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Genetec Predicts Physical Security Industry Trends for 2023

Security system unification, access control modernization, hybrid cloud advancement, and cybersecurity top the list.

Montreal, December 14, 2022 - Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared its top predictions for the physical security industry in 2023.

Labor shortages drive demand for unified security solutions

In the Genetec 2022 State of Physical Security Report, 50% of respondents said their physical security team experienced human resource challenges last year. For 2023, security leaders are re-evaluating their technology stack seeking solutions that help streamline tasks, automate processes, and enhance team efficiency. Unifying video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition, communications technology, and other valuable functions can make an operator's job easier and reduce costs and training. Built-in analytics or decision support features can further streamline operations.

Read more in the Vendor Spotlight column below

In Case You Missed It

Checkpoint Systems launches SFERO – a high performing, modular RFID as EAS solution for apparel

The company has a customized modular approach to leveraging RFID for shrink detection, which is being piloted by retailers in Europe.

• Bringing Visibility to Article Surveillance
• Higher-Performance Reader Solutions
• A Focus on Modular or Phased Approaches

Checkpoint Systems, a global retailer technology company, released a new electronic article surveillance (EAS) solution for loss prevention that leverages radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The system, known as SFERO, offers retailers a customizable and modular approach to employing passive UHF RFID tags—commonly used on apparel for inventory management—to detect which items are being removed from a store, as well as when this occurs. The system can then trigger an alert to personnel.

The solution, based on Checkpoint Systems' upgraded RFID readers and antennas, provides high-performance loss prevention in stores, the company reports, which can be adopted through a phased deployment approach, depending on a retailer's needs and site. Checkpoint provides both EAS and RFID technologies for inventory-management applications. Its targeted markets include apparel, grocery, electronics, logistics and more.

The company developed SFERO as a solution that creates a technology-based "sphere of protection" around a retailer's entrance and exit, according to Sergio Ramos, Checkpoint Systems' global product manager for RFID. The technology is intended to provide visibility into the movements of products into and out of the store, including every item's identity. "The goal is providing that 360-degree coverage of a store entrance [or] exit," he says.

Bringing Visibility to Article Surveillance - Higher-Performance Reader Solutions - A Focus on Modular or Phased Approaches rfidjournal.com

The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact

No End in Sight in Gotham
NYC’s crime, mental health crises have Hochul, ‘rookie’ Adams on the ropes

Adams’ ‘rookie’ mistakes

For Adams, the situation underscores how he missed his best chance to get help from Hochul on crime during the campaign, when she was vulnerable and needed his backing. Now she would have trouble delivering the measures Adams wants, even if she agreed they are needed.

Crime, of course, was the major issue that propelled Adams to victory a year ago and, while murder and shootings are down by 11% and 16% respectively this year, violence and disorder remain Public Enemy No. 1 for most New Yorkers.

When he was elected, Adams jubilantly vowed he would show America how to run a city. Perhaps sobered by the difficulties, he said recently that 2022 is his “rookie year” and promised more results soon.

If 2023 really is going to mark a big improvement, Adams will need to stay more relentlessly focused on crime, including things like fare-beating and shoplifting. He often seems to take his eye off the ball, as with his embrace of a migrant influx from the border.

And when Hochul and lawmakers refused to make needed changes to bail laws and other criminal justice measures that are turning loose dangerous people, he eventually gave up and accepted the cold shoulder. nypost.com

Retail Theft Used as Example For Ending Bail

Get Out of Jail Free in Illinois

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is brilliant with his use of reverse psychology.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois is brilliant with his use of reverse psychology (“Illinois’s No-Bail Criminal Experiment,” Review & Outlook, Dec. 13). It’s only a matter of time before criminals realize that they’re much safer inside rather than outside his jails and petition for longer terms. wsj.com

Ind.: Cash bail is ending statewide on Jan. 1, despite the failure of bail reform elsewhere
Democrats have full control of state government in Illinois, so they can take full credit for the mess unfolding in public safety. Crime is rising, but on Jan. 1 the Land of Lincoln will become the first state to abolish cash bail, putting more defendants awaiting criminal trial back on the streets.

New York and New Jersey have eliminated bail in some cases, and after that produced predictable results, Albany pared back parts of its law. Illinois is undeterred and is ending cash bail statewide.

The current system in Illinois has three options: The most dangerous suspects can be detained leading up to trial. The rest can be bailed out pending a hearing, or else released on their own recognizance. The adjusted rules will eliminate the middle option and restrict judicial discretion on which suspects pose a threat to the community if freed.

Illinois enacted these changes in the SAFE-T Act, which passed in 2021 after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis at the hands of police. Many states reacted to the public outrage by rushing through criminal-justice reforms. But the Illinois bill posed so many problems that all but two of Illinois’s 102 state attorneys objected. Lawsuits filed by more than half of them are consolidated in Kankakee County. State legislators have twice amended the law to address complaints, but the no-bail experiment is set to go ahead.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says ending bail is about “addressing the problem of a single mother who shoplifted diapers for her baby,” and who shouldn’t be “put in jail and kept there for six months because she doesn’t have a couple of hundred dollars.” That isn’t what the bail law is about. But since he mentioned it, Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx, another “progressive prosecutor,” raised her office’s felony threshold for retail theft to $1,000 in 2016, so the diaper mom is safe.

Voters who see rising mayhem in the streets will know whom to blame. wsj.com

Walmart Is Often at the Center of the National Gun Debate
Although the chain sells guns at its stores throughout the United States, Walmart has imposed increasingly strict restrictions on firearm sales as mass shootings have continued in the country. In recent years, it stopped selling handguns and certain rifles, including AR-15s, and raised the minimum age to purchase firearms to 21.

After 23 people were killed by a gunman in a Walmart store in El Paso in August 2019, the company publicly urged Congress and President Donald J. Trump to strengthen background checks and renew the debate over an assault rifle ban.

Walmart has also taken additional steps, such as ceasing the sale of ammunition that could be used in military-style weapons and discouraging people from openly carrying weapons into its stores, a policy it announced in 2019.

In that announcement, Mr. McMillon cited “multiple incidents since El Paso, where individuals attempting to make a statement and test our response have entered our stores carrying weapons in a way that frightened or concerned our associates and customers.”

By the nature of its size and geographic reach — it has more than 4,000 stores spread across the United States — Walmart is commonly the site of crimes, some of them violent. During the pandemic, some retailers and their employees have said that violence has increased in all types of stores.

Walmart has said it has taken steps to bolster security in some stores such as installing cameras in parking lots and hiring off-duty police officers during busy shopping days. nytimes.com

More Police Departments Adding ORC Units
VIEWPOINT: Delaware’s theft epidemic: A silent economic killer
Crime — burglary, robbery, vandalism, shoplifting, employee theft, and fraud — costs businesses billions of dollars each year. Crime can be particularly devastating to small businesses, who lose both customers and employees when crime and fear claim a neighborhood. When small businesses are victims of crime, they often react by changing their hours of operation, raising their prices to cover their losses, relocating outside the community, or simply closing. Fear of crime isolates businesses, much like fear isolates individuals — and this isolation increases vulnerability to crime.

For businesses, burglary, theft, and shoplifting are of primary significance. Nationally, commercial burglaries in 2019 accounted for 32% of all burglaries reported. There are organized groups of criminals who participate in planned shoplifting operations. Many police agencies today assign officers specifically to units that focus on organized criminal shoplifting groups.

The Attorney General’s office, law enforcement and industry organizations working together to educate business owners and employees on prevention techniques by:

• Restoring the pre-pandemic dedicated retail crime unit within the state police, assigned to exclusively to work on organized retail crime (ORC).

• Ensuring the legislated dedicated attorney general retail prosecutor is named and assigned workload exclusive to organized retail crime. At monthly in-person meeting with industry businesses, must discuss actions, results, and recommendations to reduce retail crime.

• Re-establish the monthly in-person meeting with businesses loss prevention, attorney general retail prosecutor, state police ORC task force, court calendar administrator, chambers, and industry groups.

• Further develop and coordinate technology for mass communication between retailers and detectives for rapid response.

• Communicate effective enforcement of civil recovery judgments by the courts and collection agencies to offset retailers cost of theft.

• Holding an annual loss prevention conference including national and regional loss prevention professionals, members of the public, legislators, and other impacted groups with a publicly available annual report of crime issues facing Delaware businesses delawarebusinesstimes.com

Seattle Eliminates 80 Police Positions
Seattle’s Murder Rates At Record High But The City Set To Defund
Homicides in Seattle, Washington, hit a 26-year high after the city council defunded the police. A police exodus crippled the department and voters so much that the city responded by electing a pro-police mayor and a Republican city attorney. The movement was a failure, yet the council just voted to defund the police once again.

Police dismantling is not a new agenda. By a 6-3 vote, the council passed total funding for the police department’s hiring plan but permanently defunded 80 police positions in already understaffed departments. Democratic council members denied the cuts, saying the Seattle Police Department will be fully funded in 2023.

Mayor Bruce Harrell saw the police department had no way of meeting its hiring goals of 200 officers next year and offered to cut police funding temporarily next year. His budget did support a hire of 120 new officers, but feelings of uncertainty that it could be done amassed. Cutting funds temporarily would save money while giving the SPD time to rebuild by hiring new officers.

Seattle City Council saw an opportunity to shrink the department instead. While the new hire staff plan will be fully funded, the remaining positions in the department were cut. Council members Sarah Nelson and Alex Pederson voted against the budget as concerns loomed about public safety. Nelson said, “I believe eliminating these positions does reinforce a ‘defund’ narrative that got us here.” republicannation.com

Shootings of youths are soaring in D.C., vexing city leaders
Sixteen juveniles have been fatally shot so far this year. The grim tally is more than double the number of youth killed by bullets at the same time in 2021. Nonfatal shootings up 80%.

16 would be dead. Over that same period, 82 youths were shot and injured, and more than 200 juveniles were arrested for themselves committing violent crimes. Each of those numbers has increased compared to the same time last year, though juveniles still account for less than a quarter of arrests in all violent incidents citywide.

D.C. is not the only city struggling with youths being shot. Nationwide, more than 5,800 people under 18 years old have been wounded or killed by gunfire this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. That number has increased each year since the pandemic started, with about 3,820 juveniles shot fatally or non-fatally in 2019.

City leaders, despite repeated efforts over months, appear unable to quiet the gunfire. “There has to be a certain level of urgency behind this because it does involve our young people,” said D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III.

Contee said in an interview that his officers are doing their part and pointed to the courts for being too soft on offenders.

Experts have attributed the increase in juveniles shot and shooting, in part, to two factors: pandemic-related trauma, and the proliferation of guns in the city and beyond.

More than 10 million children lost a parent or caregiver to the coronavirus. Even more kids saw their family members’ jobs and mental health wither away. Each of these disruptions, experts have found, weighed more heavily on children who are Black or impoverished. washingtonpost.com

FBI report shows high hate crime levels, but data missing

10 years after Sandy Hook: More mass shootings, U.S. stumbling with gun control

COVID Update

657.9M Vaccinations Given

US: 101.3M Cases - 1.1M Dead - 98.6M Recovered
Worldwide: 654.6M Cases - 6.6M Dead - 629.8M Recovered

Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 362
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: 820

Here We Go Again!
It’s Time to Wear a Mask Again, Health Experts Say

A high-quality, well-fitting mask is your best protection against infection from the coronavirus, influenza and R.S.V.

Masks are back, and, this time, they’re not just for Covid-19. A “tripledemic” of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V., sweeping through the United States has prompted several cities and counties, including New York City and Los Angeles County, to encourage people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces once again.

Nationwide, Covid-19 case rates and hospitalizations have spiked by 56 percent and 24 percent, respectively, over the past two weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have already been 13 million illnesses and 7,300 deaths from flu this season, and those numbers are expected to rise in the coming months. (Over the past decade, annual flu deaths have ranged from 12,000 to 52,000 people, with the peak in January and February.) And while R.S.V. finally appears to be on the decline, infection rates are still high across much of the country.

The C.D.C. officially advises wearing a mask on a county-by-county basis depending on community Covid-19 levels, which take into account virus-related hospital admissions, bed capacity and case rates. However, in an interview with NPR last week, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the C.D.C. director, said, “You don’t need to wait for C.D.C.’s recommendation, certainly, to wear a mask.” nytimes.com

January Mask Mandate Looms for LA if COVID Wave Worsens
With coronavirus cases surging and hospitalizations worsening, Los Angeles County once again faces the possibility of a renewed public indoor mask mandate.

“We are seeing a rapid acceleration again,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “This is the time to put that mask back on.”

A new mandate would be on the table should 10% of all staffed inpatient hospital beds in L.A. County be filled with coronavirus-positive patients. That has happened for a sustained period of time only twice in the pandemic — both during the last two deadly winter surges.

L.A. is the nation’s most crowded place to live, as a recent Times analysis documented. That report also found L.A.'s most overcrowded neighborhoods have experienced COVID-19 death rates at least twice as high as those with ample housing. govtech.com

Living With Coronavirus Long Term
COVID experts said ‘This is it,’ then omicron hit. How should you assess risk for the long term?
UCSF’s chair of medicine Bob Wachter said we're confronting the likelihood of coexisting with the coronavirus for years to come: “It’s possible that this is it,” he said of the situation at that time.

Now, “We have entered a phase in which mandates of any kind will be very unpopular, and people are making their own mask and vaccination choices, hopefully based on some kind of personal risk assessment,” said Anne Liu, an infectious disease doctor at Stanford.

Currently, nearly 9 out of 10 deaths from COVID are in people over 65.

Experts also advise staying informed about COVID numbers in your area, including case and positivity rates, hospitalizations and public health guidance. sfchronical.com

Minnesota leaders urge caution amid viral risks of holiday season
Unseasonably early levels of influenza and RSV have combined with COVID-19 to fill up hospitals. Federal data on Monday showed 8,228 patients were admitted to Minnesota hospitals, an 86% occupancy rate that rivaled the worst days of the pandemic. More than 10% of the patients had COVID-19, influenza, or both. startribuine.com

China’s Rapid Covid Reversal Sparks Whiplash as Cases Surge

DeSantis targets Covid vaccine manufacturers and CDC in latest anti-vaccine moves

The Great Debate Over Self-Checkout & Theft
Walmart rolled out self-checkout to streamline operations and reduce labor
But employees and customers say it's causing a surge in thefts

• Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said stores could close if the rising tide of theft isn't stemmed.
• Customers & employees blame self-checkout, which Walmart has increasingly relied on, for theft.
• A theft expert said automation "inherently means there's going to be less eyes on a transaction."

Walmart's CEO has warned that the retailer may need to close down stores due to theft – but many of the company's customers and employees blame one growing feature of the store for enabling shoplifting: self-checkout.

Walmart CEO and President Doug McMillon told CNBC earlier this month that theft "is higher than what it has historically been" and there will be consequences "if that is not corrected over time." Since McMillon made those comments, more than 100 Walmart customers and former and current employees reached out to an Insider reporter imploring the retailer to rely less on self-checkout

Walmart, like so many other retailers, has increasingly relied on automation as a means of improving customer experience and reducing labor cost.

Walmart declined to answer questions on its ratio of self-checkout kiosks to traditional checkout lanes, staffed by cashiers, across the country; what surveillance tools it uses to prevent theft; if self-checkout has posed additional risks of theft, and how much Walmart has lost in theft this year. Reuters reported in 2015 that the world's largest retailer likely was losing about 1% of its US revenue — or roughly $3 billion every year — to stealing by customers and employees.

A Walmart employee at a store in Spokane, Washington, who asked to be anonymous for fear of retaliation, told Insider that her store went down to six staff-operated registers a few months back, with the rest of the machines being self-checkout.

"Theft is horrible at my store," the employee said. "If corporate actually visited at the store level and spoke with actual employees that deal with the theft, they might see how to fix the problem. They are converting stores to more self checkouts with less employees. Self checkout is where most theft happens." businessinsider.com

Security Industry Association:
2023 SIA Security Megatrends Report Now Out –The Vision for the Security Industry
Each year, the 2023 Security Megatrends report presents a forecast for the security industry’s future and breaks down the top 10 trends that will impact you and your organization in the coming year. The trends are researched and defined with the input of executives at SIA member companies, SNG event speakers and attendees, SIA’s Executive Council and others and help tell the story of today’s industry and forecast where the industry will be tomorrow. securityindustry.org

Retailers Are Tightening Up on Returns
Consumers paying the price for free shipping

Don't wait on returns. Many stores will have a stricter return policy this holiday season
Among retailers, 6 in 10 have changed their returns policies this year, shortening the time frame shoppers have to send an item back, charging fees, or telling shoppers they'll have to cover the shipping costs themselves, according to goTRG, a logistics company focused on returns.

One exception to the new rules is the holiday season when many retailers are widening the window for shoppers to make a return.

Many are now shrinking their returns time frames, typically to 30 days, to winnow the mountain of merchandise shoppers send back and give stores a better chance to resell returned items before they go out of season, retail experts say.

Retailers are also increasingly telling shoppers that they'll have to pay if they want to send an item back. Among 300 retailers surveyed this year, 36% said they do not offer free shipping on returns, double the number that refused to cover those costs last year.

Are free returns going away?

Some retailers, like Kohls, require shoppers to cover their own shipping costs. Many others however are charging a restocking fee, or deducting the cost of shipping from a customer's refund, Borders says.

While many retailers continue to offer refunds, retailers are increasingly offering store credits instead "so it won’t be a complete lost sale,'' Borders says. usatoday.com

Accelerating RFID Universal Adoption
Walmart’s RFID Mandate: A Prequel to Wider Retail Adoption

The technology will play an increasingly larger role in the retail sector, and Walmart's commitment to RFID will accelerate its universal adoption.

Earlier this year, leading U.S. hypermarket retail chain Walmart issued a new mandate, which required suppliers in certain departments to begin providing RFID tags, joining retailers such as Nordstrom in expanding their use of the technology. Having succeeded with its use of RFID for its apparel products, the retailer has told its suppliers that any brand supplying products for their home, entertainment or hard-line departments across the United States will be required to tag their products with RFID technology by September of this year.

Commenting on the revelation, Shelly McDougal, Walmart's senior director of merchandising, said, "We have seen dramatic results in our ability to ensure products are available for our customers" (see Walmart Recommits to RFID). She added that the above has resulted in improvements in online order fulfilment and overall customer satisfaction.

Walmart could initiate a chain reaction for a near-universal adoption of item-level RFID in retailers throughout the United States, with analysts across the retail sector already admitting that they anticipate a near-universal switch to item-level RFID after the announcement.

Powering Advanced Retailing with Item-Level RFID

Thanks to industry standardization efforts, item-level RFID solutions have become easier to adopt and much more affordable.

The affordability and accelerated ROI that RFID technology offers are the reason behind its global appeal. Because RFID enables regular in-stock inventory analytics, retailers can effortlessly determine where and when an item has been sold or disappeared within the supply chain. More than 40 percent of retail shrinkage is accredited to employee theft (see View From the Top: 5 CIOs Speak Out on RFID). Item-level RFID discourages internal shrinkage, and integrating RFID allows retailers to identify if items left a store without being purchased.

Like Walmart, the American department store Macy's also implemented item-level RFID tags to better track its inventory. In 2017, the retailer boasted a 50 percent reduction in out-of-stock items, resulting in an 18 percent increase in sales (see Macy's to RFID-Tag 100 Percent of Items).

McDougal further explained, "We look forward to expanding the technology into more categories, to further improve inventory accuracy across the business, provide a better in-store shopping experience for customers, and drive more online and pick-up-in-store capabilities." rfidjournal.com

Data Harvesting - Advertisers & Virtual Mall Operators
‘Buy now, pay later’ is booming. So are its problems
Credit card balances are skyrocketing, but just as alarming is the rise of a new credit product known as “buy now, pay later.” About 4 percent of online transactions in North America are done this way, and usage surged nearly 70 percent over the week of Black Friday compared with the previous week. It is now offered for almost every purchase, including for gas and guns.

“Buy now, pay later” resembles once-popular layaway programs, except in reverse. When someone checks out, they are offered the option to purchase an item by paying about a quarter of the price on the spot. Shoppers make another payment two weeks later, a third payment two weeks after that and the final payment at the six-week mark. Consumers get approved (or denied) within seconds for these loans, making them fast and convenient.

So what’s the problem? “Buy now, pay later” is largely unregulated, and substantial issues have emerged.

The biggest concerns are that many of these financial technology companies are not doing a sufficient job assessing people’s ability to repay and are using shoppers’ data to suggest more products to buy — on credit.

The CFPB issued a major report in September outlining key concerns. In addition to worrying about consumers’ ability to repay, the agency flagged that these companies are shifting their business models — which currently rely heavily on fees charged to retailers and not charging interest, — to look at ways to collect user data and market products to them.

A Wired reporter who has bought through “buy now, pay later” services described it like this: “you’re just in their email marketing loop until the end of time.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should act swiftly to put up guardrails to protect consumers and assure they fully understand the commitment they are making.

Consumer advocates are urging the CFPB to regulate “buy now, pay later” products under the same laws as credit cards.

But leading companies offering these products have a point when they argue that “buy now, pay later” options should be regarded as distinct from credit cards. They aren’t usually charging interest, they stop making loans to people who repeatedly miss payments, and, by and large, surveys indicate that users understand the basic repayment terms. washingtonpost.com

Record 158 Million Shoppers Expected During Super Saturday
WASHINGTON – More than 158 million consumers are expected to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. This figure is approximately 10 million more than last year’s expected number of Super Saturday shoppers and the highest number since NRF first started tracking this data in 2016.

Of the 158.5 million anticipated Super Saturday shoppers, 44.1 million (28%) plan to shop only in stores, 42.2 million (27%) plan to shop only online, and 72.2 million (46%) plan to shop both in stores and online. nrf.com

Kroger and Albertsons merger: What lies ahead?

The merger deal is one of the biggest in grocery history

It’s a grocery story so big, it’s regularly making mainstream headlines, and has even become a topic of protest. But when you have a story this big — it gets attention.

The 24.6 billion dollar proposed merger between two of the nation’s largest supermarket chains is a deal that — if it passes — will encompass nearly 5,000 stores, over 2,000 centers, and would create the fifth largest retail pharmacy operator in the United States. But there are roadblocks to getting to that finish line.

Take a watch. Kroger & Albertson's Video

Colorado leads multistate investigation into Kroger-Albertsons merger
The statement also said his office has “deep concerns” that the proposed merger could result in higher prices, lower wages, and fewer jobs, and could have a negative impact on farmers and other local suppliers in the state. supermarektnews.com

Starbucks Starts Negotiating with Union
After a month and a half of picketing, Starbucks workers returned to work after Starbucks agreed to new cleaning standards.

Starbucks is starting to negotiate and work with picketing union members. At the New York City Roastery, where employees have been striking for 46 days due to hygiene and safety concerns after a bedbug infestation, baristas finally returned to work on Monday following cleaning and pest inspection agreements with Starbucks corporate.

The workers were protesting the corporation’s lack of response to “urgent health and safety conditions” at the store, including allegations of bedbugs and black mold. The store had voted to unionize in April of this year, following a National Labor Relations Board election.

• Starbucks is paying for professional cleaning services for employees’ homes and work belongings, upon request

• Starbucks has said that training and communication issues on the topics of cleaning and hygiene will be addressed, according to SBWorkers United nrn.com

Sears Hometown files for bankruptcy amid disputes with ‘new Sears

Dollar General’s new Popshelf stores chase inflation-weary shoppers in the suburbs - Plans 3,000 stores

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Genetec Predicts Physical Security Industry Trends for 2023

Security system unification, access control modernization, hybrid cloud advancement, and cybersecurity top the list.

Montreal, December 14, 2022 - Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared its top predictions for the physical security industry in 2023.

Labor shortages drive demand for unified security solutions

In the Genetec 2022 State of Physical Security Report, 50% of respondents said their physical security team experienced human resource challenges last year. For 2023, security leaders are re-evaluating their technology stack seeking solutions that help streamline tasks, automate processes, and enhance team efficiency. Unifying video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition, communications technology, and other valuable functions can make an operator's job easier and reduce costs and training. Built-in analytics or decision support features can further streamline operations.

Modernizing access control will be a top priority

The report also showed that 67% of organizations are planning to invest in access control system (ACS) modernization in 2023, putting it at the top of the physical security tech investment list. Modern ACS include built-in cyber defenses and health monitoring tools, and higher levels of automation. Upgrading to a modern, open ACS will help organizations eliminate the weak points of legacy systems and better defend against cybersecurity threats, as well as enable new capabilities like mobile credentials, biometrics, and cloud-connected controllers and services, to implement over time.

Hybrid-cloud deployments will drive demand for cloud-connected appliances

Hybrid-cloud deployments are gaining traction, with some organizations opting to conserve security devices and infrastructure investments that are not cloud-ready, and others having bandwidth limitations or the need to keep some data processing and storage on site. As businesses rationalize costs, concerns, and approach to cloud migration, we can expect an increase in demand for ready-to-deploy hybrid-cloud appliances. This infrastructure will support edge-computing workloads and make existing devices cloud-compatible, and help centralize access to systems and data across many sites.

Improving cybersecurity continues to be a top concern

Research by Genetec shows that 36% of IT and security professionals are looking to invest in cybersecurity-related tools to improve physical security in 2023. While a more holistic, automated approach to defending against threats will take precedence, so too will proactive security architecture planning and procurement. These measures may include:

• replacing legacy equipment before succumbing to end-point failures to better mitigate risks

• using intelligent maintenance tracking tools and metrics to improve forecasting

• relying on external expertise to adapt security architecture planning as supply chain lags

• standardizing on solutions built with cybersecurity and privacy in mind to enhance resilience across the partner ecosystem

This take-charge mindset will help organizations better defend against cyberattacks and become an essential factor in preserving business resilience and continuity.

Other notable trends Genetec anticipates impacting the industry in 2023 are the extraction of physical security data pushing digital transformation forward, growing collaboration and convergence of IT and physical security teams, and the continuation of remote work driving increased need for space utilization data.

These predictions are informed by a Genetec report including insights from 3,700 security leaders worldwide, and the company's visibility as the industry’s top provider of video management systems and fastest-growing and global #2 provider of access control systems (ACS), per global research analyst organization Omdia. For more information, read the full Genetec 2022 State of Physical Security Report.

Data Privacy vs. Personalization in Retail
The key to the battle between privacy and personalization? It’s in the hands of the shopper

As the data privacy landscape shifts, it’s become increasingly difficult for retailers to collect and manage customer data.

Many state-level privacy laws will take effect in 2023, and a federal privacy law may not be far behind.
In addition, third-party cookie deprecation is approaching.

Customers aren’t too eager on data sharing either: Over three-quarters of Gen Z consumers say that having an ad experience based on their data is invasive, and only about 40% are willing to give data to get a more personalized experience.

Now, more than ever, retailers need to navigate the fine line between privacy and personalization. The solution lies with shoppers themselves. If retailers can convince consumers that sharing their data is worth it, it’s a win-win for everyone.

1. Incentivize - One way to persuade customers to share their data is through value exchange, Heidi Bullock, CMO of Tealium, said on our “Reimagining Retail” podcast. Retailers can use discounts or free gifts to entice customers to provide their emails or phone numbers.

2. Personalize - While one-to-one messaging is difficult to achieve at scale, the closer you can get, the more you can create the right moment for when customers are ready to buy, Bullock said. Who’s doing it well? Athletic apparel company New Balance, which uses its customer data to personalize its messaging in a couple of ways. Through its app, New Balance gives users the ability to track their runs. But taking it one step further, the app also reminds them when they need new shoes.

3. Optimize - One way to avoid this friction is a connected technology experience that collects data in real time and feeds it into all of your channels. insiderintelligence.com

Remote Work & Cybersecurity
The new workplace imperative: Authenticate anywhere, access everywhere
The nature of our working lives has changed dramatically in recent years. Long gone are the days of limiting ourselves to office spaces and desktop computers. With technology advancing and the pandemic pushing businesses to find new solutions for making remote work seamless, the ability to facilitate access around the globe has become paramount. With employees now able to work literally everywhere, the onus is on businesses to be able to grant secure information access anywhere.

But this presents a problem. How do companies allow employees on completely different networks in completely different locations have convenient access? The challenge of securely identifying a person becomes much greater when work can be done anywhere around the world.

Travel Outside the Fence

Like using a credit card, many businesses have methods for identifying unusual behavior in their network. To reduce the risk of an attack, tools like geofencing are used as one method for gauging whether an action like logging into the network is being done by a friend or a foe. While this makes the network more secure, it also can create obstacles for traveling and remote employees. An attempted login from China may be threat actors, it may also be Steve from marketing checking his email while visiting Shanghai with his family.

High Risk Means High Security

This is where adaptive authentication comes in. Many companies use systems that analyze the risk of a login attempt based on different factors. Is the login coming from a known device? Is it coming at a strange time? Where in the world is the login attempt originating from? By gauging the risk of a login attempt, the system can request more stringent security measures for situations with greater risk. In order to best understand the effectiveness of these measures, businesses can look at extreme cases to see if their system can provide secure access from anywhere.

Something You Are

The key here is the necessity to accurately verify the identity of a person. While some MFA methods rely on things that you have, like a laptop or hardware token, and some rely on things that you know, like a simple password, the company, in this instance, needs to be confident that they are not only verifying a device or a piece of knowledge but the person themselves. Some things are immutably us — our face, our fingerprints, palm prints, and our voice, which cannot be stolen by hackers and aren’t dependent on the device we are using. These biometric measurements can prove that we are whom we say we are in situations where everything else about the login process is abnormal. securitymagazine.com

From Russia With Love
Hydra Aftermath: Where Do Criminals Lurk Now? Where Else?

Russian-Language Darknet Markets Replace Hydra and Surpass Its Popularity

Mere months after a multinational law enforcement team took down the world's largest darknet marketplace, a dozen others have taken its place.

The new platforms collectively bring in more revenue than the very profitable, now-sanctioned and shuttered Hydra marketplace, which received more than $400 million during the first four months of 2022, before its demise in April.

Almost all the new forums operate in the Russian language, analysis from TRM Labs shows.

These platforms, also called crypto markets, offer identity obfuscation and anonymization networks to criminals and allow the use of encryption-focused cryptocurrency for payment. Their sellers offer illicit drugs, counterfeit money, stolen credit card details and anonymous SIM cards and malware. They also launder cryptocurrency.

Seller activity increased by 24% on the new marketplaces in the first five months of their existence compared to Hydra during the same relative period in 2015, TRM Labs says.

Four darknet marketplaces dominate approximately 80% of the market share, and each of them is part of the new wave of Russian-language sites that has emerged in the wake of Hydra. The largest Western bitcoin darknet marketplace, ASAP Market, accounts for less than 10% of global darknet market share.

Of the four, Blacksprut is the largest market. It has 28% of global share, followed by Mega Darknet with 22% and OMG!OMG! with 17%. databreachtoday.com

NCCoE Releases Final Practice Guide: NIST SP 1800-34, Validating the Integrity of Computing Devices

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the final version of NIST SP 1800-34, Validating the Integrity of Computing Devices.

What Is This Guide About?

Technologies today rely on complex, globally distributed and interconnected supply chain ecosystems to provide reusable solutions. Organizations are increasingly at risk of cyber supply chain compromise, whether intentional or unintentional. Managing cyber supply chain risks requires, in part, ensuring the integrity, quality, and resilience of the supply chain and its products and services. This project demonstrates how organizations can verify that the internal components of their computing devices are genuine and have not been altered during the manufacturing or distribution processes. content.govdelivery.com

CISA Updates Advisory on #StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware
Original release date: December 13, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA have updated joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA22-335A: #StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware, originally released on December 01, 2022. The advisory has been updated to include additional indicators of compromise (IOCs).

CISA encourages organizations to review the latest update to AA22-335A and apply the recommended mitigations. cisa.gov

Metaparasites & the Dark Web: Scammers Turn on Their Own

Online Shopping Fraud Could Hit Millions Over the Holidays
Beware of holiday online shopping fraud this season, say experts
Millions across the country are preparing for the holiday season with the majority of consumers shopping for Christmas gifts online.

Although online shopping is a convenient way to buy what you need with just a few clicks, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns shoppers of potential fraud schemes – especially during the holiday season.

“It’s happening through your texts, it’s happening through your emails, and it’s happening through your Facebook Messenger,” says Better Business Bureau President Hilda Martinez. “These scammers are becoming a little bit more wiser, but consumers need to become wiser, too.”

Texts and emails stating your accounts are hacked and pop-up shopping ads on social media leading to fake links are just a few of the many methods scammers can use to steal your personal information and your money.

“What they’re trying to do is they’re trying to get your email. That way, when they get your email, they’re going to try to scam you for some other items,” says Martinez.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, online shopping scams are the “second most commonly reported types of fraud schemes,” and in most cases, victims happen to be young adults.

As a way to protect yourself from becoming a scammer’s next victim, the BBB advises consumers not to click any unknown links sent through direct messages, email, or any social media app.

Instead, the BBB advises you to go straight to the source of your anticipated purchase and verify the website you are using is secure. Experts also recommend consumers use a major credit card when making purchases online, as this will help consumers when disputing fraudulent and unauthorized charges. valleycentral.com

Behind the Scenes at Amazon During the Holidays
I cried every day working in an Amazon warehouse in the run-up to Christmas. It's physically and mentally exhausting.

It's "like being in the gym for 10 hours straight", they said, and working night shifts is "tough."

I had sore muscles, aches and pains. A ten-hour shift is like being in the gym for ten hours because bins and pods are huge, which means you're going up and down a step ladder to reach the top.

I was exhausted. I had no life outside of work and was constantly physically and mentally exhausted. I felt depressed. I didn't want to see anyone, including my husband and son.

On my day off I just slept. I barely saw my son and would only have a short chat with him before or after school. I lost hope of having a normal life. If you only work and sleep, how else can you feel? I felt depressed and cried every day. businessinsider.com

2023 Geek’s Guide to Chargebacks
Chargebacks911, the leading global dispute specialist powering chargeback remediation for large eCommerce businesses and financial institutions, recently announced the release of their 2023 Geek’s Guide to Chargebacks, a comprehensive merchant resource concerning chargebacks and how customer disputes can disrupt businesses this holiday season. businesswire.com

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Former Mobile Phone Store Owner Sentenced to 10 Yrs in Federal Prison for $28.4M Scheme to Illegally Unlock Cellphones
LOS ANGELES – A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for his multimillion-dollar scheme in which he stole T-Mobile employee credentials and illegally accessed the company’s internal computer systems to illicitly “unlock” and “unblock” cellphones.

Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, of Burbank, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, who also ordered him to pay $28,473,535 in restitution.

Khudaverdyan ran a multi-year scheme that illegally unlocked and unblocked cellphones, which generated tens of millions of dollars in criminal proceeds. During this time, most cellphone companies – including T-Mobile – “locked” their customers’ phones so they could be used only on the company’s network until the customers’ phone and service contracts had been fulfilled. If customers wanted to switch to a different carrier, their phones had to be “unlocked.” Carriers also “blocked” cellphones to protect consumers in the case of lost or stolen cellphones.

From August 2014 to June 2019, Khudaverdyan fraudulently unlocked and unblocked cellphones on T-Mobile’s network, as well as the networks of Sprint, AT&T, and other carriers. Removing the unlock allowed the phones to be sold on the black market and enabled T-Mobile customers to stop using T-Mobile’s services and thereby deprive T-Mobile of revenue generated from customers’ service contracts and equipment installment plans.

Khudaverdyan advertised his fraudulent unlocking services through brokers, email solicitations and websites. He falsely claimed the fraudulent unlocks that he provided were “official” T-Mobile unlocks.

From January 2017 through June 2017, Khudaverdyan and a former business partner were also co-owners of Top Tier Solutions Inc., a T-Mobile store in Eagle Rock Plaza. However, after T-Mobile terminated Khudaverdyan’s contract in June 2017 based on his suspicious computer behavior and association with unauthorized unlocking of cellphones, Khudaverdyan continued his fraud.

To gain unauthorized access to T-Mobile’s protected internal computers, Khudaverdyan obtained T-Mobile employees’ credentials through various dishonest means, including sending phishing emails that appeared to be legitimate T-Mobile correspondence, and socially engineering the T-Mobile IT Help Desk. Khudaverdyan used the fraudulent emails to trick T-Mobile employees to log in with their employee credentials so he could harvest the employees’ information and fraudulently unlock the phones.

In total, Khudaverdyan and others compromised and stole more than 50 different T-Mobile employees’ credentials from employees across the United States, and they unlocked and unblocked hundreds of thousands of cellphones during the years of the scheme.

Khudaverdyan obtained more than $25 million for these criminal activities. He used these illegal proceeds to pay for, among other things, real estate in Burbank and Northridge.

Alen Gharehbagloo, 43, of La Cañada Flintridge, a co-defendant and a former co-owner of Top Tier Solutions Inc., pleaded guilty on July 5. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 13, 2023. justice.gov

Lillington, NC: Over $630K In Cars Stolen From North Carolina Dealership
Ten vehicles were stolen from the John Hiester Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram store of Lillington early Friday morning. One-by-one, these expensive high-end cars were driven off a dealership lot by thieves. The elaborate plot was captured on security cameras, showing multiple individuals breaking into vehicles around 4:30 a.m. John Hiester, the owner, indicated these large-scale thefts seem to be part of a car theft ring, with several stores in Winston-Salem having been robbed recently from, presumably, the same group. Jeremy Stephens, Hiester's operations manager, believes that the thieves scouted inventory online and even came to the dealership to scope out the lot and also what cars were available. The value of the lost cars is over $600,000 – including a Corvette convertible, a Durango SRT and multiple Challengers – and that loss doesn't even count the damage to the building. Aside from Hiester's lot in Lillington and last week's hit in Winston-Salem, three other major dealerships have been targeted recently, including: Brother Auto Sales in Raleigh on Sept. 12 Hendrick Dodge in Cary on Sept. 12 Deacon Jones in Goldsboro on Dec. 6. wral.com

Houston, TX: Thieves hit Houston wedding dress shop for second time in 3 months, over $50,000
More than $50,000 worth of designer wedding gowns were stolen from a Tanglewood boutique overnight, again. Burglars have targeted David Peck’s Boutique on Fountain View and San Felipe for the second time in three months. Surveillance cameras from David Peck’s boutique captures a masked burglar pulling up outside the business on Fountainview near San Felipe around 3 AM Monday in a U-Haul truck. The burglar is seen hurling a sledgehammer through the glass window and in less than a minute, walks out with more than $50,000 worth of clothing. "It seems that whoever came last night knew exactly what they wanted, where it was. They had been in the store or had been told what was in the store and exactly where it was. How they got that information? I don’t know," owner David Peck said. Most of David Peck’s gowns are custom, hand-made designs with imported fabrics from Europe. Each dress can take up to several weeks to create and retails up to $10,000 each. fox26houston.com

DOJ: Los Angeles, CA: Update: Former Mobile Phone Store Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Illegally Unlock Cellphones
A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for his multimillion-dollar scheme in which he stole T-Mobile employee credentials and illegally accessed the company’s internal computer systems to illicitly “unlock” and “unblock” cellphones. Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, of Burbank, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, who also ordered him to pay $28,473,535 in restitution. Khudaverdyan ran a multi-year scheme that illegally unlocked and unblocked cellphones, which generated tens of millions of dollars in criminal proceeds. During this time, most cellphone companies – including T-Mobile – “locked” their customers’ phones so they could be used only on the company’s network until the customers’ phone and service contracts had been fulfilled. If customers wanted to switch to a different carrier, their phones had to be “unlocked.” Carriers also “blocked” cellphones to protect consumers in the case of lost or stolen cellphones. justice.gov

Dayton, OH: 2 Cuban Nationals charged with skimming credit cards from gas pumps
Two Cuban nationals were arrested by federal law enforcement officers last week for allegedly placing skimmers on gas pumps in southwest Ohio in order to steal credit card data. Surveillance video in April shows Yasmany Ulacia Garcia, 34, and Luis Ernesto Vigil Ochoa, 29, allegedly using that stolen credit card information to purchase gift cards and other merchandise at Home Depot stores around the region, including in Hamilton and West Chester Twp. in Butler County, Mason and Lebanon in Warren County, Beechmont area in Hamilton County, Milford in Clermont County, and Cold Spring in Northern Kentucky. Similar video surveillance shows the two defendants also allegedly using stolen credit card information to purchase gift cards at Target in Mason. Agents discovered multiple gift cards and a fraudulent American Express card in their vehicle. Law enforcement searched their hotel room and discovered a magnetic strip reader and writer and a skimming device. The possession of a skimmer device with the intent to defraud is a federal crime they could face up to 15 years in prison. springfieldnewssun.com

Tamarac, FL: Thief snags nearly $10K in merchandise from beauty supply store in Tamarac
A thief snatched several wigs at a beauty supply store in Tamarac and made a run for it, and the owner of the business said the stolen merchandise is worth thousands of dollars. Sunday morning, a customer went to The Beauty Plug in Tamarac and had questions about a wig worth hundreds of dollars. It’s the latest blow to a nearly 2-year-old business that Thompson and her husband hoped could provide a solid foundation for thier two teenage daughters. This is not the first time The Beauty Plug has been targeted by thieves with an eye for pricey merchandise. Exactly a year ago, three young women — one pregnant, another holding a baby — pulled a similar snatch-and-grab, pepper-spraying Thompson’s daughter on their way out. wsvn.com

Taylorsville, UT: 10 arrested in Retail Theft Operation among multiple law enforcement agencies
Over the course of two days last week, Taylorsville police officers arrested at least 10 people they said were involved in retail thefts. Two of the suspects were accused of traveling to several states where one acts as the decoy while the other picks the pocket. “When they get ahold of somebody’s credit card they go buy large quantities of gift cards.” said Sgt. Jake Hill with the Taylorsville Police Department. Hill said they made the decision to ramp up these investigative efforts given the time of year. “The more that they're arrested the more that they try to learn other tactics to avoid apprehension,” Hill said. Two cars were impounded and police seized $1,000 in stolen property that had since been returned it to the stores. kjzz.com

Gates, NY: 12 cars stolen from Hertz, half recovered in the city of Rochester

Carmel, IN: Police look for suspect who stole $5k worth of items from Walgreens

Yorktown Heights, NY: Woman Charged With Stealing Over $3K Of Property From Jefferson Valley Mall

Espanola, NM: $3,000 Worth of Beef Jerky Was Stolen from a Mom and Pop Shop in Latest Food Heist

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Shootings & Deaths

Miami- Dade , FL: Reportedly aggressive customer at SW Miami-Dade Auto Zone dies in police custody
A death investigation has stretched into the next day at an auto parts store in Southwest Miami-Dade after, police said, a customer who was taken into custody suddenly went unresponsive. Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the Auto Zone along the 9300 block of Southwest 56th Street, Monday evening. Just after 10 p.m., 7News cameras captured police officers and crime scene tape surrounding the store. Investigators said they had responded to a call they received at 6:11 p.m. about an unruly customer.
Witness Logan Rios said the 42-year-old was irate and throwing items around the business. “This guy was walking around. He went into Auto Zone, he was taking drugs, he had a tantrum,” said Rios, “and he threw everything that was inside the store on the floor.” When officers arrived to apprehend the man, things took a scary turn. “They were able to put the unruly customer into custody, at which point he became immediately unresponsive,” said an MDPD detective Luis Sierra. “Our officers immediately began resuscitative efforts.” Officials said MDFR units arrived at 6:24 p.m. and transported the man to Baptist Hospital. “As Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took over resuscitative efforts, they transported him to the nearest hospital, where he was pronounced deceased,” said Sierra. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the circumstances leading up to the man’s death. Police said they didn’t use any weapons or restraints besides handcuffs. wsvn.com

Louisville, KY: Update: C-Store owner reaches plea deal in killing of employee, avoids jail time
The co-owner of a west Louisville convenience store pled guilty to killing one of his employees in exchange for no jail time. At a hearing on Monday, Safwat Ballasi admitted to shooting Jonathan Dupin, 36, at 2 Brothers Market in May of last year. Dupin worked at the market on 28th and St. Xavier Streets in the Portland neighborhood, and Ballasi was his boss. Ballasi initially told investigators he had no knowledge of the shooting and the store's surveillance cameras were not working, but both ended up being lies. Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards read the facts of the case in court. “You recklessly handled a firearm in Mr. Dupin's presence, resulting in the firearm projectile that struck Mr. Dupin and caused his death,” said Edwards. Surveillance video captured the shooting and showed Ballasi unplugging the surveillance system. Police were also unable to find the gun or shell casings at the scene. As part of the plea agreement to reckless homicide, the charge of tampering with evidence was dismissed. wlky.com

New Orleans, LA: After gunman shoots four at Dollar store, workers demand safety
One day in September, when Shawn Byrd was working alone in the Family Dollar store in New Orleans' St. Claude neighborhood, a man who'd been shot multiple times staggered in, begging for help. Byrd held up the man's head, to ensure he continued to breathe, and tried to stanch his bleeding. Police soon arrived and sent the wounded man to a hospital, where he later died. Inside the store, Byrd was left alone to clean up the blood, all the while trying to manage the business and tend to customers.

National movement

His story was used Saturday, by employees of three national dollar store chains and the activist group Step Up Louisiana, to highlight the challenges of working at Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar General outlets. Waving signs and wearing bright orange t-shirts that said, "Store workers deserve more," the demonstrators marched with the Young Fellaz brass band from St. Claude and Franklin avenues to Byrd's store seven blocks away, at 1841 Almonaster Ave. The march, which attracted supporters from 15 cities, was planned well before a gunman on Thursday shot two youths outside a Dollar Tree in Gentilly and two customers inside the store. The demonstrators said their aim is higher pay, more staffing and a safer environment for working. Ronald Johnson, a Dollar Tree employee and chair of Dollar Store Workers United, said the top priority is money: a wage of $25 an hour, up from as little as $8 now. "We got bills to pay," he said.

Time to heal

When Byrd stepped up to speak, he told the group it was hard to get any time off work after the mortally wounded man arrived at his store. Only after his grandmother called to advocate for him, he said, was he allowed time off. A Family Dollar spokesperson did not return a call Saturday for comment. Byrd said he and similar workers want their employers to hire community safety managers, add safety infrastructure to stores, increase staffing, give workers time to heal from trauma and create safety policies. For all that, he said, management should seek input from labor, he said. "I'm tired of just sitting in the back," Byrd said. "I need us."

Step Up Louisiana describes itself as a nonprofit "committed to building power to win education and economic justice for all. ...We organize with parents, workers, students and community members to disrupt systemic oppression in our schools and workplaces through voter education, advocacy and action." Kenya Slaughter, a Dollar General employee and member of Step Up Louisiana, drove in from Alexandria to help lead the New Orleans demonstration Saturday. At a dollar store in her district, she said, a woman who was the sole employee on duty passed out one day with no one around to help her or call an ambulance. Rhetorically addressing the three national dollar store chains, Slaughter said: "Stop leaving us in these stores alone so you can make your money." nola.com

Salem, OR: Teen arrested in connection to shooting in WinCo Foods parking lot
A 16-year-old male is in custody for a shooting in a grocery store parking lot in early December, according to the Salem Police Department. Officers were dispatched Dec. 6, at about 9:45 p.m. to the shooting at a Winco in the 1240 block of Lancaster Driver Southeast. A witness reported a person in a vehicle fired shots at people in another vehicle. Both vehicles left the scene before officers arrived. Police later said two men, ages 19 and 22, were found with gunshot wounds but were expected to survive. Both were taken to Salem Health for treatment. At approximately 3 p.m. Monday, detectives with Salem P.D. took the unnamed 16-year-old into custody at a home in the 300 block of 25th ST NE. A search warrant found one handgun and one shotgun. The teen was lodged into Marion County Juvenile Detention Center on two counts of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. kptv.com

Richmond, VA: City council responds to shootings by proposing zoning restrictions on convenience stores

Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Olympia, WA: Walgreens Robbery leads to hours-long standoff in west Olympia
Detectives are investigating after a Walgreens in Olympia was robbed Monday night. Roadways were closed for multiple hours, but a suspect was nowhere to be found. According to the Olympia Police Department (OPD), just after 8:00 p.m., officers responded to the Walgreens on the corner of Cooper Point Rd. SW and Black Lake Blvd. SW for reports of a robbery. Officers closed down surrounding roadways, and asked the public to avoid the area for close to five hours. Authorities say they searched inside the building and surrounding areas, but they could not locate a suspect. theolympian.com

Redding, CA: Man identified as suspect in 7 burglaries
A man on Shasta County probation is suspected of burglarizing seven Redding businesses dating back to September, according to the Redding Police. In the early morning of Nov. 24, officers responded to the Cypress Square Shopping Center for a burglary activation at the Modern Pup Salon. Officers found the glass door shattered and a portion of the inside a mess. No suspect was found but the Patrol and Community Service Officer investigated the crime and found valuable items were stolen, making it a felony burglary. The Neighborhood Police Unit took over the investigation and identified 21-year-old Roy Moore of Redding as the suspect. Police said Moore is a suspect in multiple burglaries and grand thefts in Redding. He is suspected of burglarizing Dairy Queen on Sept. 3 and California Pita Station on Oct. 11. He is also suspected of burglarizing Chipotle, 5 Guys Burgers and Boheme Salon all on Sept. 26 on Dana Drive. The felony offenses were forwarded to the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office. Moore is known to officers as he is on probation in Shasta County for burglary and has been arrested 23 times since January 2021. actionnewsnow.com

West Monroe, LA: “Come outside and fight me”: Man allegedly threatens employee for not placing his items in a bag; arrested
On Sunday, December 11, 2022, at 4:54 PM, the West Monroe Police Department was called to A1-Mart located on the 300 block of Coleman Avenue, due to a disturbance. As officers arrived at the establishment, they discovered a male subject using profanity and yelling inside of the store. Police say that the suspect then exited the store and approached their patrol unit. The suspect was then identified as 48-year-old Jabaria R. Rogers who mentioned that he was at the store to purchase alcohol and cigarettes. During the transaction, Rogers allegedly became frustrated when the employee did not place his items in a bag. Police then made contact with the employee who advised authorities that Rogers was placed on trespass notice earlier that day. According to the employee, Rogers entered the store and accused the employee of not placing his items in a bag. Rogers allegedly yelled and threatened the employee by stating, “Come outside and fight me.” Rogers was then placed under arrest. Officers went on to search Rogers and found narcotics on his person. He was charged with Criminal Trespass, Disturbing the Peace, and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance. myarklamiss.com

Saskatoon, Canada: Gas station staff stop man armed with gun

Portland, OR: Suspect Identified in 8 Armed Robberies

Memphis, TN: Police seeking suspects who stole over $10,000 in 2 different robberies, also responsible for robbing a gas station Sunday morning.

Wichita, KS: Police track financial crime ring to Derby area, recover stolen property

Counterfeit

New Orleans, LA: Counterfeit Gucci & Louis Vuitton purses valued at $29.5 Million Seized
On November 30, 2022 a large counterfeit bust occurred at a New Orleans area express consignment facility. Millions of dollars in Louis Vuitton and Gucci counterfeit purses were discovered. The New Orleans express consignment facility handles the inspection and clearance of consignment shipments into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducted an intensive exam on a nearly 20 pound shipment manifested as “jackets” and valued at only $90. But the shipment actually consisted of a box containing sixteen counterfeit bags; three Louis Vuitton backpacks, three Louis Vuitton handbags, three Louis Vuitton purses, three Gucci messenger bags, three Coach purses, and one Saint Laurent purse. There were many other counterfeit designer products seized, totaling $29.5 million worth of merchandise. newsmaven.io

• Auto – Topeka, KS - Robbery
• Auto – Wilmette, IL – Burglary
• Auto – Rochester, NY – Burglary
• Beauty – Tamarac, FL – Robbery
• C-Store – Wahpeton, ND – Burglary
• C-Store – Hilo, HI – Armed Robbery
• Clothing – Houston, TX – Burglary
• Gas Station – Memphis, TN – Burglary
• Gas Station – Mobile, AL – Armed Robbery
• Gas Station – Belvidere, IL – Robbery
• Grocery – Boonville, CA – Armed Robbery
• Grocery – Espanola, NM – Burglary
• Guns – Dearborn, MI – Burglary
• Jewelry – Canoga Park, CA – Robbery
• Jewelry – Temple, TX - Robbery
• Jewelry – Pooler, GA – Robbery
• Liquor – Grovetown, GA - Robbery
• Liquor – Memphis, TN – Burglary
• Pet – Janesville, WI – Robbery
• Restaurant – Fresno, CA – Armed Robbery (Burger King)
• Restaurant – Kingston, NY – Robbery (Chipotle)
• Tobacco – Radcliff, KY – Burglary
• Vitamins – Victorville, CA – Burglary
• Walgreens – Olympia, WA – Robbery
• Walgreens – Carmel, IN – Robbery
• Walmart – Johnson City, MO – Burglary

Daily Totals:
• 15 robberies
• 11 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed

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The Regional Loss Prevention Auditor (RLPA) is responsible for conducting operational audits and facilitating training meetings in our clients' locations. The audit examines operational controls, loss prevention best practices, and customer service-related opportunities...

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