Category: retail crime

Retailers Urging Congress to Take Action Against Shoplifters Selling Stolen Goods Online

December 10, 2021
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A coalition of major retailers called on Congress Thursday to implement stricter legislation to increase transparency on e-commerce platforms in a bid to deter criminals from being able to easily resell stolen goods online. The chief executives of Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, Kroger, Nordstrom, Target, CVS, Walgreens, Dollar General, and The Home…

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San Francisco Launches Initiative to Tackle Retail Crime

September 23, 2021
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The City of San Franciso, in collaboration with the police department, aims to tackle the rise in retail crimes through a new initiative in partnership with local retailers. The Organized Retail Crime Initiative will result in an expansion of the police department’s Organized Retail Crime Unit while providing more resources to retailers amid ongoing theft….

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Critics Pan Newsom’s New Retail Crime Bill

July 21, 2021
AB331crimeGov. Gavin NewsomLocal NewsLos AngelesNorthern CaliforniaOrange Countyorganized crimeRegional-Local Newsretail crimeretail theftSouthern CaliforniaSteve CooleyUS
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A newly-approved California bill seeking to reduce the spread of retail theft is being slammed by critics, with some accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of enabling crime. “In Los Angeles County alone homicide rates are up 95 percent this year,” said Rescue California campaign manager Anne Dunsmore in a July 21 statement. “He has dismantled the…

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