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The Job Of Security Director Is Expanding: How Does It Impact Technology?
An organization’s security director manages a staff of security personnel,
implements and enforces security policies and procedures, and generally ensures
the safety of personnel and visitors to the organization’s premises. Over the
years, the role of security director has expanded to include new disciplines
such as cybersecurity. More and more, security directors are also taking a “seat
at the table” as integral and critical members of a company’s management team.
We asked this week’s Expert Panel Roundtable:
How is the job of "security director" expanding, and what is the impact on
technology?
Scott Dunn - Sr. Director Business Development Solutions &
Services, Axis
Communications
The
motto of security directors everywhere should be “ever forward.” Just when we
think technology can’t develop any more rapidly, it does, and impressive options
to add to physical or virtual security stacks emerge every day. As technology
shifts, so has the role, and due to those shifts, security directors need to
stay on top of new and upcoming technology and create game plans as to how these
innovations will best fit into their organizations. The role of security
director is equal parts general and strategic advisor, and anyone in this role
should be comfortable with the ever-changing definition of what “security”
really means. The technological approach to protecting an organization needs to
be as flexible as the technology itself, and transformation in the industry
should always be embraced.
Read more here
Three Days Away!
October 26 is NRF's Fight Retail Crime Day
The retail industry will come together on Fight Retail Crime Day, an annual
event to advocate for effective solutions to combat organized retail crime
(ORC).
The surge of theft and violence associated with ORC has racked up over $112
billion in losses for retailers and has a broader impact on the safety of store
employees and customers.
Join NRF on Oct. 26 for Fight Retail Crime Day to:
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Advocate for policies that promote community safety and address rising retail
crime such as the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA).
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Connect with leading policymakers to help drive change and call for action.
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Activate the retail community to spread awareness and recognize lawmakers who
support retail as Retail Crime Fighters.
Mark your calendars and learn more at
nrf.com/FightRetailCrimeDay.
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Retail Theft: 'Full-Blown National Crisis'
Washington Post Opinion: Rising crime affects everyone
By Neil Bradley, Executive VP & Chief Policy Officer, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
Petula Dvorak’s Oct. 17 Metro column, “Alarm
over empty shelves obscures the full picture,” missed the mark on the
real-world impact of crime on businesses.
We have good reason to be alarmed as retail theft has become a full-blown
national crisis on an unprecedented scale.
At
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, we increasingly hear from businesses of all sizes
affected by crime. Our
own surveys, along with surveys by the
National Retail Federation and the
FBI, point to a dramatic surge in retail crime. Retail theft losses
more than doubled since 2019, climbing to $112.1 billion in 2022 from $50.6
billion pre-pandemic.
We are not talking one-time shoplifters stealing out of need but criminal rings
pilfering large amounts of goods with the intent to resell, usually online.
These crimes increasingly turn violent. According to the
National Retail Federation, 80 percent of retailers reported increased
incidents of violence in the past year.
Rising crime is especially devastating to small businesses struggling with
increasing costs to secure their stores and a dwindling customer base as
people avoid crime-ridden areas.
No store should have to close because of theft, but, unfortunately, many have.
Congress
has made it more difficult for criminals to sell stolen goods online, but
state and local laws must be updated to address organized retail crime, and
prosecutors must duly
prosecute criminals.
There are complex problems contributing to rising crime, including laws
that do not address organized theft and prosecutors who won’t hold criminals
accountable. However,
this level of organized crime and looting is not simple shoplifting. At its core
is wholesale disregard for the law.
washingtonpost.com
Shoplifting Incidents in Minnesota Increased 13%
Will a new state theft task force be the next item on the agenda?
New Minnesota law cracks down on organized retail theft
Police pfficer Charlie Anderson’s experiences more than a decade ago led him to
start an organized retail crime association that grew into a statewide nonprofit,
and he and others in the field have been
pushing to change state law to distinguish shoplifting for
personal use from stealing with the intent to resell items. After
legislative approval last session,
Gov. Tim Walz signed it into law.
The new law that took effect in August spells out that
a person is guilty of organized retail theft if they’re
working with at least one other person in “a retail theft enterprise,”
they previously were involved in at least two separate retail thefts in a
six-month period and they attempt to sell the merchandise or return it for
anything of value. It increases the penalties compared to other theft.
If stolen merchandise exceeds $5,000, a person who’s convicted
could receive a prison term of up to 15 years, rather than 10 years. No
one had been charged in Minnesota under the new law as of Tuesday, though
Anderson said it will
take some time for police and prosecutors to build cases.
Local shoplifting trends
Shoplifting incidents across Minnesota, during the first nine months of
each year,
increased 13 percent from 2021 to 2022 and 2 percent from 2022 to this
year at convenience stores, department/discount stores, grocery/supermarkets,
shopping malls and specialty stores.
State task force?
During the next legislative session, Nustad said he
plans to push for an organized retail crime task force in the state. That
would
get “prosecutors, financial investigators, law enforcement, retail loss
prevention and store owners to all work together to identify these career
criminal networks faster than we’re doing today,” he said.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said he, prosecutors from his office and
prosecutors from cities in the county are planning training around the new law,
developing plans to work with police investigators, and utilizing
industry-led resources to help with uncovering organized retail theft operations.'
How organized retail theft works -
Locking up merchandise:
twincities.com
Membership-Based Business Model: The Solution to
Theft?
Costco is winning the war against retail theft, boasts it's 'not a big issue' as
Target and Walmart shutter stores across the country — here's why
Costco isn’t losing as much to retail theft as its peers. “Thankfully,
it's not a big issue for us,” chief financial officer Richard Galanti
reportedly told investors last month during the company’s earnings call. Here’s
how
one of the largest retailers in the country is circumventing one of the
industry’s biggest threats to its collective bottom line
According to the CFO, shrinkage was between “0.1% and 0.2%,” during the most
recent quarter. That’s
significantly lower than the nationwide average of 1.44%, as
reported by the NRF.
Among the reasons
Galanti cited for Costco’s relatively low shrinkage is
the layout of its stores. Because Costco’s stores are
structured like warehouses, with only a
single point of entry or exit, they’re less vulnerable to thieves.
But
Costco’s membership-based business model is one of its
strongest defenses, according to Galanti. “You have to show your
picture ID when you come into our warehouse,” he said, “so the fact that it's
member-only is a positive.”
Costco
items are also relatively more difficult to steal. The chain sells bulk
items that are inconvenient for shoplifters. It might be hard to carry out 96
rolls of toilet paper out without someone noticing, for example. Costco goes a
step further by packing even small items in large boxes.
However, the chain isn’t immune to theft. Costco executives admitted that
shoplifting ticked up after they rolled out self-service checkouts three years
ago. But the problem hasn’t worsened enough to stop the company from
continuing to offer the feature.
aol.com
Self-Checkout Backlash Continues
Walmart shoppers feel 'treated like thieves' when self-checkout mistakes happen
Walmart uses automated missed-scan detection to reduce theft at
self-checkouts.
The tech sends a message to workers monitoring the area when it
detects behaviors it interprets as suspicious, which multiple current and
former employees told Insider has
led to uncomfortable interactions and even hostile confrontations
with customers who trigger the system.
Even in cases where theft is suspected, the employees told Insider
they are not allowed to accuse customers of stealing. But many
shoppers shared experiences in which honest mistakes or technical glitches
resulted in them
feeling branded as a criminal, whether by store workers, local law
enforcement, or even the technology itself.
"We're continuously working on
our security processes, and we encourage customers with concerns to let us know,"
Walmart spokesperson Joe Pennington told Insider. "Our associates are trained to
handle these situations professionally and respectfully, ensuring our customers
have the best shopping experience possible."
Shopper Daniel Jones told Insider he was "appalled" when his kiosk lit up and
began playing security video footage of an alleged missed scan. "Not only did I
feel like I was being accused of a crime, I felt confused and upset
because I was in my work uniform and other people may see the video playback and
think that I'm stealing," Jones said.
businessinsider.com
Californians Will Soon See More ORC Takedowns
Placer County gets $2 million grant to combat organized retail theft
The $2 million grant is for the Placer County District Attorney’s Office’s
Retail Theft Vertical Prosecution Program.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted to accept the grant for the Placer
County District Attorney’s Office’s Retail Theft Vertical Prosecution Program.
The district attorney's office
will use the grant to add a full-time deputy district attorney, a district
attorney investigator and a crime analyst.
In Roseville,
organized retail theft cases have increased 82% from May 2020 to April 2023,
according to a staff report. The district attorney's office has had
a 67% increase in cases involving retail theft that are referred for
prosecution.
“Placer County is an incredible place to live, own a business, shop, and
recreate,” Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire said in a statement.
“This is why our county continues to be the home for large retail hubs like the
Roseville Galleria Mall and its anchor stores, the Rocklin Commons Shopping
Center, and all the vibrant small business districts in our cities and towns.
It is critical we ensure the continued safety and economic vitality of our
growing business community through proactive approaches to retail theft.”
"Enough with these brazen smash-and-grabs. With an unprecedented $267 million
investment,
Californians will soon see more takedowns, more police, more arrests, and more
felony prosecutions. When shameless criminals walk out of stores
with stolen goods, they’ll walk straight into jail cells,” California Governor
Gavin Newsom said in a previous statement.
abc10.com
Los Angeles Theft Task Force: 89 Arrests & $370K
Stolen Merchandise
LA County leaders announce progress in organized retail theft crackdown
Five weeks after Los Angeles County leaders announced the
creation of a new organized retail theft task force that would go after
smash-and-grab thieves, the sheriff's department says it has made
progress.
Sheriff Robert Luna, Supervisor Janice Hahn and Supervisor Hilda Solis announced
at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce that deputies have made
89 arrests and recovered more than $370,000 worth of stolen merchandise.
Business owners across Southern California are reacting to the news, and hoping
the task force — which will receive $15.6 million of state funding each year for
the next three years —
will help reduce crime and help them feel safer.
spectrumnews1.com
Retail theft an increasing threat for customers, retailers according to
Springfield police
Albany County DA on efforts to prosecute cases involving organized retail theft
Organized retail theft's impact on N.Y.'s local businesses
Let's Get Phygital and Get the Future Retail Party On
By
Tony D'Onofrio, President,
Sensormatic
Phygital is all about the data created at the intersection of physical stores
and ecommerce. As a strategy, it heavily embraces technology to deliver
differentiated and memorable consumer experiences. It is the natural evolution
of the growing digitization trends around us, heavily embracing smartphones as
windows into the shopping journey. This article looks deeper at these trends and
provides examples from my European retail store tours.
The Phygital Consumer Wish List
Consumers are becoming much more discerning in their
shopping habits.
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32% will leave a brand after a bad experience.
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71% expect personalized experiences.
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76% get frustrated when personalized interactions don't happen.
Personalizing the customer experience was the number 1 technology priority for
retailers in the latest RIS News Store Experience Study.
Fully agree with the top three on this list of technology priorities. As I
explain in my continuously updated, 'Disruptive Future of Retail' keynote
presentation, the challenge for retailers is that consumers walk into stores
having done digital homework on product needs and get frustrated quickly if they
are unable to find products or knowledgeable sales associates.
Read the full article
here
OSHA Allowing Unions at Workplace Inspections
Unions would be allowed at workplace inspections under OSHA proposal
In
August, the Occupational Health
and Safety Administration (OSHA) proposed a
rule that would allow more third parties who could participate in an OSHA
inspection.
The rule
would allow a representative of the employer and a representative authorized by
employees to accompany an OSHA inspector during a walkaround, according
to an executive summary. The representative wouldn’t be required to be an
employee.
The proposal is an amendment of the Representatives of Employers and Employee
regulation by
removing the requirement that an employee representative must be an employee of
the company under inspection. “The representative(s) authorized by
employees may be an employee of the employer or a third party.”
The existing rule requires the designated representative to be an employee of
said company. The proposed rule said the third-party representative would be
found “reasonably necessary to
conduct of an effective and thorough physical inspection of the workplace
by virtue of their knowledge, skills or experience.”
Currently, a comment period is open for the proposed rule on the
Federal Register.
OSHA announced the comment period would be extended to Nov. 13.
Some critics have responded the
proposed rule favors organized labor over employers. Employers concerns
include property rights, protection of trade secrets and the influence of
advocacy groups.
dailyreporter.com
Women Losing Ground in the Retail Industry?
Retailers are replacing their female CEOs with men
‘Women
are losing ground’ in retailing’s top C-suite job, according to a Korn Ferry
analysis of the past 12 months.
Women CEOs have lost ground in the retail industry, according to a
new analysis of recent job changes by executive search firm Korn Ferry. Over the
past 12 months,
39 retail CEOs (12 women and 27 men) have been replaced, and in the process, six
fewer women were appointed as replacements, said John Long, Korn Ferry’s
North America retail sector leader based in Dallas.
“It’s hard to take a 12-month view and be declarative, but
women are losing ground,” Long said. “The recent experience is worth
watching.”
While retail CEO tenure averaged almost six years overall,
women’s spans were almost 2½ years shorter than men’s, Long said. “We
have to look at a longer time horizon.”
While there’s been some affirmative action pushback in recent years, Long said,
that’s not true for corporate America. “Most
companies want to provide opportunities broadly.”
The majority
(56%) of retail CEO replacements in the past 12 months came from internal
candidates, which is contrary to the view that retail is lacking bench
strength, Long said. Only 39% have been CEOs before, Long said. “Which shows the
willingness of boards to have step-up candidates.”
dallasnews.com
Israel-Palestine Conflict Impacting Stores
Starbucks sues worker union, saying customers are 'chastising' the coffee chain
and vandalizing stores over pro-Palestinian social media posts
Starbucks said customers are "chastising" the brand and calling for a
boycott.
Starbucks and the labor group
representing more than 360 of its unionized stores in the US are suing
each other over use of the company's name and logos.
The legal battle erupted when, according to Starbucks, the union and a local
affiliate representing employees posted or reposted social media messages on X,
formerly Twitter, that called for solidarity with Palestine.
In a trademark-infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday,
Starbucks accused Starbucks Workers United, and an affiliate, Iowa City
Starbucks Workers United, of damaging the brand's reputation. The suit
also names Service Employees International Union. The Starbucks union is an SEIU
affliate.
businessinsider.com
Walgreens to settle Rite Aid investors' merger claims for $192 million
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to
pay $192.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit by investors in Rite Aid
who accused Walgreens of misleading them in 2017 about scrutiny of the two
drugstore chain operators' then-pending merger.
The Rite Aid investors
sued Walgreens and its executives over statements they made about the proposed
merger between the two major U.S. pharmacy chains, which was first
announced in 2015.
The lawsuit
accuses Walgreens of downplaying scrutiny from U.S. antitrust regulators
starting in October 2016. Walgreens ultimately scrapped the takeover plan
in June 2017 after failing to win approval from the Federal Trade Commission.
reuters.com
Fox fashion retailer to furlough up to 50% of staff amid ongoing war with Hamas
Israeli retail fashion chain Fox Group announced on Sunday that it has decided
to furlough 30% to 50% of its staff across the country because of the economic
repercussions of the ongoing war with the Hamas terror group.
How Costco's next CEO went from driving forklifts to earning millions in the
C-suite
Brands Embrace AI to Revolutionize Customer Experience
Last week's #1 article --
Albuquerque DA Gets Tough on Shoplifting
Major US city announces new crackdown on theft after vast majority go unpunished
Albuquerque, New Mexico law enforcement is
planning a series of changes to control the city's shoplifting issues.
Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman is looking to crack down on how
shoplifters are prosecuted as many went unpunished.
The district attorney's office announced in September that
they will prosecute all shoplifting cases, even misdemeanor cases.
Albuquerque also implemented a law allowing prosecutors to combine multiple
misdemeanor shoplifting offenses into a felony.
The district attorney's office added 14 new prosecutors solely committed to
pursuing shoplifting cases. The growing staff is an
effort to raise the conviction rate of shoplifting cases by 15 percent
from last year's number.
Bregman made it known that first-time offenders will still have a chance to
change their lives, but
repeat offenders will be prosecuted fully.
"We are focused like a
laser beam in this office on shoplifting.
It is a crime that cannot continue at its current level."
the-sun.com
King County Superior Court Judge David Whedbee issued the award on Tuesday,
eight months after the state Supreme Court unanimously rejected the attorney
general's claims that
marketing practices by the thrift store chain were deceptive. The judge
called the state's lawsuit “needless."
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Retail Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
4 Tips for Retailers During Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Here are four tips for retailers on how they should increase their
cybersecurity posture leading up to the busiest shopping season of the year.
Invest in Cybersecurity Training for Your Staff
As we approach peak season, it’s important that
retail employees are trained on the common cybersecurity threats that are out
there, which threats
pose the greatest risks and how best to protect corporate data. By training your
staff on the most common threats, you can make it significantly harder for
threat actors to exploit personnel and gain access to your environment.
Back Up Critical Data and Configs — and Validate
As we enter the holiday season, now is an ideal time to focus on
ensuring you have backups of critical systems, network devices and data,
as well as configurations. Basically, for any kind of system that is key to
running your business, you want to have the ability to roll back. By backing up
configurations, retailers can save a tremendous amount of time if they ever have
to restore a system.
Complete Any Cybersecurity Projects That Are Underway
Threat actors are getting more sophisticated in making attacks that are more
targeted. Retailers need to have the best possible line of defense going into
peak season. And that means any
cybersecurity projects that you have underway should be completed prior to
November, if possible.
Test Disaster Readiness with Tabletop Exercises
While awareness is certainly a big piece of the cybersecurity puzzle, to be
fully ready for a more secure peak season,
retailers should prioritize disaster readiness testing.
The phrase often used is tabletop exercises, which refers to simulating a
real-world scenario to test your team’s disaster recovery and incident response
capabilities. Think of it as training firefighters prior to an actual fire. The
more prepared teams can be in knowing what to do during a disaster creates
confidence that they can recover when an actual disaster occurs.
risnews.com
Retailers Go All In On AI
How C-suite leaders plan to use generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay, and
leaders across retail and tech are planning to leverage the tool to grow their
success.
Data firm Qlik’s newest Generative AI Benchmark Report detailed how companies
plan to
utilize and invest in the new technology, which generates text, images, or
other media using generative models. Nearly eight-in-10
(79%) of the 200 C-level leaders who were surveyed said their firms have either
purchased generative AI tools or invested in generative AI projects,
and 31% say they plan to spend over $10 million on generative AI initiatives in
the coming year.
However,
44% of the organizations noted they lack a clear generative AI strategy.
When asked how they intend to approach generative AI, 68% said they plan to
leverage public or open-source models refined with proprietary data. Nearly half
(45%) said they are considering building models from scratch with proprietary
data.
Six-in-10 respondents (60%) said that they plan to partially or fully rely on
third-party expertise when it comes to questions of strategy, data security,
governance and more. Only
20% believe their data fabric is “very or extremely” well-equipped to meet their
needs for generative AI.
Nearly three-fourths of respondents
(73%) said they expect to increase spending on technologies that support data
fabrics for generative AI,
with part of that spend focusing on managing data volumes.
“Generative AI’s potential has ignited a wave of investment and interest both in
discreet generative AI tools, and in technologies that
help organizations manage risk, embrace complexity and scale generative AI and
traditional AI for impact,”
said James Fisher, chief strategy officer at Qlik. “Our Generative AI Benchmark
report clearly shows leading organizations understand that these tools must be
supported by a trusted data foundation. That data foundation fuels the insights
and advanced use cases where the power of generative AI and traditional AI
together come to life.”
chainstoreage.com
Global IT Spending to Surge 8%
Tech spend to hit milestone as businesses react to AI security scare
Gartner is projecting worldwide IT spend will top $5 trillion next year, and
CIOs are investing more in security to curb concerns associated with AI and
risk.
Worldwide IT spending is expected to
surge to $5.1 trillion in 2024, growing 8% year over year,
analyst firm Gartner projected in a Wednesday report. This marks the first time
IT spending is expected to surpass $5 trillion.
AI is already having an influence and is set to impact one
area of IT spend in particular: cybersecurity,
according to Gartner. Most CIOs — 4 in 5 — plan to increase security investments
next year amid concerns associated with AI and risk, making it the top category
for increased spending.
“AI has created a new
security scare for organizations,”
said John-David Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst, in the report. “Gartner is
projecting double-digit growth across all segments of enterprise security
spending for 2024.”
A wave of change fatigue, manifested in reluctance to invest in new projects and
initiatives, pushed some of this year’s IT spending into 2024, Gartner said.
That trend is likely to continue into 2025.
cybersecuritydive.com
The real impact of the cybersecurity poverty line on small organizations
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Amazon Mounts Defense Against FTC Lawsuit
Amazon defends Prime program in bid to defeat FTC lawsuit
Amazon.com has
denied
duping millions of subscribers to its Amazon Prime service,
asking a U.S. judge in Seattle to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit
that the ecommerce giant said "fails in its entirety."
Attorneys for Amazon on Wednesday
urged U.S. District Judge John Chun to
dismiss the FTC's claims that the company had tricked consumers into
enrolling for Prime and made it hard for them to cancel.
The FTC in June sued Amazon for alleged deceptive practices.
In
its filing, Amazon said it "prominently and repeatedly" disclosed key terms —
including price and automatic renewal — to Prime customers. Amazon also accused
the FTC of seeking to punish the company through "undefined concepts" such as
"manipulative" website designs.
"In a case supposedly about clarity, the FTC's purported standards are
unconstitutionally opaque," Amazon said.
An Amazon spokesperson in a statement said
Prime's sign-up and cancellation processes "are clear and simple by design"
and "have always met a standard for customers well above legal requirements."
The lawsuit is
part of the Biden administration's ongoing regulatory and enforcement
squeeze on big technology companies.
In a separate case, the FTC in September accused Amazon of
violating U.S. antitrust law in business practices that restrict merchants
from offering lower prices than Amazon's. That case is also pending in Chun's
Seattle court.
The FTC's Prime lawsuit said
Amazon "under substantial pressure" from the FTC changed its cancellation
process in April,
before the agency filed its lawsuit. The complaint said "Amazon still requires
five clicks on desktop and six on mobile for consumers to cancel from
Amazon.com."
reuters.com
Online Retailer Under Scrutiny Over Forced Labor
Allegations
Shein opens up about forced labor, data privacy as it looks to clear key hurdles
before possible U.S. IPO
The company’s success has been mired by its ties to China and allegations that
it uses forced labor in its supply chain, violates labor laws and steals designs
from independent artists.
The
digitally native retailer skyrocketed to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic
after shoppers across the globe fell in love with its fashion-forward designs,
endless assortment and dirt-cheap prices.
But as it tries to cap off its meteoric rise with a U.S. market debut, those
ambitions have been mired by its ties to China, along with mounting
allegations that it uses forced labor in its supply chain, violates labor laws,
harms the environment and steals designs
from independent artists.
Shein is taking steps to address those issues and show U.S. regulators and
Congress it can be trusted to go public in the U.S., where scrutiny of
businesses founded in China has intensified in recent years. The company is
facing increasing pressure from lawmakers, including an investigation from the
newly formed House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party,
and has found itself caught in the geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and
Beijing.
cnbc.com
Amazon, Tripadvisor, others team up to fight fake reviews
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Los Angeles, CA: 8 suspects caught on camera stealing thousands of dollars in
merchandise from shoe store
Another
business has fallen victim to a flash mob-style robbery, with eight suspects
targeting a local shoe store in the latest case of commercial theft in Southern
California. Surveillance footage shows at least five of the thieves walking
calmly around the WSS store in Van Nuys around 9 p.m. Sunday night, casually
stealing five to six thousand dollars worth of clothes and shoes, according to
the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities later confirmed that a total of
eight suspects — five men and three women — carried out the robbery. Some of the
suspects were seen exiting the store, located in the 7900 block of Sepulveda
Boulevard, with merchandise stuffed in plastic bags; others just took items and
walked out.
ktla.com
Virginia Beach, VA: Officer Attacked in Kohl’s Shoplifting Incident, shot fired
On Friday, at 8:43 p.m., Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen
Services (ECCS) was alerted to a theft in progress at Kohl’s. Tyler Davis, a
24-year-old Norfolk resident previously linked to thefts from the store, was
once again engaging in shoplifting. An officer from the Virginia Beach Police
Department’s Third Precinct arrived and pursued Davis as he fled from the store
with stolen items. During the chase, Davis discharged a firearm at the
officer, hitting the police car but not the officer. The officer, with the
aid of additional personnel, managed to detain Davis. Tyler Davis faces multiple
charges, including Attempted Aggravated Murder and Grand Larceny. Two
associates, Hayley Fernandez, 26, of Virginia Beach, and Jaclyn Anderson, 22, of
Portsmouth, were also apprehended. Fernandez faces Conspiracy to Commit Grand
Larceny charges, while Anderson has been charged with Conspiracy to Commit Grand
Larceny and Possession of a Schedule I/II Narcotic.
shorenewsnetwork.com
Walnut Creek, CA: Police Arrest Four Allegedly Connected To $10K Retail Theft
Scam
Walnut Creek police arrested four people Friday for alleged retail theft. On
Wednesday, police received information about two organized retail thefts that
occurred at the Santa Rosa and Napa Lululemon stores. The information was
obtained by the department's Broadway Plaza Officer, in conjunction with retail
loss prevention personnel, and included photographs of the suspects and the
suspect vehicles. Police also received information the suspects might be coming
to the Walnut Creek location to return stolen merchandise. Police said Friday
afternoon that at approximately 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, several of the suspects
were observed inside Lululemon located in Broadway Plaza. Police detained
four suspects without incident and recovered more than $10,000 worth of stolen
merchandise from the suspect's vehicles.
sfgate.com
Clarkston, WA: Chainsaw Thief Arrested After Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Carson City, NV: Douglas County Sheriff’s Department investigating a Walmart
shoplifting suspect
NRF has declared Oct. 26 as Fight Retail Crime Day
A day of action to unite the retail community
to advocate for solutions in combating organized retail crime.
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Shootings & Deaths
Rochester, NY: 1 dead after shooting inside clothing store on Hudson Ave
A man in his 20s is dead after being shot inside a clothing store Sunday
evening, according to the Rochester Police Department. Officers arrived on scene
at Hudson Avenue just after 7 p.m. When they arrived, they found a victim who
had been shot in the upper torso. The victim died at the scene. Investigators
said at this time, they believe the victim had no relation to the store.
The suspect came in, shot the victim multiple times, and then left, according to
police. Rochester police said the shooting does appear to be targeted,
and no one else was hurt as a result of the shooting. No suspects are in custody
at this time.
rochesterfirst.com
Update: Sedgwick County, KS: Wichita man convicted in death of convenience store
Security Guard
A Sedgwick County jury has convicted a Wichita man of first degree murder in the
2021 shooting death of a security guard outside a downtown area Quik Trip store.
The jury began deliberations Friday morning in the case of 44-year-old Laroy
West, and they returned a verdict early in the afternoon. In addition to the
murder charge, the jury also convicted West on two counts of criminal possession
of a weapon by a convicted felon. The jury returned a not-guilty verdict on a
count of aggravated assault. West will be sentenced on December 8th. Police
arrested West in May, 2021 after a disturbance at a Quik Trip store at Murdock
and Broadway. A security guard, 39-year-old Will Robinson, had escorted West out
of the store after a disturbance, and Robinson was shot in the parking lot.
Robinson died two days later.
kfdi.com
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver robbed at gunpoint outside hotel
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson was robbed at gunpoint Friday,
according to multiple reports. Law enforcement sources told TMZ Sports that
officers responded to a call of a robbery outside of a hotel in L.A. just after
midnight on Friday. Robinson was not injured in the incident but had over
$100,000 in jewelry stolen from him including a luxury watch, Sports Illustrated
said. According to Bleacher Report, police have launched an investigation, but
no suspects have been apprehended as of Saturday morning.
cw33.com
Chicago, IL: Multiple Commercial Burglaries Plague Logan Square and Albany Park,
Chicago PD Issues Alert
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) issued a business alert on Saturday, October
21st about a series of commercial burglaries in the 14th and 17th districts. The
perpetrators have been forcefully entering businesses and making off with cash.
The Chicago Police categorize their force by districts, each corresponding to
certain neighborhoods. In this case, the 14th district corresponds to the Logan
Square and Humboldt Park neighborhoods, while the 17th district covers the
Albany Park area.
hoodline.com
Nashville, TN: 2 men accused of burglarizing train cars containing cases of
vodka, Red Bull
A tip that train cars in Nashville were being broken into led police to nabbing
two suspects. The burglary of 10 stationary CSX trains at the dead end of
Florence Avenue and Welworth Street in Madison occurred Friday afternoon. When
Metro Nashville police arrived they found two people sitting next to about 30
cases of Vodka. Police discovered an open shipping container on a train car
filled with Svedka Vodka, missing it's security tag, that had apparently been
broken into. They found nine other train cars with their locks cut that had been
entered. Several cases of Red Bull were also found outside one of the
broken-into shipping containers filled with the energy drink.
fox17.com
North Olmsted, OH: Suspects arrested with thousands of dollars in counterfeit
bills
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C-Store – Poynette, WI
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Chicago, IL
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Yamhill
County, OR – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Princeton,
WV – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – St Louis, MO
– Burglary
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C-Store – St Ann, MO –
Burglary
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C-Store – Visalia, CA
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Severn, MD –
Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Morganton,
NC – Burglary
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Clothing – Walnut
Creek, CA – Robbery
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Gas Station – Lehigh
Acres, FL – Robbery
• Jewelry - Thomasville, GA - Robbery
• Jewelry - Pembroke Pines, FL – Robbery
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Kohl’s - Virginia
Beach, VA – Robbery
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Liquor – Fargo, ND-
Robbery
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Marijuana – Lincoln
County, OK – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Los
Angeles, CA – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant –
Winston-Salem, NC – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – New
Bedford, MA – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant –
Bloomington, IN – Armed Robbery
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Shoes – Los Angeles,
CA – Robbery
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Vape – Herscher, IL –
Burglary
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Tobacco – Chili, NY –
Burglary
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Tobacco – Battle
Creek, MI – Burglary
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Walmart - Clarkston,
WA - Robbery
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Walmart – Carson City,
NV – Robbery
Daily Totals:
• 20 robberies
• 6 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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