Detective Constable Pierre Gautier Crime Prevention Coordinator Investigations and Organized Crime Focus on Retail Security 19 th June 2014 Objectives Target hardening Shoplifting vs Distraction Theft ID: 421686
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Organized Retail Crime
Detective Constable Pierre GautierCrime Prevention CoordinatorInvestigations and Organized Crime
Focus on Retail Security
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June 2014Slide2
ObjectivesTarget hardeningShoplifting vs Distraction TheftFraudRobberyDistraction TheftSlide3
Target HardeningLightsWindowsExteriorDoorsCamerasSignageStore layoutSlide4
ShopliftingSuspicious behaviourLarge bagsLarge/puffy skirts Slide5
Distraction TheftsSimilar tactics as shopliftingTypically multiple people enter store1-2 will distract employeeOthers move throughout storeUse babies to hide productSlide6
FraudInspect ATM machines dailyInspect POS card readersWary of suspicious persons standing near customer at POS terminalSlide7
RobberyEmploy target hardening tacticsIndividuals loiteringShould employee see suspicious behaviour: take note, call policeSlide8
May Still HappenDon’t argue-complyTell offender what you’re going to doOnce offender leavesCall 911Lock doorProtect evidenceSlide9
Shoplifting vs Distraction TheftShoplifting typically youth 1-2Not at experienced therefore nervousDistraction theft minimum 2 but usually moreBooster skirts/small childrenPrevious Caravan’s but now rental carsSlide10
Durham ProjectProject in Durham-400 ID’d and ID’d across countryHuman smuggling-Romania into Spain into Mexico then into US and CanadaStreet distraction theftsMoney short changeSlide11
Questions?Det Cst Pierre GautierCrime Prevention CoordinatorInvestigations and Organized Crime CommandPierre.gautier@ontario.ca