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Georgia retailers describe Organized Retail Crime alliance and urge continued legislative tools
Summary
Georgia Retailers and the Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance (GROC) briefed the committee on intel-sharing, law-enforcement partnerships and recent state policy changes; members requested data on retail loss and outreach to small retailers.
Ben Cowart, vice president of government affairs for Georgia Retailers, told the Small Business Development Committee that organized retail crime remains a major concern for retailers and local businesses and described a partnership network known as the Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance. "Georgia Retailers, is a statewide business advocate organization" he said, and he credited a 2010 partnership that helped pass the Georgia Smash and Grab Act and build GROC into a national model.
Chad McManus, chair of the GROC council and senior manager of asset protection for a major retailer, told the committee the alliance links roughly "750 members strong" (he said…
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