Dr. Read Hayes of the LPRC Is Recognized as a Global Thought Leader
The Life Safety Alliance (LSA), an organization dedicated to enhancing global life safety and security through partnerships and collaborations, has announced the results of its Top 40 Global Thought Leaders in Security and Life Safety. UF Innovate | Accelerate client Loss Prevention Research Council's Read Hayes is recognized as a global thought leader.
Private Investigators and Emerging Tech Are Helping To Crack Down on Beauty’s Retail Crime
California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce has recovered more than $41 million worth of stolen goods since the program launched in 2019.
UF Integrate Summit Focused on Retail Theft, Active Shooters
Retail industry leaders from 47 corporations across the nation recently convened at the University of Florida to delve into strategies to combat the growing challenges from theft, fraud, and violence in retail spaces.
Tech Tuesday: LPRC
In this Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate host Melanie Morón introduces us to Dr. Read Hayes, the director of LPRC, a company here in Gainesville working with major retail corporations to detect and prevent theft, fraud, and violence.
Tech Tuesday: LPRC Exhibits New Innovations in Combatting Shoplifting
In this week's Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate's Lauren Asmus talks with Read Hayes of Loss Prevention Research Council. LRPC has a high-tech lab inside of UF Innovate | The Hub in which it works to better understand the theft, fraud, and violence issues companies such as Target and Home Depot face and create precise solutions for them.
Why Hundreds of Retail Thefts Are Going Unreported in Bay Area
Dr. Read Hayes, a research scientist and criminologist at the University of Florida, conducted a study on retail crime. He said in many cases, especially in urban centers, stores don’t contact authorities because there are simply too many thefts for police to respond to every time.
Shoplifters Cost Stores Billions. UF Professor Speaks on How AI Can Help Curb Store Theft and Fraud
Read Hayes, Ph.D. is a world-renowned expert on the science of stealing from department and grocery stores. Based in FLEX in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, he works with engineering and computer science faculty to help design programs that can identify shoplifters. He is also the director of UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident company Loss Prevention Research Council, which works with more than 70 major retail chains by providing them with innovative loss- and crime-control solutions.
The Loss Prevention Research Council Plans to Relocate Mock Store, Formerly Named Research Lab
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC), a “tactical to practical” company that conducts research to develop... Read More
