"The Armed Robbery Epidemic" - NRF

Author: Rob Kilpatrick, Published on Jul 06, 2017

The National Retail Federation (NRF) Protect 2017 featured a session titled: "The Armed Robbery Epidemic: How to Stay Safe". IPVM attended this and shares key findings from the session.

To combat this robbery epidemic, the Loss Prevention Research Council worked with retailers to examine robbery data and surveillance video, producing a set of recommendations which they refer to as "Zones of Influence".

The presentation covered these zones and how three different retailers implemented specific technology in each zone, with presenters from:

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Smart ***** (**** *)

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GPS ******** (**** *)

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Future ***********

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Comments (21)

Undisclosed #1

07/06/17 01:59pm

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Brandon Knutson

In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 08:13am

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Undisclosed End User #2

In reply to Brandon Knutson | 07/06/17 03:37pm

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 04:14pm

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Ethan Ace | 07/06/17 05:51pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 02:14pm

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #3 | 07/06/17 06:20pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 06:37pm

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #3 | 07/06/17 06:52pm

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Undisclosed End User #4

In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 06:56pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

In reply to Undisclosed End User #4 | 07/06/17 07:39pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/06/17 07:23pm

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Brian Karas | 07/06/17 07:26pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

In reply to Brian Karas | 07/06/17 07:38pm
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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #3 | 07/06/17 07:49pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #7

In reply to Brian Karas | 07/13/17 01:54am

*'* *** ***** ** ** *** ***** **** **** *** retailers *** ***** *** ********. ****'* ******* ********* ** * large ***** ***** *** - *** *** **** "*** **" WiFi ***** - ********* ****** *** *** ***** ****** ****** WiFi ** (*** ** **** ***** ***** *** **** ***** Bluetooth *******). **** ** ********* ** **** ***** *** ***** retail *******, ** ********* ****** *** ***** **** ****.

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******** **** **** **-** ******* ******* *** ******* **-**% ** them *** ****** ** **** ***** **-** ****** **, ** will ** **** ** ** *********** ******* *** *** **-** infrastructure".

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Jay Hobdy

IPVMU Certified | 07/06/17 02:17pm

**** * **** **, * ******* **** **** ******* ***** pre-paid ****** **** ****....

Undisclosed Integrator #5

07/07/17 06:01am

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John Honovich

IPVM | 07/07/17 02:10pm

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David Coughlin

| 07/12/17 03:01pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #6

07/12/17 07:05pm

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