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Summit has been helping businesses improve security outcomes for over 15 years by enlisting the help of off-duty officers for physical security. Uniformed officers help prevent theft, violence and vandalism as crime rates rise and bad actors become more brazen and more organized.

Summit has been helping businesses improve security outcomes for over 15 years by enlisting the help of off-duty officers for physical security. Uniformed officers help prevent theft, violence and vandalism as crime rates rise and bad actors become more brazen and more organized.

With each quarter close and fiscal year-end reporting, we hear an increasingly familiar refrain from the retail sector. It goes something like this – shrink due to theft has gotten out of control. It has crushed profitability and prompted negative revisions to forecasts. The cost to stores will be recouped at higher...

Given the current market, marked by volatility, inflation and high interest rates, flexible security budgets are important. Being strategic about using low-cost resources when and where you can, while guarding the most important posts and assets with higher-end resources, helps security departments play their part in...

There is always the possibility that a security incident will occur and, during the course of that incident, cause damage to persons or property at your business. This is, in fact, part of the reason you bring in off-duty officers: to help manage security threats. However, in the event of such an incident, who is held liable for damages that may occur? 

In July 2022, Starbucks closed 16 stores in Seattle; Los Angeles; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; and Portland, Oregon after a series of incidents made it unsafe to continue to operate them. Store security got out of control following the 2018 announcement of a new Starbucks’s policy making store restrooms available to the public. 

What’s driving this spike in organized retail crime? e-Commerce. Disguised among the millions of legitimate third-party sellers, thieves turn to online marketplaces to quickly resell stolen goods. The internet has allowed crime rings to fly under the radar while reaching unsuspecting consumers across the globe.

Despite the positive outlook a new year typically brings, market trends don’t point to the end of the turbulence employers have faced since the start of this decade. Seventy percent of economists …

Budgeting for 2023 is underway across industries, companies and departments. Summit Off Duty Services has had more conversations, with more companies, weighing more variables than ever before. With a lot of macroeconomic …

After a two-year hiatus, energy security leaders gathered again to talk about experience with and expectations for security. Our resident expert in energy, Tim Foley, captured three key takeaways for friends and customers who couldn’t make it to Houston.