Stores Step Up Crime-Fighting Efforts ; New Technology, Cooperation Aid Loss Prevention.

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CINCINNATI (AP) -- With shoplifting on the rise -- including organized teams sweeping through stores and lifting scores of items in minutes -- retailers are beefing up plainclothes patrols and video surveillance, and competitors are working together to prevent crime.

Stores are running online stings and sending security guards onto sales floors posing as customers. The FBI helped create a database for trading notes on suspects and their methods. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. even has a forensic lab and tracks video feed from its 1,700 stores at regional hubs.

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Stores Step Up Crime-Fighting Efforts ; New Technology, Cooperation Aid Loss Prevention.

"In light of today's economy and the expense pressure, it is an investment that shows good return," said Brad Brekke, a former FBI special ...

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