Centre for Retail Research's study "Changing Retail, Changing Loss Prevention" sponsored by Checkpoint Systems points out ORC for the fist time as being a major concern In their summary and conclusions they state: "Organised Retail Crime, once a problem affecting a small number of countries, is now a major concern. Retailers need to: set up internal teams to assess the scale of the problem and produce appropriate solutions; work together with other retailers; share information; work with law enforcement; and publicise the ORC problems that they face and any successes. Download a full version of the 17-page report here.

Louisville AT&T burglarized of over $50,000 in merchandise.  Louisville Metro Police are looking for two men they say broke into the AT&T store at 13210 Shelbyville Road near North English Station Road this past Sunday. Police say it happened between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. The two men stole over one hundred phones, including iPhone 4s and 5s and Galaxies. Several iPads were also taken. The store lost over $50,000 in merchandise. (Source whas11.com)

Detroit Foot Locker store burglarized early Monday morning. 
Thieves rammed a car through the front glass and security gates of a Foot Locker store on 7 Mile in Detroit. The suspects were able to get away with an undetermined amount of Nike Air Jordan’s and LeBron James shoes valued at over $150.00 per pair. (Source clickondetroit.com)
 

CLEAR is now interviewing both law enforcement and retail loss prevention volunteers to serve as CLEAR State Representatives. The duties are not time consuming nor will it interfere with the representative's present job. These rep's are specific to each state and the coalition as a whole. Their mission is to represent that state to both retail and law enforcement. We have openings in most every state as we move forward with expanding CLEAR membership and services. Those interested please contact Frank Muscato, CLEAR State Representative Coordinator, by email at fcmuscato@gmail.com to discuss representative duties and openings.