Security Reaction

Loss prevention officers are common place in most large retail outlets.  Their presence provides a needed level of deterrence to help ensure all products leaving the store are properly paid for.  According to information and statistics provided by the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP), a non-profit organization; www.shopliftingprevention.org, “more than $13 billion worth of goods are stolen from retailers each year.  That’s more than $35 million per day.   Shoplifting affects more than the offender. It overburdens the police and the courts, adds to a store’s security expenses, costs consumers more for goods, costs communities lost dollars in sales taxes and hurts children and families.”  Based on these two facts alone, most would agree that shoplifting is a problem for all of us.