Store security and anti-theft measures have become a top priority for retailers across the US as they combat a wave of shoplifting and deteriorating safety conditions in downtown locations where foot traffic has declined.
Unfortunately, the problem isn't limited to sticky-fingered individuals preying on lax security at a growing number of self-checkout kiosks in groceries or even the high-profile "flash mobs" that form in minutes over social media and show up to ransack a store.
What the authorities are calling organized retail crime (ORC) has become a multi-billion-dollar national problem for retailers—professionals who send out groups of thieves to steal from stores and delivery trucks and then hand the goods over to co-conspirators who convert them to cash by reselling them.
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