THE RETAIL INVESTIGATOR'S PLAYBOOK: A Practical Guide to Retail Security, Loss Prevention, and Investigations for Private Investigators, Loss Prevention Professionals, and Business Owners - Softcover

Stein, Jeffrey

9798187622801: THE RETAIL INVESTIGATOR'S PLAYBOOK: A Practical Guide to Retail Security, Loss Prevention, and Investigations for Private Investigators, Loss Prevention Professionals, and Business Owners

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ISBN 13: 9798187622801

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

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Employee theft outpaces shoplifting nearly six-to-one, yet most retailers still build their defenses around the wrong threat.

Drawing on nearly four decades in private investigations, security consulting, and retail loss prevention, Jeffrey Stein lays out the fourteen issues every retail business faces, from burglary and organized retail crime to workers' compensation fraud, each paired with a practical walkthrough of how a professional investigator actually approaches the case.

This book is written for two audiences at once:

Private investigators and loss prevention professionals will find a roadmap for building a retail-focused investigative practice, including pricing, marketing, sample report templates, and referral strategies.
Retail business owners and operators, especially the small and mid-sized businesses that rarely have an in-house loss prevention department, will find a clear-eyed look at where their risk actually lives and how to evaluate and hire a qualified investigator.

Inside, you'll find:

Fourteen field-tested chapters covering burglary prevention, employee theft, organized retail crime, background checks, internal investigations, security assessments, workers' comp fraud, and more
A Field Checklist at the end of every core chapter that you can put to use immediately
Nine ready-to-adapt report and documentation templates
Real casework from a 39-year career in private investigation and security consulting
A glossary of industry terms

Jeffrey Stein, LPI, BAI, CCDI, is the founder of ELPS Private Detective Agency and Executive Director of Intellenet, an international network of investigators with over 600 members in 70 countries. He has conducted over 3,000 integrity and witness interviews across nearly four decades in the field.

Whether you're building an investigative practice or protecting your own business, this is the playbook.

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