New Retail, FBI Partnership Provides Retail Crime Data to Millions of Law Enforcement Officers

As the leader in retail loss prevention thought leadership and public policy initiatives, NRF’s loss prevention team recently announced a partnership with the U.S. Immigrations Customs and Enforcement agency to monitor and track organized retail crime through its LERPnet system.

Training for law enforcement officers will commence the first week of April and special task forces to track crime in specific regions will continue to meet.

The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.6 million U.S. retail establishments, more than 24 million employees - about one in five American workers - and 2009 sales of $4.1 trillion. As the industry umbrella group, NRF also represents more than 100 state, national and international retail associations.