“Organized shoplifters are professional thieves who make money by stealing merchandise and reselling it, severely victimizing all of us. The annual losses from organized retail theft are staggering. We pay for this crime in higher prices and enormous loss of tax revenue. Now Pima County law enforcement, prosecutors and merchants are combining forces and working together to combat this insidious threat to our community.”Barbara LaWall, Pima County Attorney

• Raise awareness of the retail theft problem
• Increase the tools retailers have to identify and help prosecute organized retail thieves
• Change state law to enable local prosecutors to convert more misdemeanors into felonies to get organized retail thieves off the street, make our communities safer places to live and lower crime rates

“Frys Food Stores are part of our community, strive to support low prices for our customers and in doing so, work diligently with the Pima County prosecutors and all law enforcement agencies by participating in the “We Watch, We Prosecute” program. We have visual aids in retail stores to encourage and remind all honest consumers to help to curb organized retail theft. Our stores, our neighbors, our neighborhoods, working together for safe and crime free neighborhoods.”Joe Kopelic, Frys Food Store