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Organized Retail Crime Out of Control?

June 12, 2012

Organized retail crime (ORC), already a large national problem, continues to grow rapidly. According to the FBI, the losses attributed to organized retail crime are in the tens of billions of dollars each year.

Check Out the Robber Tweet

June 12, 2012

Mac’s Convenience Stores has joined Circle K, owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, in using social media to identify thieves, according to a Net News Ledger report from Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Retailers Make a Dent in Organized Retail Crime

June 12, 2012

Industry partnerships, concerned law enforcement officers and resilient retailers have done their part in making a small dent in the growing problem of organized retail crime, but research shows there is still a lot of work to be done.

Bank Robberies Continue Downward Trend

June 11, 2012

During the third quarter of 2011, there were 1,094 reported violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statue, a decrease from the 1,325 reported violations in the same quarter of 2010.

Americans See Value in Security Video

From ISC West: Americans Expect Businesses To Use Video To Help Law Enforcement Solve Crimes, Poll Finds

Need for Accountability too

March 28, 2012

Americans have high expectations for video surveillance and expect it to help law enforcement solve criminal cases.

Fighting Crime With Flower Power

Harry Erickson

November 22, 2011

Sure, most parts of the U.S. may be headed for a long winter, but spring will eventually come! And with it comes an opportunity to fight crime.

Flash Mob Crimes: Twitter That!

Joshua Sheppard

Dean C. Alexander

November 22, 2011

An emerging methodology with technological roots – flash mobs – enables individuals using social networking sites (e.g., Facebook.com, Twitter.com, or Meetup.com), instant messaging and email to gather at a particular location, date and time and carry out legal or criminal activities (e.g., sabotage, robberies, and beatings).

For Residents and Researchers, Crime Data Goes Online

Chicago Posts Ten Years of Crime Stats, Will Update Daily

Commitment to Transparency and Accessibility

September 20, 2011

Unusual if not unheard of, the third largest U.S. city has placed a decade of crime stats on the Web and promises to update the database every day.

Cameras Go Up, Crime Goes Down

New Study Proves Live Monitored Security Video Cuts Crime Significantly

Baltimore, Chicago, Wasington, D.C., Programs Examined

September 20, 2011

When security video was placed in public places, crime decreased at varying degrees. But the most impact was when there are many cameras that are monitored live by the city or law enforcement.