Organized Retail Crime Conference

Conference Materials

Conference Schedule

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  • 8:00am Registration, Networking, Breakfast

  • 8:50am Introduction: Operation Boiling Point

  • 9:00am Session 1: Maryland Legislative and Mid-Atlantic ORC Update
  • Cailey Locklair
  • President, Maryland Retailers Alliance
  • Chris Walden
  • Organized Retail Crime Engagement Team, Amazon
  • Jeffrey Meyer
  • Global Investigator, Walmart

  • 10:00am Session 2: Gift Card Retail Crime
  • Cara Renfroe
  • SVP Global Operations & Transformation, Blackhawk Network, INC.

  • 10:50am BREAK

  • 11:05am Session 3: Partnering with Maryland State's Attorneys' Offices
  • Lara King
  • Paralegal, State's Attorney's Office for Anne Arundel County
  • Karen Mooney
  • Deputy Chief of the District Court Division, Chief of the Gun Prosecution Unit, Montgomery County

  • 12:00pm LUNCH

  • 1:00pm Session 4: Retail Blitz, Operation, and Vehicle Search Case Studies
  • Jeffrey Meyer
  • Global Investigator, Walmart
  • Matthew Vendemio
  • Detective, Montgomery County Police Department

  • 2:30pm BREAK

  • 2:45pm Session 5: Case Coordination
  • Megan Mickler
  • Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Office of the Attorney General
  • Corporal Zakery Null
  • Maryland State Police
  • Betsy Nunez
  • Homeland Security Investigations
  • Joe Simms
  • Homeland Security Investigations
  • Eric York, SHRM-CP
  • Regional Asset Protection Manager, BJ’s Wholesale

Registration is Now Closed

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Loss prevention attendees will be eligible to earn up to 5 continuing education units (CEUs) toward their loss prevention foundation LPC recertification.


Law enforcement attendees will be eligible for in-service units.