For many big retailers and the small mom and pop shop, the holidays are something to be excited about. Your sales increase and the shop can truly see profits coming in during this time of year. But, for them, shoplifting is and can be a devastating income loss that they may not escape nor recover from quickly enough.
According to many analysts, there are many items that seem to be targeted by professional shoplifters to be stolen from your shop. From designer clothing, laundry detergent, and high-end liquor, the team of organized crime rings target specific stores to shoplift thousands of dollars worth of this type of merchandise.
If you are doing business in the retail industry, prepare you loss prevention team this holiday season to be aware of the many shoplifting tricks these professional thieves know how to do.
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Local shoplifting spike, national statistics show growing trend
Latest statistics show 1 in 11 Americans shoplift
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Some northeast Ohio law enforcement agencies are reporting a spike in shoplifting, as we make our way into the center of the holiday shopping season.
South Euclid police reported several cases since October – some of the suspect arrests captured on police body camera video.
South Euclid Assistant Chief Joe Mays told News 5 some of the offenders are caught repeatedly, and that it’s up to parents and family members to monitor their children, and get those arrested the help the they need.
“It’s a consistent cycle of individuals who commit these shoplifting offenses,” said Mays. “Parents should know where your kids are, what they’re doing, and who they’re hanging out with. We’ve had instances where we’ve gone into a home and a parent will say well yeah they came home with a television, but they told me they got it from a friend.”
Blotter: Dallas cop posts bail after arrest on shoplifting charge in Denton County
Dallas police Officer Christopher Hankins was released from Denton County Jail on Thanksgiving Day after he was accused of shoplifting groceries at a Wal-Mart in Cross Roads.
Capt. Orlando Hinojosa, a spokesman for the Denton County Sheriff’s Office, said Hankins was released Nov. 23 after posting $1,000 bail. He was arrested the previous day on a charge of theft between $750 and $2,500.
The Northeast Police Department responded to the theft report about 1:30 a.m. at the Wal-Mart in the 11700 block of U.S. Highway 380, according to The Dallas Morning News. The officer had been wearing his Dallas Police Department windbreaker, The News reported, and a manager said he was in the store for about two hours.
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