The Prisons are Full and Why That Impacts Retail Crime | Ep. 37

09/22/20 • 15 min

Retail losses due to external theft continue to rise, and a major reason is that those people involved in retail crime can continue with little fear of significant punishment. If the crimes they are committing are not listed in the “violent offense” category, few will ever see the inside of a prison due to prison overcrowding. The end result is retail loss prevention organizations continue to deal with the same people over and over again. In this podcast, former law enforcement and loss prevention investigator Frank Muscato examines the problem and what some retailers are doing to address the problem.

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You Can Steal It, But You Can't Use It | Ep. 36

Theft prevention can take many forms. Putting high-value products behind locked cabinets. Attaching sophisticated alarms. Moving merchandise behind the checkout. In recent years, the Loss Prevention Research Council at the University of Florida have been looking at benefit denial techniques that prevents a product, for example a laptop or smartphone, from working if it is stolen. In this podcast, Dr. Read Hayes of the LPRC discusses the history of benefit denial and where such technologies are headed.

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Legal Liability for Acts of Violence in Retail | Ep. 38

This podcast reviews several high-profile lawsuits that illustrate the various liability risks and lawsuits that can arise from different types of violence in the workplace–from active shooter to parking lot crime to shoplifting apprehensions and beyond. These cases will also educate listeners on the legal elements necessary to prove liability such as “duty,” “foreseeable,” and “breach.” Walter Palmer, executive vice president of CAP Index, moderates this discussion with Nathan Brown, corporate council of The Kroger Co., and Brian Trulock, partner with Bendin Sumrall & Ladner. This podcast is the audio from a webinar sponsored by the Retail Industry Leaders Association.