the coronavirus. In a statement, she also vowed to resist President
Biden's plan to require businesses with a hundred or more workers to ensure
vaccination of their employees or regularly test unimmunized staffers.
Iowa joins a number of states that have expressed defiance against the
federal government's push. Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas and South
Dakota are among those whose leaders have pledged to contest the Biden
administration's mandates.
washingtonpost.com
Florida COVID cases, death rate among lowest in the country
Air Force is first to face troops' rejection of vaccine mandate as thousands
avoid shots
The Biden Administration's DOJ & SEC
The Department of Justice & the Securities and Exchange Commission
Detail Their Mission
DOJ Press release, Oct. 28,
2021
DOJ Makes Significant Changes in its Corporate Crime Efforts
- Holding Companies
& Officers Accountable
Every LP & AP leader of a public company needs to
read this. DOJ investigations can impact your officers & board members.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Gives Keynote Address at ABA's 36th
National Institute on White Collar Crime
I
have three priorities for my time with you. First, I want to describe three
new actions that the department is taking today to strengthen the way we
respond to corporate crime. Second, I want to look forward and tell you about
some areas we will be studying over the next months, with an eye to making
additional changes to help further invigorate the department's efforts to combat
corporate crime.
The first announcement augments our efforts to ensure individual accountability.
To hold individuals accountable, prosecutors first need to know the cast
of characters involved in any misconduct. To that end, today I am directing the
department to restore prior guidance making clear that to be eligible for any
cooperation credit, companies must provide the department with all
non-privileged information about individuals involved in or responsible for
the misconduct at issue. To be clear, a company must identify all individuals
involved in the misconduct, regardless of their position, status or seniority.
It will no longer be sufficient for companies to limit disclosures to
those they assess to be "substantially involved" in the misconduct. Such
distinctions are confusing in practice and afford companies too much discretion
in deciding who should and should not be disclosed to the government. To aid
this assessment, cooperating companies will now be required to provide the
government with all non-privileged information about individual wrongdoing.
The second change I am announcing today deals with the issue of a company's
prior misconduct and how that affects our decisions about the appropriate
corporate resolution.
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SEC.gov Press Release, Oct 13, 2021
This is the "Start of this administrations
combating corporate crime."
Remarks at SEC Speaks 2021, Washington D.C.
Gurbir Grewal, Director, Division of Enforcement
Thank you for that introduction and good morning everyone. It's an honor
and privilege to speak with both my SEC colleagues and so many from the
securities industry and defense bar about a topic that affects all of us: trust.
Many Americans' trust in our institutions is faltering. From Congress to
law enforcement to the courts, no sector is immune from this trend. According to
a recent Gallup poll, only a small percentage of Americans have any significant
level of confidence in banks, technology companies, or big business. These
levels, in fact, are near historic lows.
While there's no single cause for this decline when it comes to our financial
institutions, part of it is due to repeated lapses by large businesses,
gatekeepers, and other market participants, coupled with the perception that we-the
regulators-are failing to hold them appropriately accountable, or worse
still, the belief by some that there are two sets of rules: one for the big
and powerful and another for everyone else.
Each day, however, the Enforcement Division's staff work tirelessly to enhance
that trust and make clear that there is only one set of rules by
prosecuting the bad actors who break them, without fear or favor. Despite the
challenges of a once in a lifetime pandemic, they did so over the last fiscal
year by bringing more standalone enforcement actions than the prior year,
including cases involving auditor misconduct, insider trading, bribery schemes,
and misleading claims surrounding SPAC transactions.
I'm proud of the dedication of our team in Enforcement and believe that by both
continuing these types of proactive enforcement efforts and sharpening our focus
in additional areas, we will enhance Americans' trust in our financial
institutions. And it's those additional areas of focus that I want to turn to
next. They include emphasizing corporate responsibility, gatekeeper
accountability and appropriate remedies, particularly prophylactic ones.
Read about the SEC's new focus and approach and how it ties in with the
Department of Justice's new mission. As the Director breaks it down into three
sections and clearly sets the stage for how the SEC will deal with corporate
malfeasance.
Corporate Responsibility - Gatekeeper Accountability - Crafting Remedies
Dir. Grewal "Few things rival the magnitude of
wrongdoers admitting that they broke the law"
&
Dir. Grewal on remedies "Expect to see us recommend aggressive use of these
prophylactic tools"
Continue Reading - Both articles on the same page
Restaurant Industry Leads in More Harassment Claims Than Any Other Industry
More claims are filed in the restaurant industry than in any other industry,
according to the Harvard Business Review. COVID-19 could be making things
worse; a December
study from One Fair Wage found that restaurant workers are experiencing an
increasing number of sexual harassment incidents as the global pandemic
continues.
Celebrity chefs as well as chain restaurants, including McDonald's,
Del Taco, and
Chipotle, have seen accusations of sexual harassment. McDonald's, in
particular, has been pushed to remedy the issue; in response, the company
enacted
Safe and Respectful Workplace Training in all of McDonald's corporate-owned
restaurants.
Preventing sex harassment and discrimination has long been on the EEOC's radar.
One of the six national priorities identified by the EEOC's Strategic
Enforcement Plan is the prevention of sex harassment and discrimination.
hrdive.com
Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and Amazon could face billions in fines if they mislead
over wages, FTC official warns
Federal official who signed letters to more than 1,100 companies warning
about misleading earnings promises tells MarketWatch that gig companies
specifically are 'an area of serious concern' for the agency.
The official who signed the letters to all the companies - Lois Greisman,
associate director for marketing practices at the FTC - told MarketWatch on
Wednesday that it is the first time the agency has sent a notice about this
issue to so many companies.
Each violation could result in a civil penalty of up to $43,792. So if a
gig company - or any company - falsely advertised how much a worker can
potentially earn in a nationwide commercial, for example, the fines could total
billions of dollars, Greisman said.
Greisman pointed to a previous
FTC settlement with Uber, reached in 2017, in which the company agreed
to pay $20 million over charges that it falsely claimed higher median annual
earnings for drivers in certain cities, and high hourly earnings claims in
ads on Craigslist. The FTC also alleged that Uber misled drivers about its
vehicle financing program.
And earlier this year,
Amazon agreed to pay $61.7 million over FTC allegations that it
withheld some tips from Amazon Flex drivers over more than a two-year
period.
marketwatch.com
Bottom Line - Everybody's Hiring - During a Wage War & People Want Something New
& Safe
It's Time For Retailers to Build & Sell the
Strongest Safety Program Possible - It's Time to Over Spend on What Makes
Employees Feel Safe
Employee engagement is sliding 8.6% at a terrible time.
Here's what's driving the trend.
That's one of the most notable findings from Quantum Workplace's
annual Employee Engagement Trends Report, which surveyed 32,000
individuals on their workplace experiences in connection with its Best Places to
Work surveys.
Quantum's research found employee engagement actually hit a peak in 2020 -
posting the strongest year-over-year growth on record. Critical indicators
like trust in leadership and satisfaction with work-life balance improved over
the course of 2020.
But as the pandemic drags on and the recovery heats up, Quantum found
engagement is steadily dropping and momentum from 2020 has been lost. The
timing of the drop is far from ideal for small businesses,
which are having trouble retaining and recruiting employees.
The percentage of employees defined as engaged with their jobs dropped from
81% in January 2021 to 74% in July 2021. Many of the indicators that looked
so promising in 2020, such as communication and trust in leadership, were
suddenly moving in the wrong direction.
The
lingering disconnect over the return to the office is one of the big
factors in the shift. It's
also leading more employers to consider permanent remote work and a growing
confidence among employees that they could find a another job
amid an unprecedented hiring environment. Also, 58% were confident they
could find another job that pays the same and also found a decline in
employees' intent to stay with their current employer.
bizjournals.com
Regulator previews coming crypto, stablecoin policy
Jelena McWilliams shared details about the interagency "crypto sprint"
involving the FDIC, the OCC and the Fed, and said the agencies plan to issue
a series of policy statements in the coming months.
LAS VEGAS - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chair Jelena McWilliams said
U.S. bank regulators are coordinating policies for how, and under what
circumstances, banks can engage in activities involving crypto assets and
stablecoins. The chairwoman, who was speaking at the Money20/20 conference on
Monday, shared details about the interagency "crypto sprint" involving the FDIC,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Reserve that was
first announced in May.
The objective, she said, is to provide clear guidance to the public on how
existing rules and policies apply to crypto assets, what types of activities
are permissible and what supervisory expectations the agencies have for banks
that engage in cryptocurrency activities.
But digital assets come with risk, she said. "Stablecoins also present
certain risks, specifically if one or more were to become a dominant form of
payment in the United States or globally," she said. "This could lead to
substantial sums of money migrating out of insured banks with significant
ramifications for credit creation, financial stability and bank funding."
paymentsdive.com
Americans Remain in a "Glum Mood" - But Retail
Workers Got Big Wage Boosts
U.S. Prices, Wages Rise at Fastest Pace in Decades
Consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 30 years in September while workers
saw their biggest compensation boosts in at least 20 years, according to new
government data released Friday.
Workers in the leisure, hospitality and retail sectors saw particularly high
compensation boosts, as employers struggled to fill open positions.
wsj.com
Chinese Get 1st Criminal Charges Under CPSA
1st Criminal Enforcement Action Under Consumer
Product Safety Act
Failure to Report Dangerous Dehumidifiers & Agree to $91 Million Resolution
A Chinese appliance manufacturer and two of its subsidiaries have agreed
to resolve criminal charges for failing to notify the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) that millions of dehumidifiers they sold to U.S.
consumers were defective and could catch fire. The resolutions are the first
corporate criminal enforcement actions ever brought under the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA).
A criminal information filed along with the DPA charges the companies with one
felony count under the CPSA of willfully failing to report consumer product
safety information to the CPSC. Under the terms of the DPA, Gree Zhuhai and Gree
Hong Kong agreed to a total monetary penalty of $91 million and agreed to
provide restitution for any uncompensated victims of fires caused by the
companies' defective dehumidifiers.
Gree USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary based in City of Industry, California, also is
charged in the criminal information. Gree USA has agreed to plead guilty to the
same charge of willfully failing to report consumer product safety information
to the CPSC.
The Consumer Protection Branch of the Justice Department's Civil Division and
the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California previously
indicted Charley Loh, 63, of Arcadia, California, and Simon Chu, 66, of Chino
Hills, California - the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
of Gree USA, respectively - with felony CPSA and wire fraud charges for their
alleged roles in the failure to report the defective dehumidifiers. Loh and
Chu have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled for trial starting March 15, 2022,
in Los Angeles.
justice.gov
Haunted Retailers
Boo! 6 stories of retail hauntings
Retail is a harrowing business, and
sometimes it can be downright scary.
Some
retailers, and their customers, contend with spooks, spirits and creepy spiders
all year round. While, at the moment, just how important brick and mortar may be
to a retailer's operations is the subject of some debate, Retail Dive has
uncovered evidence that all sorts of ghosts are drawn to physical locations, if
only to lurk in the shadows.
Was New York's Astor Place Kmart haunted? Aren't they
all?
When Kmart
abruptly shuttered its last location in Manhattan this summer, more than one
New Yorker worried about where the putative
ghosts or zombies would go. At least one reporter at New York Magazine's
Grub Street simply
referred to that store as "the haunted Astor Place Kmart."
Sunnyvale Toys R Us (soon to be an REI)
In the 1880s, in Sunnyvale, California, a traveling preacher from Sweden falls
for a rich merchant's daughter, who spurns him. Shortly later, the sad lovesick
man, who worked on the merchant's orchard, gashes himself with an ax and bleeds
to death, alone.
A century later, the dead preacher's spirit is haunting a corporate toy store
built over the orchard, scaring the employees and chatting with a psychic. So
goes the story of the haunted Toys R Us in Sunnyvale.
retaildive.com
Starbucks workers will vote on union at 3 Buffalo stores
Huck's Rolls Out Skip Self-Checkout Kiosks Chainwide to All 124 C-Stores
Hell's Kitchen Residents Fighting To Stop Local Drug Store From Closing
Quarterly Results
Amazon Q3 net sales up 15% (slowest growth in seven years)
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Global Head of Security & Resilience job posted for WeWork in New York, NY
The
Vice President, Global Head of Security & Resilience serves as the global leader
of the security department for WeWork and is charged with protecting WeWork's
people, assets and brand. This role will lead, guide and direct Security
Operations as well as have strategic oversight over all security initiatives in
an effort to ensure that members, employees, and visitors are provided a secure
environment that is aligned with expectations of a real estate company offering
co-working space.
careers.wework.com
Manager Security Operations, Supply Chain job posted for CVS in Somerset, PA
The
Security Operations Manager will support the Senior Director of Corporate
Security and the entire Corporate Security management team in maintaining the
overall safety and security of CVS Health's people, facilities, and assets. The
ideal candidate must possess the ability to foster a collaborative approach to
achieve strategic goals in a manner consistent with CVS Health's purpose and
values.
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Microsoft President & Vice Chair Leads-Off Cybersecurity Recruitment Drive
That sends a powerful message - When the President &
Vice Chair leads the effort
Microsoft Launches Cybersecurity Recruitment Campaign
Company
Aims to Fill 250,000-Worker Shortfall in Cybersecurity
Microsoft launched a four-year campaign on Thursday with community colleges in
the U.S. aimed at recruiting hundreds of thousands of people into the field of
cybersecurity.
It's expected that as many as 250,000 cybersecurity jobs will be unfilled by
2025, which could pose new risks as nation-states and ransomware gangs launch
attacks, according to a
blog post from Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and vice chair. Those
risks can't be mitigated without a bolstered workforce, he says.
"The country's cybersecurity challenges in part reflect a serious workforce
shortage," Smith writes. "Until we redress the cybersecurity workforce shortage,
we will fall short in strengthening the country's cybersecurity protection."
govinfosecurity.com
New Federal Cybersecurity Bureau
US to Create Bureau to Lead Cybersecurity Policy & Increase IT Budget by 50%
As part of its modernization initiative, the Department of State will increase
its IT budget by 50% and add a new bureau to lead cybersecurity and digital
policy.
The Biden administration plans to revitalize the State Department and make
cybersecurity a core priority with the addition of
500 new civil service positions, a 50% increase in its information technology
budget, and the creation of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy,
officials have announced.
These changes at the State Department, first announced by Secretary Antony
Blinken as part of the agency's modernization initiative,
will focus the government's foreign service on creating the international
agreements necessary to punish cyberattackers who are often sheltered by
non-allied governments, such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
The bureau will be led by an ambassador-at-large, while a separate special envoy
for critical and emerging technology will be named as well.
The goal is to ensure technology works to promote democratic values, fight back
against disinformation, and prevent the misuse of surveillance and cyberattacks,
Blinken
stated in a speech at the Foreign Service Institute on Oct. 27.
"On cyberspace and emerging technologies, we have a major stake in shaping the
digital revolution that's happening around us and making sure that it serves our
people, protects our interests, boosts our competitiveness, and upholds our
values," he said. "We
want to prevent cyber attacks that put our people, our networks, companies, and
critical infrastructure at risk.
We want the internet to remain a transformative force for learning, for
connection, for economic growth, not a tool of repression."
darkreading.com
From Russia With Love
Russian Extradited to U.S. to Face Cyber Crime Charges
A Russian national appeared in a U.S. federal court on Thursday after he was
extradited from South Korea to Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a
cybercriminal organization,
the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Vladimir
Dunaev, 38, was a
member of a cybercriminal organization that deployed a computer banking trojan
and ransomware suite of malware known as "Trickbot",
the Justice Department said.
"Trickbot
attacked businesses and victims across the globe and infected millions of
computers for theft and ransom,
including networks of schools, banks, municipal governments, and companies in
the health care, energy, and agriculture sectors," Deputy Attorney General Lisa
Monaco said.
The indictment alleges that beginning in November 2015, and continuing through
August 2020,
Dunaev and others stole money, confidential information, and damaged computer
systems from unsuspecting victims,
including individuals, financial institutions, school districts, utility
companies, government entities, and private businesses.
They allegedly used a network of co-conspirators and freelance computer
programmers, known as the Trickbot Group, to create, deploy, and manage the
Trickbot malware, which infected millions of computer systems worldwide, the DOJ
added.
The defendants used stolen login credentials and other personal information
to gain access to online bank accounts, execute unauthorized electronic funds
transfers and launder money through U.S.
and foreign beneficiary accounts, according to the indictment.
usnews.com
Q3 U.S. Cyber Insurance Pricing Rises 96%
Overall U.S. Insurance Pricing Rises 14% in Q3
According to the latest Global Insurance Market Index from Marsh, pricing rose
15% globally for a second straight quarter due to
a slower rate of increase in property insurance and directors and officers
liability.
It was the sixteenth consecutive quarter of price increases, continuing the
longest stretch of growth since the inception of the Index in 2012. But it was
the third straight quarter of lower growth since pricing peaked with a 22%
increase in the fourth quarter of 2020.
However, the U.S. bucked the overall trend with a 14% pricing increase in the
third quarter, a slight rise in the rate of increase following three consecutive
quarters of a declining rate.
Property insurance pricing rose by 10%, but the
big boost came from cyber insurance pricing, which rose 96% in the U.S. due to
increased frequency and severity of losses.
Cyber pricing trended higher throughout the quarter, increasing 112% in August.
Marsh cited the frequency and severity of
ransomware claims, noting that ransom payments frequently exceeded $1
million, with additional claims payments for
business interruption or data exfiltration.
cfo.com
Senior Job Posting
Technology Risk Management Supervisor job posted for McDonald's in Chicago, IL
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have an opening for you join with us as a Supervisor of Technology Risk
Management reporting to the Manager - Technology Risk Management. This critical
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standards management, information/vendor risk management, data protection
(security& privacy) governance, and global user awareness training programs.
indeed.com
NSA-CISA Series on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures
The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA have published the first of a
four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures.
Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures - Part I: Prevent and Detect
Lateral Movement provides recommendations for mitigating lateral movement
attempts by threat actors who have gained initial access to cloud
infrastructures.
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Amazon Can't Find Enough Workers
Pandemic Slams Amazon in Q3
In a statement, Amazon's chief executive, Andy Jassy, begged patience. He said
the pandemic had "driven extraordinary investments across our businesses to
satisfy customer needs - just one example is that we've nearly doubled the size
of our fulfillment network since the pandemic began." He went on to say that the
company
expected to have billions of dollars in additional costs in the fourth quarter,
largely because of
labor shortages, higher wages and global supply chain issues.
The company is in the midst of what the investment bank Cowen called a "historic
investment cycle."
Cowen estimates that in 2020 and 2021, the company will have
spent about $80 billion in logistics investments,
compared with about $58 billion in the previous five years combined.
Instead, Amazon is limited by its ability to hire and keep enough workers in its
operations, as well as labor shortages with its partners, like trucking
companies and ports.
Since June, Amazon has hired 133,000 new employees, bringing its work force to
1.47 million, up 30 percent from a year ago,
and it expects to grow more. In the past two months, it has announced plans to
hire 125,000 hourly workers and 150,000 seasonal workers in the United States in
advance of the holiday shopping rush, and it said it had at least 55,000 open
technology and corporate positions globally.
Mr. Olsavsky said the additional pay to workers added $1 billion to the
company's costs in the quarter, roughly half for wage hikes and half for
incentives, such as an extra $3 an hour for undesirable shifts and signing
bonuses as high as $3,000. He said the company also spent an additional $1
billion on other expenses tied to labor shortages.
Some of Amazon's most profitable businesses performed well. Its cloud computing
businesses grew 39 percent to $16.1 billion, as the pandemic accelerated how
companies adopt new technologies to run their businesses.
And its "other" business segment, which is primarily its advertising business,
grew 50 percent to $8 billion.
Amazon Retail - 2020 Sales - $16.22B - 603 Stores
Amazon's brick-and-mortar store sales, which include Whole Foods Market,
surged by 13% (12% excluding FX) to $4.27 billion in the third quarter from
$3.79 billion a year ago. That built on an 11% gain in the
second quarter and continued a rebound from a 15.5% decrease in the
first quarter. Amazon totaled physical store sales of $16.22 billion
in fiscal 2020, down 5.6% year over year.
Amazon's physical store sales are generated mainly by its Whole Foods unit and
exclude online orders made through its brick-and-mortar brands, such as Prime
delivery and pickup through Whole Foods stores. Currently, Amazon's U.S.
brick-and-mortar stores include 506 Whole Foods Markets, 19 Amazon Fresh grocery
stores, 18 Amazon Go convenience stores (with four locations temporarily
closed), 24 Amazon Books stores, 32 Amazon 4-Star outlets and seven Amazon Pop
Up locations.
supermarketnews.com
nytimes.com
67% of US Consumers Say Fake Online Reviews a Growing Problem
Uberall, a global leader in
'Near Me' Customer Experience solutions, today announced a new report, "The
State of Online Review Fraud," which analyzes four million local business
reviews on Google, Facebook, Yelp and Tripadvisor. This is the first report to
take on the growing problem of fake reviews at this level of scale.
"Google Removed 130 million fake reviews in 2019 and 2020; it's a multi-billion
dollar problem."
Additional findings from the report include:
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Google is the top local business reviews site in the U.S., used by ~70% of
consumers.
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Of the four platforms examined, Google had the highest average percentage of
inauthentic reviews across business categories (10.7%). Next in descending order
were Yelp (7.1%), Tripadvisor (5.2%) and Facebook (4.9%).
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The category with the highest fake reviews percentage is Locksmiths (14.5%).
Pharmacies had the lowest rate across the four sites (1.3%).
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The urban area with the highest review fraud percentage is Miami-Ft Lauderdale
with 9.7%. Boston was the city with the lowest fraud at 3.9% of all reviews.
prweb.com
Fanatics lands global e-commerce rights for Olympics merchandise
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Baxter County, AR: Trio charged with scheme to steal from Home Depot stores
appear in court
Three
out-of-state men charged with buying merchandise at the Harrison Home Depot
store with a fraudulent credit card and returning the items for cash at the
chain's Mountain Home location were in Baxter County Circuit Court last week.
Remekieo Henderson-Hall Jr. and Ronnie Jones, both 23-years-old, and 32-year-old
Matthew Hinkle all entered not guilty pleas to theft of property charges. Hinkle
listed an address in Cedar Hill, Texas, while Henderson-Hall and Jones listed
addresses in Michigan. They were ordered to reappear early next month. Home
Depot corporate security staff reported monitoring the three men as they went
from store to store. They were seen on surveillance cameras at two of the
chain's locations in Missouri and two in Arkansas. Mountain Home police were
called to respond to a theft report at the store on Pendella Drive about 6:30
p.m. on Oct. 14. The men were located in their vehicle on the nearby Lowe's
parking lot and taken into custody. According to the probable cause affidavit,
Jones first said he purchased the items for cash. He then switched stories and
admitted he used the fraudulent credit card to buy the items. He said he had
been given cash back for the stolen items.
ktlo.com
Lafayette, LA: "THEY'RE STEALING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING" SPIRIT HALLOWEEN HAS
BEEN FALLING VICTIM TO NUMEROUS THEFTS
It's
a spooky season in Acadiana and one local Halloween store has been getting more
tricks than treats. Spirit Halloween on Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. has been
falling victim to numerous thefts. Leah Miller, the owner of the local spirit
Halloween, has been experiencing thefts on an everyday basis. Miller loses up
to $30,000 worth of merchandise due to theft. She describes the week before
Halloween as "hell week" for herself and her employees. "Mainly during these
last two weeks, it really picks up people start getting desperate. They're
coming in and they're stealing anything in everything," Miller said. On Monday,
another theft happened. The only difference is this time a person got away with
over $400 worth of merchandise and it was all caught on camera.
Miller told News15 that those who steal usually travel in groups. Once they take
the items they want, they run out to a nearby getaway car and rarely come back
again. "There's really nothing we can do. You know, we have to proceed with
caution when dealing with people like this because you just never know in this
day and age what someone may or may not do," she said. The high-demand items
that are stolen are police and prisoner costumes. "They're also stealing kids a
lot of horrors, accessories, jewelry, anything, and everything," she added.
For Miller, it's already tough trying to get items in stock during a pandemic,
so losing them to theft is a hard pill to swallow. "Our product has been very,
very delayed. You know, we've just received up to 60% of our delayed shipment
this past week. So, it's really frustrating for the staff that's been working
so, so hard," she said. The week before Halloween is the busiest time for their
store and they will be fully staffed. So, the owner advises those who come in to
think twice before stealing. "Just hope you don't get caught. So, if I catch you
... I will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," she said. Those who were
caught on camera stealing on Monday still have yet to be identified.
kadn.com
Memphis, TN: Men steal over $50,000 worth of stereo store
Memphis Police are asking for your help finding a group of men who stole
thousands of dollars worth of music equipment from a local store. According to
police, a group of men pulled up to Stereo Sound around 4:00 a.m. Thursday
morning. Surveillance video shows the men smashing out the glass of the door and
breaking into the store. Police said the group made off with around $50,000
worth of stereo equipment.
fox13memphis.com
Troy, IL: Man caught in Texas trying to resell trading cards stolen
Police say a man has been caught in Texas trying to resell thousands of dollars
worth of trading cards stolen from shops in the Midwest, including at least
three in the St. Louis area. Troy police Chief Brent Shownes on Thursday
identified the man as Nicholas R. Garrison, 23, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Garrison is
now facing charges of burglary, theft over $10,000 and criminal damage to
property over $10,000 in Madison County, Illinois.
"He was trying to (sell them) in other gaming stores in Texas," Shownes said.
Garrison is accused of stealing cards called Magic: The Gathering, which
combines trading cards with a strategy game. Pokémon cards also were taken.
Shownes said police cracked the case after detectives called around to various
gaming stores to see if any of the stolen merchandise had surfaced. Departments
that helped include those in Crestwood; Tulsa, Oklahoma; McPherson, Kansas;
Great Bend, Kansas; Van Alstyne, Texas; and Bedford, Texas, Shownes said. "It
was a lot of work," Shownes said. Garrison was arrested last Friday in
Bedford, Texas, and Madison County state's attorney Thomas Haine filed charges
against him. Garrison is awaiting extradition to Illinois.
stltoday.com
Napa, CA: Six arrested after theft from Napa Premium Outlet
A group of six males who were arrested after a theft from a Napa clothing store
Wednesday afternoon may be connected to other thefts in the county, Napa Police
reported. At 2:17 p.m., the Polo Ralph Lauren shop at Napa Premium Outlets near
Freeway Drive reported a group of males grabbing various items and then fleeing,
two of them on foot toward Kilburn Avenue and the others into a Toyota Avalon
sedan, according to Sgt. Aaron Medina. A Polo employee followed the suspects and
got the car's license plate number, Medina said in an email. Police officers
recognized the Toyota and the description of the suspects as matching a reported
theft from the same outlet store Tuesday, the day before, according to Medina.
napavalleyregister.com
West Seattle, WA: Laundry Detergent Shoplifting turns to Armed Robbery
Last night at 9:18 pm, according to a police summary, a man shoplifted "three
large containers of laundry detergent" from the Jefferson Square Safeway. Store
security confronted him, and he showed them he had a handgun in his waistband.
They backed off and he left. The only description in the report is that the
getaway vehicle was a "green sedan."
westseattleblog.com
Shoreline,
WA: Group of burglars steal drugs from Pharmacy
The King County Sheriff's Office said a group of people broke into a pharmacy in
Shoreline and stole narcotics last week. On Oct. 22 at 12:51 a.m., a burglar
alarm sounded at the store in the 600 block of Northwest Richmond Beach Road.
There is a Rite Aid in that area. A deputy arrived and saw that the front doors
of the store appeared to have been pried open. He called for backup for a
building search, but deputies found no one inside.
kiro7.com
Havertown, PA: Kohl's Manager assaulted by fleeing shoplifters with 2 carts full
of merchandise
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Shootings & Deaths
Los Angeles, CA: Security Guard Sentenced to 21 Years for Killing Customer Over
Fight About Face Mask
A man who worked as a security guard has been sentenced to 21 years in state
prison for killing a customer who entered a Gardena market without a face mask.
Umeir Corniche Hawkins, 39, of Gardena, pleaded no contest to voluntary
manslaughter for the July 5, 2020, shooting death of Jerry Lewis, according to
Greg Risling of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. A security
guard and a customer got into a dispute that turned deadly. Hetty Chang reported
on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Lewis, 50, entered the
market on Rosecrans Avenue without a mask and got into an argument with Hawkins.
The fight turned physical when Lewis returned to the store, Gardena police Lt.
Christopher Cuff said shortly after the shooting. Afterward, Lewis was walking
toward his vehicle when Hawkins shot him. Lewis was pronounced dead at the
scene.
timesnewsexpress.com
Family of man fatally shot by LAPD officer in Costco to get $17 million in
damages
A federal jury awarded $17 million in damages on Wednesday to the family of a
mentally disabled man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police
officer inside a Costco in Corona. The jury's verdict came a day after U.S.
District Judge Jesus G. Bernal found that Officer Salvador Sanchez used
excessive and unreasonable force in June 2019 when he shot and killed
32-year-old Kenneth French. The shooting followed a brief confrontation between
the two men in line to sample sausages. Sanchez, who was fired last year, is
awaiting trial on manslaughter and assault charges filed by the California
attorney general's office after a Riverside County grand jury declined to indict
him a few months after the killing. The L.A. Police Commission found that he
violated department policy in the shooting of French and his parents, who were
seriously wounded.
After four hours of deliberations Wednesday at the federal courthouse in
Riverside, the jury of six women and two men found that Sanchez acted within the
scope of his LAPD employment when he fired 10 shots at the French family. That
finding effectively made the city of Los Angeles liable for damages. The suit
was filed against Sanchez and the city by Kenneth French's parents, Russell and
Paola French. The damages award was unusually high for a police shooting case,
said Dale K. Galipo, the couple's attorney, who often represents victims of
police shootings and their families. "They're hoping that now that they've
received some justice on behalf of Kenneth, they can start the healing and
closure process," he said.
latimes.com
Atlanta,
GA: Security guard shoots shoplifting suspect in Walgreens parking lot
Police are investigating a shooting after a shoplifting incident at an Atlanta
Walgreens. Officials say the shooting happened on the 500 block of Piedmont
Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Friday. According to investigators, a security
guard at Walgreens noticed a man stealing M&M's and followed him outside the
store. Police say when the guy rushed at him, the guard shot him in the leg. The
shoplifting suspect then ran off and called the police. Officials believe both
men connected to the incident may be charged. Police have not released the
identities of either man or the condition of the shooting victim.
fox5atlanta.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Ringleader of $13M Jewelry heist crew sentenced to 8 years in prison
The reputed leader of an international jewelry heist ring that netted more than
$13 million in "sophisticated" capers from Manhattan to Europe over more than a
decade was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday. Damir "Damian"
Pejcinovic, who was raised in the Bronx but was living in a multi-million dollar
townhouse in the tony West Village before his 2018 bust, was sentenced via
telephone conference by Manhattan federal court Judge Victor Marrero. During the
hearing, prosecutors painted Pejcinovic as a serial thief who led a team of
calculated burglars that cased jewelry stores and broke into safes with power
tools and sledgehammers during their robbery spree from 2006 to 2017.
"For years this burglary crew committed heist after heist after heist without
getting caught," Assistant US Attorney Andrew Chan said at the hearing. He then
singled out Pejcinovic as the leader of the ring, urging the judge to impose a
harsher sentence than those of his co-defendants. "It was the defendant who
decided where, when and how each burglary was going to happen," Chan said. Jobs
pulled off by the crew include a 2016 New Year's Eve Manhattan heist of $3
million in jewels and another July 26, 2009 burglary at a separate Big Apple
jewelry store that netted the thieves some $850,000 worth of merchandise,
prosecutors said. They also stole $70,000 in jewels from a Beverly Hills
store on Aug. 28, 2010, and $1 million from a shop in Kansas City on
Sept. 5, 2010, the indictment against the crew stated.
nypost.com
San Jose retailers won't risk stopping shoplifters
While shopping at TJ Maxx, San Jose resident Ann Wang watched as a shoplifter
walked brazenly out of the store. No one tried to stop him. "This guy walked up
to a shelf with purses for sale and grabbed 4 or 5 and walked out of TJ Maxx and
hopped into the car and he and his accomplice sped off," Wang wrote in a
Nextdoor neighborhood post. "Only me and one other person witnessed this."
The incident is not a one-off. Shoplifting has become rampant throughout the
state, and San Jose has not been spared. The rise is directly attributed to
Prop. 47, approved by voters in 2014. The law reclassified shoplifting from a
felony to a misdemeanor for all thefts less than $950. In the last year, "rack
and run" behavior has been blatant. "I was at Macy's at Oakridge and a guy came
running past my car with an armful of clothes, purses and other items," San Jose
resident Gayle Chase added to the more than 175 comments on Nextdoor. "Had I
been more alert, I would have tripped him. I showed security where he was but
they didn't seem to care."
With the decriminalization of shoplifting, arrests for retail theft are rarely
made, to avoid endangering customer and employee safety. "The business first
must want to pursue charges and be a victim of theft prior to making an arrest
and/or issuing a citation," San Jose Police Department spokesperson Christian
Camarillo told San José Spotlight. Many retailers have instituted policies
prohibiting employees from pursuing shoplifters for this reason. A July incident
at a Rite Aid in San Francisco cost an employee his life, when he was shot
trying to stop two shoplifters.
sanjosespotlight.com
Bucks County, PA: Couple convicted of assaulting a Sesame Place worker after a
mask dispute has been sentenced to prison
A New York couple has been sentenced to prison after being convicted in last
summer's assault of a Sesame Place employee that prosecutors said happened hours
after the victim tried to enforce the theme park's face mask policy. Troy McCoy,
41, was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison Monday, while Shakerra Bonds, 32,
was sentenced to 4-to-23 months in prison, according to court documents. In
August 2020, the teenage employee was assaulted by the couple at Sesame Place in
Langhorne, 26 miles outside of Philadelphia, after the teen reminded McCoy of
the park's mask policy, prosecutors said. The policy at the time required face
coverings at all times in public spaces.
edition.cnn.com
Laredo, TX: Woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from dollar store
A woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from a
dollar store. Laredo Police arrested 41-year-old Annabel Annet Liendo and
charged her with theft. The case started on Sept. 28 when officers were called
out to a business at the 400 block of E. Calton Road. Officers met with the
manager who stated that an ex-employee had stolen roughly $6,000 from the store.
kgns.tv
Castle Rock, CO: Man posing as Fire Inspector sentenced for burglarizing
restaurants
A man who posed as a fire inspector to burglarize four Castle Rock restaurants
was sentenced last week. 47-year-old Michael James Loupe was sentenced to 20
years in prison after he plead guilty to second-degree burglary, third-degree
burglary and criminal impersonation. In February 2020, Loupe posed as a fire
inspector to case businesses in Castle Rock to disable their security systems,
according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. Loupe was a convicted
felon who most recently spent time at the Rifle Correctional Facility, where he
examined fire alarm systems and ran tests of the alarms as a prison trustee, the
District Attorney said in a release.
9news.com
Nashville, TN: Man fills out Job Application before stealing from business on
the way out
22-year-old Antonio Walker Jr. walked into the Olympus Group and filled out an
application and provided all of his details, in hopes of receiving a job offer.
On his way out, he managed to steal $300 in cash and a credit card from an
office, and pull on door handles in the parking lot. He then proceeded to Cash
America, where he spent over $500 on her credit card. Once she realized the
items had been stolen from her purse, police reviewed the security footage, and
she retrieved his application, which had all of his up-to-date information and
identification. He is charged with theft and credit card fraud, and is free on a
$3,000 bond.
scoopnashville.com
North College Hill, OH: Surveillance video shows a man robbing Dollar General
North College Hill police are looking for a man accused of robbing the Dollar
General Store on Saturday. The entire robbery was filmed by a store surveillance
camera.. According to police, the robbery took place between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm
at the Dollar General Store on Goodman Avenue in 1591. The man escaped for about
$ 1,000 and escaped from the scene in a stolen car tagged with Kentucky.
ohionewstime.com
Old Saybrook, CT: Man, woman arrested after robbery involving taser use at Super
Stop and Shop
Evanston, IL: iPad ripped from employee's hands at Best Buy
Winnipeg, Canada: Police searching for suspect in killing of man outside North
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Best Buy - Evanston,
IL - Robbery
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C-Store - Clinton, IA
- Burglary
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Clothing - Napa, CA -
Robbery
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Clothing - Lafayette,
LA - Robbery
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Dollar General - North
College Hill, OH - Armed Robbery
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Electronics - Memphis,
TN - Burglary
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Gas Station - West
Seattle, WA - Burglary
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Grocery - Old Saybrook,
CT - Robbery
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Jewelry - Torrance, CA - Burglary
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Jewelry - Olympia, WA - Burglary
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Jewelry - Champaign, IL - Robbery
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Jewelry - Glendale, AZ - Robbery
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Jewelry - Portland, OR - Burglary
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Jewelry - Tukwila, WA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Brandon, FL - Robbery
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Jewelry - Coral Springs, FL - Robbery
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Kohl's - Havertown, PA
- Robbery
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Laundry - Clinton, IA
- Burglary
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Pharmacy - Shoreline,
WA - Burglary
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Restaurant - North
Bellport, NY - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant -
Naugatuck, CT - Burglary
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7-Eleven - East
Patchogue, NY - Armed Robbery |
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• 13 robberies
• 9 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
Weekly Totals:
• 93 robberies
• 25 burglaries
• 3 shootings
• 1 killed |
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The position will be responsible for: Internal theft investigations;
External theft investigations; Major cash shortage investigations; Fraudulent
transaction investigations; Missing inventory investigations; Reviewing stores
for physical security improvements...
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Environmental Health, and Safety Manager
Eden Prairie, MN
- posted October 7
The Environmental Health, and Safety Manager will
implement policies to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. Inspects the
facility to identify safety, health, and environmental risks. Develops and
implements inspection policies and procedures, and a schedule of routine
inspections. Prepares and schedules training to cover emergency procedures,
workplace safety, and other relevant topics.
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Field Loss Prevention Manager
Seattle, WA
- posted October 7
Staples is focused on our customer and our community. As a Field Loss
Prevention Manager for Staples, you will manage and coordinate Loss Prevention
and Safety Programs intended to protect Staples assets and ensure a safe work
environment within Staples Retail locations...
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Asset Protection Lead
Hudson Valley, NY
- posted September 13
Responsible for protecting the assets of the company and ensuring a safe
environment for our employees and customers. Utilizes the tools and resources
available to initiate and follow through on internal investigations. Work
closely with store management to increase LP awareness...
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District Loss Prevention Manager
Macedonia, OH
- posted September 9
The District Loss Prevention Manager develops and implements the Loss
Prevention program for their market. The DLPM is responsible for driving results
through achievement of goals related to inventory shortage, budget lines, cash
variance and operational compliance...
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District Asset Protection Manager
Burlington, MA
- posted September 1
The District Asset Protection Manager is responsible for mitigating
safety and security related risks for the organization through the
implementation of programs, procedures, policies and training. This role
promotes a safe store environment while addressing and minimizing loss caused by
shrink, theft and fraud in assigned stores, across multiple locations...
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Area Loss Prevention Manager
Pittsburgh, PA and/or Cleveland,
OH
- posted July 30
Our Area Loss Prevention Managers ensure safe and secure stores through
the objective identification of loss and risk opportunities. Our Area Loss
Prevention Managers plan and prioritize to provide an optimal customer
experience to their portfolio of stores. They thrive on supporting and building
high performance teams that execute with excellence...
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