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Gatekeeper Systems Announced as Associate Level LPF Partner
 The
Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) announces its newest Associate Level Partner,
Gatekeeper Systems, Inc. The Associate level partnership enables Gatekeeper to
provide LPQ and LPC certification course scholarships, as well as LPF
memberships, to loss prevention industry professionals.
Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA, Gatekeeper Systems offers retailers
intelligent cart and anti-theft solutions to minimize merchandise loss and
reduce asset and labor expenditures. Twenty years after being founded in 1998,
Gatekeeper has protected over 5 million carts in 51 countries for top global
retailers through their suite of integrated and easy to use products.
yourlpf.org
OpenEye: COVID-19 Operations Update
 The health and safety of OpenEye's employees and our communities are our top
priorities, but we are also working to continue to support our partners and
customers during this unprecedented disruption to normal business operations.
Washington State, like many other states right now, is under a "Stay at Home"
order. Per the US Department of Homeland Security, security professionals and
providers have been classified as "essential critical infrastructure workers."
In this update we provide answers to questions about OpenEye's preparedness for
continued operations:
openeye.net
Coronavirus Update: April 2
US: 234K+ Cases,
5,708 Dead --
Globally: 981K+ Cases, 50K+ Dead
Security Deemed Essential in DHS CISA Guidelines
 As
COVID-19 began to spread rapidly across the United States weeks ago,
The Monitoring Association (TMA)
proactively initiated communications with the White House and federal
authorities to inform key decision makers as to the critical role played by
electronic security, fire, monitoring and life safety services and
professionals. The Electronic Security Association (ESA) joined TMA in this
request, and on March 28, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a
notice explicitly mentioning the security industry.
The newest DHS CISA Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce
explicitly mentions the industry in two sections:
● Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Other First Responders (Page 6):
Workers - including contracted vendors - who maintain, manufacture or supply
equipment and services supporting law enforcement emergency service and response
operations (to include electronic security and life safety security personnel).
● Communications and Information Technology (Page 11): Workers providing
electronic security, fire, monitoring and life safety services, and to ensure
physical security, cleanliness and safety of facilities and personnel, including
temporary licensing waivers for security personnel to work in other states of
municipalities.
sdmmag.com
NRF & RILA Send Joint Letter Urging Governors to Preempt Local Orders
Conflicting Local Orders Creating Mass
Confusion for Retailers
Retailers are committed to working with elected leaders and law enforcement to
keep our communities safe through the current COVID-19 crisis, but
well-intentioned local directives are creating mass confusion and inconsistent
guidelines across communities, forcing retailers to shift valuable resources and
time away from existing efforts to safeguard employees and customers.
rila.org
Unemployment claims spiked to new record, doubling to 6.6 million in one week
Retail Crime & Fatalities See COVID-19 Increase
Robberies & Burglaries Spike March 15th to April 2nd
2019 vs 2020
2019 - 200 Robberies
2020 - 243 (increase of
21.5%)
2019 - 83 Burglaries
2020 - 127 (increase of
53%)
2019 - 7 Deaths during incidents
2020 - 8 (increase of
14%)
(*Does not include all fatalities)
Q1 2020 Crime Reports
Coming Soon
Yesterday's White House Press Conference All
About Law Enforcement
 President
Trump along with the Attorney General, Department of Defense Secretary, Chairman
Joint Chiefs, and Nat'l Security Advisor held the press conference and took a
hard stance on all crime in the U.S. Especially against the drug cartels who may
be using this time to double their efforts. So, likewise the U.S. id doubling
ours with increased resources and a commitment to continue this increased effort
even after the COVID-19 war is over.
The AG once again talked about the joint effort to fight cybercrime and nation
states using the pandemic to increase their efforts.
Impressive group of leaders. And certainly America's best there to show
criminals worldwide that the U.S. is not to be taken lightly even in the midst
of this crisis.
Police & Retail Security Confronted With Rise in Robberies, Burglaries & Theft
3 malls, 7 jewelry stores, several gun stores, general stores, and an assortment
of other boarded up and shuttered businesses have all been burglarized during
the past several weeks since they were ordered to close their doors due to the
Coronavirus outbreak.
Police across the United States have also reported a sudden surge in
robberies, brazen shoplifting and shootings. Cops are struggling to maintain
law and order as desperate looters and defiant partiers continue to ignore
shelter-in-place orders given by their local governments.
Larger police departments like New York City and Los Angeles have seen
hundreds of their officers test positive for the virus while smaller
departments have had 40 to 60 percent of their department quarantined adding
safety concerns for on-duty officers while providing reduced services to their
communities.
Some pharmacies and grocery stores that have been allowed to stay open have been
looted, robbed and their staff assaulted. Private security companies say they
are being called to patrol empty businesses and to stand guard at businesses
that are still open. Some stores have added armed security guards to prevent
chaos and robberies.
privateofficer.org
San Francisco, CA: Shoplifting, Risky Behavior Reach New Heights During
Pandemic, Customers and Employees at SF Walgreens Say
 Employees
and customers at a San Francisco Walgreens are calling for additional staff,
security, and protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying
shoplifting and dangerous behavior inside the store have reached new heights
during the city's weeks-long stay at home order. A series of videos taken by
customers and provided to NBC Bay Area appear to show shoplifters cleaning out
store shelves, undeterred by employees and customers yelling at them to stop.
One video shows a customer pushing an apparent shoplifter out of the store.
"They come and then take all the merchandise, the food - especially the food"
said a Walgreens employee who NBC Bay Area is not identifying. "And then they
say, 'We have the virus. We got tested positive. We have the virus."
nbcbayarea.com
Retailers Take Proactive Approach to Prevent Looting During Shutdown
In cities like Chicago, Austin, Tex., and New York, local police
departments have increased patrols to help protect retailers during the COVID-19
shutdown. (subscription required)
wwd.com
Menards cited by Mich. AG 2nd time for actions during COVID-19 pandemic
Price Gouging & Intentional Marketing to Increase Traffic
 For
the second time in two weeks, Menards has attracted the attention of
Michigan's top law enforcement officer for activities during the COVID-19
outbreak.
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday had a letter sent to Wisconsin-based
Menards following reports that the company's stores have been engaging in
business practices that violate Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's "Stay Home, Stay Safe"
executive order, according to a news release. The initiative requires businesses
to temporarily limit or suspend on-site operations to only those necessary to
sustain or protect life.
 The
alleged activities revolve around marketing and sales practices designed to
increase customer presence in Menards stores, Nessel's Chief of Operations
Christina Grossi says in the letter.
Grossi says her office has received "multiple complaints about Menards current
business operations."
"Those complaints suggest Menard's is intentionally marketing and advertising
to drive additional business into its stores in violation of the Governor's
Order," Grossi wrote. "Some of these complaints have been sent by Menards
employees who fear for their safety."
See full article
Washington State OKs Facial Recognition Law Seen as National Model
Microsoft-backed bill sets limits but
doesn't ban the technology
Washington state adopted a Microsoft Corp. -backed law enshrining the most
detailed regulations of facial recognition in the U.S., potentially serving as a
model for other states as use of the technology grows.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed the law Tuesday allowing government agencies to use
facial recognition, with restrictions designed to ensure it isn't deployed for
broad surveillance or tracking innocent people.
The law makes Washington's policy stricter than many states that don't have any
laws governing the technology, but more permissive than at least seven U.S.
municipalities that have blocked government from using it out of concerns about
privacy violations and bias.
There are signs the Washington model is catching on in other states. Lawmakers
in California, Maryland, South Dakota and Idaho introduced bills this year with
text mirroring the Washington state bill, word-for-word in some sections,
according to Quorum Analytics Inc., a software company that tracks legislation.
Those bills haven't advanced.
wsj.com
Second-Highest Ever: March Gun Sales Spiked as Virus Fears Grew
Americans bought about two million guns in March, according to a New York
Times analysis of federal data. It was the second-busiest month ever for gun
sales, trailing only January 2013, just after President Barack Obama's
re-election and the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
With some people fearful that the pandemic could lead to civil unrest,
gun sales have been skyrocketing. In the past, fear of gun-buying
restrictions has been the
main driver of spikes in gun sales, far surpassing the effects of mass
shootings and terrorist attacks alone.
But after lobbying from the firearm industry, the Trump administration
said this week that the stores qualified as essential businesses and should
stay open during the lockdown alongside pharmacies, gas stations and grocery
stores.
nytimes.com
Traffic grinds to a halt for apparel retailers, declines even for mass merchants
Morgan Stanley analysts said in an emailed client note that all 22 store-based
retailers they cover have closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and half
of them are now closed "until further notice."
According to traffic analytics firm Placer.ai, traffic in the third week of
March fell 20.5% at Target, 6.7% at Walmart and 8.7% at Costco, after traffic
had spiked at all three retailers in the earlier weeks.
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expect traffic to remain down by as much as 100% until stores reopen and
government recommendations on social distancing loosen, which is likely to go
on until "at least May," the analysts said.
"none have indicated US eCommerce sales have accelerated from pre-COVID growth
rates, meaning lost store sales are simply lost and not recouped online," the
analysts said.
"Critically, the benefit that these brands saw in the early days of the
coronavirus are being dampened by increasingly strict regulations," Ethan
Chernofsky, Placer.ai vice president of marketing, said in a blog post this
week.
The tracker, which measured traffic as recently as March 29, shows that
drop-offs at Walmart, Target and Costco have become even deeper since the third
week of the month.
Among major retailers, only Lowe's and Dollar General have seen traffic
increases, according to Placer.ai.
retaildive.com
Editor's Note: Bottom line is that the governments intention for
everyone to stay-at-home to stop COVID-19 is finally working. And it has to if
we expect to see the impact on the curve we need see as quickly as possible.
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Director Safety/Risk Mgmt. - Goodwill of Southeastern Louisiana - New
Orleans
 Overseeing
a 23-parish service territory in Louisiana - operating more than 36 janitorial
and grounds maintenance contracts and 22 retail stores
- this position is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and analyzing risks
inherent to the operations of the agency. Incumbent will formulate, implement,
administer, and evaluate risk management strategies to efficiently and
cost-effectively manage those risks. Incumbent must remain informed of the
dynamic changes that occur within the agency and make the best risk mitigation
method decisions based on the changes.
goodwillno.org
Vermont Tells Walmart STOP Sales of Non-Essential Products
McDonald's will screen employees before they start shifts as a 'precautionary'
measure
Department of Justice Makes $850 Million Available to Help Public Safety
Agencies Address COVID-19 Pandemic
RFID Journal's Mark Roberti: What You Need to Know About Getting Financial
Stimulus Money
DOJ, HHS Partner to Distribute Over Half Million Medical Supplies Confiscated
from Price Gougers
COVID-19 Happened So Fast Farmers - Plowing Under Fields Meant For Restaurants
Sephora keeping majority, 9,000+ of U.S. store employees on payroll through late
May
PwC: Supply chains will broaden, diversify in the wake of coronavirus
On-Demand Webinar from Sensormatic & Loss Prevention
Foundation:
New LPC Content Released by the Loss Prevention Foundation: Grocery, Restaurants
& C-Stores
Quarterly Results
Kroger March Comp Sales Up 30%
Dollar Tree & Family Dollar March Comp's Up 7.1% & 14.4% Respectively - Hiring
25,000
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First, what are
restricted keys? Restricted key blanks are tightly controlled by the
manufacturer. They are not available on the open market, making it impossible to
take a key to an establishment that makes copies of keys because those
establishments will not have the key blank needed to make the copy. Be careful
not to confuse restricted keys with keys stamped with "Do Not Copy". That stamp
is meaningless and there is no lawful action that can be taken against those who
make copies of these keys.
So which type of keys are right for your business? It depends on what is
important to you. To determine what is important, ask yourself this:
Have any of the following situations happened in your organization?
● A key holder lost a key
● A key was stolen
● HR forgot to get a key returned during an exit interview
● A key holder abruptly quits without an exit interview and takes their key with
them
● Someone found one of your location's keys in the parking lot
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Attacks Are Up
Pandemic impact report: Security leaders weigh in
'Retail: Hardest Hit and Perhaps Least Prepared'
 A
new survey of security and IT leaders sheds light on how organizations across
industries are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, how prepared they were, how
vulnerable they are, and what the long-term impact may be.
This survey was conducted March 19-23, 2020 among 150 U.S.-based security
& technology leaders. Eighty-seven percent of respondents were senior
security executives representing an average company size of 23,825. Top
represented industries were: financial services, including banking, insurance,
and brokerage (27%); healthcare, including providers and pharmaceuticals (17%);
high tech (14%); and retail, wholesale & distribution (8%).
We're in this for a while
We asked security and IT leaders to estimate how long they expect social and
work restrictions, resulting from the pandemic, to remain in place. In general,
responses averaged 7.7 weeks, with respondents in the retail industry being
more hopeful (6.5 weeks) and healthcare respondents, as one might expect
them to be, coming in the longest at 9.1 weeks. Essentially, we're looking at a
range that would see social and work restrictions remaining in place until
somewhere between May 7th and Memorial Day (May 25th).
Work from home has exploded -
Retail Employee @ Home Usage Up 66.4%
Three months ago, 16.5% of survey respondent's employees worked from home at
least 60% of the time. As of March 23rd, that number had climbed to 77.7%, an
increase of 4.7-fold. High tech firms had the highest level of WFH prior to the
pandemic's impact at 31.9%, and continue to have the highest today at 90.2%.
Retail/wholesale/distribution organizations have experienced the most drastic
change in WFH levels, increasing from 3.7% prior to the pandemic to 66.4% today,
a nearly 18-fold increase.
While 81% of respondents expressed confidence that their existing security
infrastructure could handle their employees working from home, 61% were more
concerned about security risks targeting WFH employees today than they were
three months ago.
How prepared were businesses?
Retail: hardest hit and perhaps least prepared
Read more here
World Economic Forum Releases Guide
How to protect yourself from cyberattacks when working
from home during COVID-19
As many companies adopt work-from-home policies in response to the COVID-19
pandemic, cybersecurity is a growing issue.
Both business leaders and individual employees have critical roles and
responsibilities in securing their organization and in ensuring that
cyberattacks do not further compound the already disrupted work environment.
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businesses can respond
In this critical time, business leaders have a heightened responsibility to set
clear expectations about how their organizations are managing security risk in
the new work environments, leveraging new policies and technologies and
empowering their employees. It's important that messages on security come from
the very top of an organization, and that good examples are set from the start.
Here are three recommendations for business leaders.
Understand the threats to your organization - Provide clear guidance and
encourage communication - Provide the right security capabilities.
How individuals can respond
Individual users must be empowered to follow the guidance provided to them by
organizations and take preventative measures.
Maintain good password hygiene - Update systems and software - Secure your
WiFi access point - Use a virtual private network (VPN) - Be wary of COVID-19
scams -
Don't mix personal and work.
Taking these relatively straightforward steps at both an enterprise and
individual level should help address some of the most common security risks
facing our home-working environments. We should also recognize that our
threat environment is not static, which means it's important to keep a close eye
on evolving threats to avoid unnecessary additional costs and disruptions in a
time when we can least afford them.
Editor's Note:
Paying attention to current events (bad actor activity), threats, updates &
patches especially for Microsoft and all of your software is absolutely
critical. Update & Run your scans everyday!
I'd go so far as to recommend that you completely separate your personal
computer usage to your home device while using your business device (laptop)
for all business usage.
And if you do get a red (or blue) screen warning immediately turn off the
computer and
do not release your finger
until you actually hear it shut down completely. But
you have to move fast
and you can't take time to save anything.
So saving as you go has to become habit. This one practice has saved me more
times than I can count. Now I'm not a qualified IT executive so please
this is just advice from a lay person and your results are on you. But I've had
that red and blue screen - the prelude to the FBI warning pop up more than a
dozen times. And when you do power up - do not connect to the internet - run
your virus scans (having more than one is smart) and the second you do connect
to the internet delete everything you can in internet options tab (except maybe
your passwords). Good Luck. Just some thoughts -Gus Downing
Calif. AG Takes Tough Stance on CCPA
No Delay on CCPA due to COVID-19
The California Attorney General's Office is going forward with the enforcement
of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) despite the logistical issues
caused by COVID-19. An advisor to Attorney General Becerra made a statement
confirming that the CCPA will be enforced starting on July 1, 2020, despite a
plea from over 60 joint industry groups asking for the enforcement to be
delayed.
"Right now, we're committed to enforcing the law upon finalizing the rules or
July 1, whichever comes first," an advisor to Becerra said. "We're all mindful
of the new reality created by COVID-19 and the heightened value of protecting
consumers' privacy online that comes with it. We encourage businesses to be
particularly mindful of data security in this time of emergency."
While some companies without remote access capability might be hard pressed to
meet the CCPA compliance requirements, the California Attorney General's Office
is committed to the original July 1 timeline to enforce the CCPA.
jdsupra.com
Have You Been "Zoom-Bombed?"
FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online Classroom Hijacking
If you are among the many people turning to video-teleconferencing (VTC) to stay
connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, you need to protect yourself from
"Zoom-bombing" - the entrance of uninvited individuals into your VTC. The FBI
has received multiple reports of conferences being disrupted by offensive images
and/or threatening language. jdsupra.com
Zoom: We're freezing all new features to sort out security and privacy
In response to these concerns, Zoom has announced it is immediately freezing
feature development for 90 days to improve security and privacy and will conduct
a third-party security review.
Yesterday, researchers detailed two new security bugs found in the Zoom app. The
Zoom Windows client was
leaking network credentials due to the app rendering UNC file paths as a
clickable link in group chat windows.
zdnet.com
COVID-19 Security Alert: 10 Reminders for Employees Working Remotely
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Cannabis Business in the Wake of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact individuals and businesses
throughout the world, cannabis businesses in the United States once again find
themselves confronting their own set of unique challenges. On the one hand, many
State and local jurisdictions throughout the country have designated cannabis
businesses as "essential businesses" that are permitted to continue to operate
and serve customers during the crisis. On the other, their continued status
as illegal business under Federal law severely impacts their ability to take
advantage of stimulus programs developed by the U.S. government to assist
businesses impacted by the pandemic.
Operating as an Essential Business
Governors from across the nation, including California, Colorado, Illinois, and
Massachusetts, among many others, have all made varying
 declarations
that cannabis businesses, particularly those that dispense medical cannabis and
their suppliers, are essential business that can stay open during pending
shelter-in-place orders that are designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The
ability to remain open and serve customers is good news for the nascent
industry, which has had more than its share of struggles over the last 12-months
as the first wave of investment capital receded leaving a string of highly
publicized collapses of some of the biggest names in the space. Indeed, the
ability to stay open, when so many businesses were forced to close, resulted in
a significant increase in sales as a result of customers hoping to stockpile
consumable goods in the wake of the crisis. However, remaining open for
business is not without its challenges.
Financial Relief
While the cannabis industry has experienced a significant uptick in sales amid
the COVID-19 outbreak, sales figures are likely to decline as the rush to
stockpile subsides leaving companies to deal with vastly increased operating
costs and an economy that many believe is on the verge of recession. This is
a bitter pill to swallow for an industry that has been hampered by inordinately
high taxes and regulatory costs while competing with the well-entrenched black
market, which is able to sell cannabis at a fraction of the price as the
regulated businesses.
cannabisbusinessexecutive.com
Reduce the Risk: Cannabis and COVID-19
 By
Tony Gallo, Managing Partner & Katharine Baxter, Lead Technical Writer for
Sapphire Risk Advisory Group
For cannabis businesses remaining open during this time, it is crucial to
keep distance between employees and purchasers to reduce the risk of spreading
coronavirus. In some places like Seattle, fines are enforced if people do
not adhere to social distancing guidance. Some dispensaries are placing tape
on the floor inside and the ground outside of the facility to indicate a
six-foot difference between purchasers and other dispensaries have added
physical plexiglass barriers at contact points to create separation between
purchasers and employees.
People are lining up in front of dispensaries eager to stock up on cannabis
products, uncertain of when businesses and schools will reopen or if further
restrictions are coming. Several dispensaries have even created drive-thrus
in their parking lots to prevent customers from physically entering the store.
An additional option to preventing purchasers from overcrowding facilities is to
allow for call-ahead or online ordering with a specific pick-up time.
This can assist cannabis businesses in avoiding long lines and close contact
between purchasers or employees.
Read
more here
Environment, Health and Safety from Home
Resources for Cannabis Businesses to Rely on while Social Distancing
One can find a veritable treasure trove of EHS resources online, which
are easily navigable and accessible - - even in a 'new' work at home situation.
But where do you begin? What guidelines are applicable to your business? What
sources are the most trustworthy and up-to date?
Navigating Health and Safety Information
An obvious and free place to start is the federal government's Occupational
Health and Safety (OSHA) website,
www.osha.gov. Coming
from the agency which establishes United States workplace standards, the OSHA
website holds virtually all of the information you need to understand and
establish a Health and Safety program for your company.
As you explore the requirements, you will quickly learn that one of your most
important jobs is to keep appropriate records. The OSHA website provides easy
instruction
here.
Navigating Environmental Information:
cannabisbusinessexecutive.com
BFD Alert: Coronavirus Cannabis Scams and Pitfalls
Cannabis Communication in the time of COVID-19: Six Key Takeaways
In the Age of COVID-19, the Actions of a Few Hurts CBD Industry's Overall
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LPNN's
All-Time Most-Watched Videos
Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we count down the
industry's Top 10 LP Leader and Top 10
Solution Provider interviews.
Read more here.
Want to be a Senior Leader? There's a Price
Bob Oberosler, SVP Loss
Prevention for Dollar Tree & Family Dollar
Filmed in January 2015 at the Daily's 'Live in NYC at the NRF Big
Show 2015' event
Bob Oberosler, Senior Vice President of Loss Prevention for Dollar Tree
and Family Dollar stores, has traveled several times throughout the U.S. for his
career, worked seven days a week building an LP program from scratch and spent
more hours than he can count taking on extra projects and responsibilities to
help him advance in his career. If there's an executive who's paid the price,
Bob is it. In this LPNN interview, Bob shares just what it takes to be a senior
leader in the LP industry. From volunteering for extra tasks at work to choosing
a house you can resell quickly, learn the things executives don't always think
about when moving up in an organization.
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Dollar Tree Killed Off Online Ordering When Coronavirus Struck
-Now It's Paying For It
60% of Stores Located in Areas with Shelter-in-Place Orders
 Dollar
Tree took an unusual stance to the coronavirus pandemic when lockdown orders
began rolling out across the country in mid-March: The discount retailer
effectively shut down its website and announced that it would no longer take
online orders.
While millions of Americans clamored to buy groceries and other household
staples online to avoid the risk of contracting COVID-19, one of the nation's
largest retailers directed customers to visit its 15,288 stores across the
country where the company promised they would be more likely to find shelves
stocked with food, water, cleaning supplies and toilet paper.
In other words, with on-site inventory protected from depletion by online
shoppers, it would be first come, first served at every location.
As it turns out, Americans don't seem to be too interested in rubbing elbows
with other shoppers right now. Dollar Tree sales fell a sharp 19.4% in the
seven days ending March 29, 2020, leading the company-which owns both the
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar chains-to admit their business had "materially
moderated." The drop was partially offset by an 8.8% increase in sales at
Family Dollar.
About six out of every ten Dollar Tree stores are located in areas where the
government has ordered the population to shelter in place, according to
estimates from Chuck Grom, an analyst with Gordon Haskett Research Advisors.
Another third are in areas where there have been partial mandates.
forbes.com
Amazon to deploy masks and temperature checks for workers by next week
Amazon.com Inc plans to roll out temperature checks and face masks for staff
at all its U.S. and European warehouses plus Whole Foods stores by early next
week, a huge deployment for workers on the front lines of the coronavirus
outbreak.
The company, which has reported virus cases among warehouse staff and faced
several demonstrations, said it would start testing hundreds of thousands of
employees a day for fevers. It told Reuters it would use no-contact forehead
thermometers at site entrances and send anyone registering more than 100.4
Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) home.
The company will also use machine-learning software to monitor building
cameras and determine whether employees are staying at safe distances
during their shifts, or whether they are often huddled too close together.
reuters.com
Tailored Brands Reopens E-Commerce Fulfillment Centers
Hy-Vee reserves online shopping times for people at risk
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'2019's
Top 10' ORC Cases Countdown
 #2 (from Dec. 9, 2019)
$10 Million Best Buy Burglary Ring
Tulsa, OK: Burglary Ring Suspects Accused Of Crimes Across The State, Arrested
Police
arrested a team of suspected burglars after a break-in at a Best Buy, Sunday in
Tulsa. Officers said they're part of a burglary ring that stretches from
Texas to the Canadian border. Tulsa police said they're responsible for
break-ins across the state, and the country. Authorities said Aaron Davis,
Dequincy Dunn and Jevonte Morgan have hit Best Buys in Oklahoma before. In
August, Best Buy stores in Tulsa were burglarized. Then, last week the three
targeted the Owasso Best Buy. And just a couple days ago, an Oklahoma City Best
Buy was broken into.
They're allegedly responsible for about $10 million of stolen merchandise
from Best Buys across the nation. Sunday morning, the Tulsa Police Burglary
Unit set up a sting at three Best Buy stores in town. They said Aaron Davis was
caught on surveillance camera breaking the glass at one of the locations. Davis,
along with the other three, went in and stole all the Apple products from the
display, about $20,000 worth of merchandise. Tulsa police caught him as he was
running from the store. Investigators went to the hotel he was staying at and
found Dunn and Morgan in the room with more loot from Best Buy.
Officers said Morgan confessed to the Oklahoma City Best Buy burglary. Davis has
previous felony convictions. Dunn has an outstanding warrant for his arrest and
will be moved to Texas. The three are waiting for their day in court. News On 6
is still waiting for information about the fourth suspect.
newson6.com
COMING APRIL 6: The
D&D Daily countdown of
the Top 10 ORC Cases of the past 5 years
Gig Harbor, WA: Wanted ORC suspects facing charge of violating Washington
governor's 'stay-at-home' order
 Police
in Gig Harbor say a couple accused of breaking into a Target store Tuesday night
during an attempted burglary is each facing a charge of Violation of an Order of
the Governor in a State of Emergency. Detectives say they identified the
suspects from surveillance video at the Target store in Puyallup as 24-year-old
Roman Kanonik and 23 year old Kayla Kupcsak. The two are already suspects in
29 open investigations in Washington and Oregon with charges including Organized
Retail Theft, Burglary and Theft 3rd degree. Detectives say the cases are
currently also under review for Federal charges.
Gig Harbor Police have been looking for the couple since Friday when detectives
say Kanonik went into the back room of a Target store, used a crowbar to pry
open a vault for electronics and stole $21,000 worth of iPhones. Police say he
ran out the emergency exit where a Shark Gray Acura was waiting for him. The
vehicle's front bumper appears to have primer paint on it. Investigators suspect
Kupscak was behind the wheel. Detectives say they have probable cause in Pierce
County to arrest him for Burglary 2nd Degree, Theft in the 1st Degree and now
for violating the governor's order. Police estimate the couple has stolen
more than $150,000 worth of goods over the past four months from Walmart, Target
and other stores. The two are wanted by law enforcement in Gig Harbor,
Lacey, Everett, Pasco, Kitsap County, King County, Yelm, Covington, Chehalis,
Shelton and Battleground, Oregon.
q13fox.com
College Station, TX: Third woman charged in November theft of nearly $4,000 of
merchandise from Victoria's Secret
A third woman has been arrested in connection to a November theft at Victoria's
Secret, during which, authorities say, almost $4,000 worth of merchandise was
taken in five minutes. Tyana Tayon Webber, 18, was arrested Tuesday. Skylett
Deshona Duffie, 20, was arrested in November, and Kaylee Keauna Robertson, 24,
was arrested in December. According to College Station police, on Nov. 6 three
women entered the Victoria's Secret store in Post Oak Mall at 7:46 p.m. and
worked together to fill a store bag and a trash bag, while one woman carried
clothes in her hands. The three left the store by 7:51 p.m. and had taken 34
pairs of pants and leggings, 24 tops and 13 sports bras, police said. A mall
security guard followed a trail of clothes to the parking lot, where he saw
three women climbing into a car. Webber is charged with theft of $3,952 in
clothing, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in a state jail.
theeagle.com
Bakersfield, CA: Police seek assistance identifying two youth suspects wanted
for Home Depot robbery /assault
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Shootings & Deaths
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Bishop, TX: One person dead in shooting at Dollar General; appears to be
domestic violence
Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating an incident that
happened Wednesday afternoon at the Dollar General store in Bishop,
Texas. Following the incident, authorities were led on a chase to
Highway 77 and county road 70 where they appear to have a man in
custody. It appears domestic violence was at the root of today's deadly
shooting involving a family out of Alabama vacationing in South Texas.
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Irving, TX: Police Officer fatally shoots man who allegedly shot his way into a
7-Eleven
One man is dead after a police shooting overnight in Irving, according to
officials. Police said a man in his 60s allegedly showed up to a closed 7-Eleven
around 1:15 a.m. Thursday and shot his way inside the store near East Pioneer
Drive. Police claim the man then took several items and left the building. A
clerk who was still inside was unharmed in the incident. The man then
encountered police on the side of the store, where officers noticed he was armed
with a shotgun, officials said. One officer fired his weapon, striking and
killing the suspect, according to police.
wfaa.com
Update: Portland, OR: Family says Portland pawn shop manager killed after trying
to stop thief
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family in Minnesota is left devastated after the manager of a pawn shop in
southeast Portland was shot and killed near his store. Police identified the
victim as 31-year-old Benjamin Taylor Johnson. The shooting happened Monday
afternoon near a busy shopping plaza off Southeast 82nd Avenue. Police said the
suspect took off and has yet to be found. The sister said her brother was
working at the time when he recognized someone in his store who had stolen from
the pawn shop earlier that day. "He immediately thought to go and chase after
him and when he started running away, he kicked a bike across at my brother and
my brother kept going and he eventually shot him twice, maybe more times," Emily
said. Emily said it came as no surprise that Ben would go after a thief. She
said her brother took pride in his job and taking care of his employees and
customers.
kptv.com
Skokie, IL: Man wounded in police-involved shooting outside 7-Eleven
Chicago, IL: Woman, 64, critically wounded in drive-by shooting outside West
Side liquor store
Richmond, VA: Juvenile recovering after shooting at Wawa
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
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Daily Totals:
• 21 robberies
• 13 burglaries
• 1 shooting
• 1 killed |
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