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Boise Idaho Police Department wins national award
for efforts in reducing ORC
Boise's ORC
Interdiction Team helps reduce retail loss to fraud and theft by 41%
 This
fall, the Boise Idaho Police Department was awarded the 2013
International Association of Chiefs of Police and Cisco Community
Police Award for cities with a population of 100,001 to 250,000
residents. The Boise Police Department earned the distinction, in
part, because of the work of its Organized Retail
Crime Interdiction Team.
Formed by BPD in 2005, the team has helped
reduce retail loss to fraud and theft by 41 percent in Boise
compared to national rates. Through strategic partnerships with
retailers such as Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Home Depot, Walmart and
many others, the department team was able to implement a
sophisticated prevention solution that is now being held up by other
law enforcement agencies as a national model for successful
community policing practices. BPD was honored at the IACP’s Annual
Conference in Philadelphia on October 20. To read the full IACP
press release, click
here. Congratulations to everyone involved in this successful
initiative. It's partnerships like yours that show the great results
that can come when Loss Prevention collaborates with Law
Enforcement, working together to achieve one common goal.
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 ORC
a worldwide problem - and it's a big problem in Australia & they're shipping
goods overseas as well - their recent "Operation Lightfingers" busted 98
suspects International criminal groups are targeting Australian stores
this Christmas, using runners to buy goods with fake gift cards and then ship
the stolen items overseas to be sold. Police said shoplifters had become “highly
sophisticated”, stealing millions of dollars worth of retail goods with the fake
cards and vouchers. Some of the criminal groups employ runners who will steal
goods and ship them overseas, he said. Other gift cards are bought online using
fake credit cards.
(Source
smh.com.au)
Seattle South Precinct Anti-Crime Team bust ORC retail theft ring - fencing
operation A South Seattle business owner was arrested on Friday for
knowingly buying and reselling stolen items inside his store. On 12-13-2013, at
approximately 2:00 p.m., the South Precinct (ACT) Anti- Crime Team served an
arrest/search warrant on a store in the 7600 block of Rainier Avenue South. The
search warrant followed a 6-month long undercover investigation by South ACT
concerning the purchase and resell of stolen items from area Safeway and QFC
stores. During the 6-month long investigation, officers worked undercover posing
as boosters; selling various items to the 44-year-old man and his wife.
Information gathered during the course of this investigation, provided
investigators with probably cause to believe that the store owner and his wife
were knowingly buying stolen items for pennies on the dollar and then using
those stolen items to stock the shelves of their business. The items were then
resold to customers at retail price. (Source
seattle.gov)
4 Stores- 5 convenience store employees charged with reselling items stolen from
Kroger, Publix in Huntsville, AL Investigators partnered with Kroger
and Publix grocery stores for several months, investigating convenience stores
that police say bought merchandise stolen from Kroger and Publix. According to
police, this detail, combined with previous operations, resulted in a reduction
of retail thefts for the two grocery stores. (Source
al.com)
Jefferson County, TX Sheriff seeking a serial shoplifter facing 8 felony theft
charges; believed to be connected to a shoplifting ring
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“Protection 1 is proud to be
sponsoring the D-D Daily ORC column to ensure the LP
industry
gets the information, education and critical
data they need to fight this national epidemic.”
Rex Gillette, VP Retail Sales, Protection 1. |
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