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TalkLP
by TalkLP
An unscripted podcast covering a vast range of retail loss prevention, asset protection, and corporate security related topics.
Episodes
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What actually IS Deterrence?
What does effective deterrence actually look like — and how do you prove it works? TalkLPnews host, Amber Bradley, and Steve Lindsey, Co-Founder & Chief Technologist, LVT open a new series on deterrence and prevention, starting with a cold definition of what makes deterrence effective. Using the...
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What a decade at CVS taught him about vendor pitches
Matt Johnson spent 15 years inside retail, from catching shoplifters at a Target in upstate New York to running operations and the technology team at CVS. Four months ago he crossed over as VP and GM of loss prevention at siffron, a company he calls the biggest one you’ve never heard of. Here’s…
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Finding the Missing Dollar
Is that a person behind your DC at 3 a.m., or a raccoon? Cameras have trouble with that call at night. Sunil Mudholkar, VP of Product for Physical Security at Octave, joins me to talk about the camera as a sensor that feeds inventory and POS instead of sitting in a security silo, lidar on the...
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Save the Shoplifter, Save Your Store?
Keeley Knowles earned the title “Britain’s most prolific shoplifter” for a reason. She sat down with TalkLPnews Editor-in-Chief Amber Bradley for a raw conversation about addiction, repeat theft, and the uncomfortable truth that some offenders know your store policies, schedules and blind spots...
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ORC Doesn’t Get Solved in a Silo
TalkLPnews Podcast Host Amber Bradley chats with Chad McManus, Chair of the Georgia Retailers Organized Crime Alliance (GROC), about how fast GROC has grown up over the years! More importantly, what lessons it has learned as an organization after 16 years of connecting retailers and law...
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Cargo Theft is the New Million-Dollar Smash & Grab
Mitchell Jacobs has worked cargo theft at Walmart, security at Halliburton and United Airlines, and now runs safety and security for Lennox. He sat down with TalkLPnews Editor-in-Chief, Amber Bradley, to talk about the thing that actually keeps him up at night: a whole trailer can vanish off your...
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Iceland Foods is using AI…and it’s working
While American retailers are still asking “who’s actually implementing AI….that works,” Andy Edwards at Iceland Foods, a UK retailer with a thousand stores, is already using it — successfully. And guess what? He has use cases galore. He sits down with Editor-in-Chief of TalkLPnews, Amber Bradley,...
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Career growth and promotion are not the same thing
Tim Bartlett, Dollar General's VP of Asset Protection, said that out loud, on the record, and meant it on the TalkLPnews Podcast with host Amber Bradley.Six roles. Three promotions. And he'd make the same calls again. Tim Bartlett spent 22 years moving sideways as much as up, through store ops…
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One Risk to Luxury Brands that No One Thinks About
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley chats with two industry veterans with 30+ years each in retail loss prevention and luxury asset protection: Tony Caccioppoli and Angel Gutierrez from Secur-It. These guys have seen it all and they know exactly what retailers need and what they DON’T need! In this…
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AI Without the Server Farm: Here’s How
TalkLPnews Host Amber Bradley is back with Pat O'Leary, Head of Sales of North America at SAI Group, for the next round of their AI rapid-fire chat. Spoiler alert: AI is no longer a buzzword, it's a must have. The question isn't if anymore, it's how without drowning in hardware costs and getting...
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Successful Leaders Rarely Follow a Straight Line
TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley welcomes the newest APEX Executive Council member into the HOT seat: Javier Leal, Vice President of Asset Protection and Security for Vallarta Supermarkets. Javier’s career is uniquely unconventional spending more than 28 years at Vallarta but it wasn’t always a...
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Are You Arresting Your Way to a Safer Store?
TalkLP Podcast Host Amber Bradley sits down with Rhett Asher, SVP of Partnership Development at ALTO, to talk about how some retailers are trying to arrest their way to a safer store and why that’s not the best strategy. Of course, investigate the crime, create the case for law enforcement...
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Stop Guessing at Risk. There’s a Framework for That.
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley sits down with Stephanie Meurer, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NAVCO, and this convo is one for our broad thinkers out there re: enterprise risk.After co-facilitating the hospitality track at APEX, Stephanie is bringing that same energy to the...
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Need to be good at LP? Think like a Scientist.
TalkLP Podcast Host Amber Bradley sits down with Greg Murphy, VP of Risk Management at United Pacific, and honestly… is there anything this guy can't do? How did Greg started out chasing shoplifters on the floor in the 80s and work his way up to running LP, HR, audit, safety, workers' comp AND…
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Talking Tech with Tom: Talking Predictions for 2026
TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley kicks off the new year talking tech, trends, and tough truths with Controltek CEO Tom Meehan in an unscripted conversation you won’t want to miss! In this podcast episode, Tom and Amber cover predictions for 2026, challenges of the supply chain fragility, return…
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Yes, you CAN use AI. Here’s how (exactly).
Ok, Ok - guys! We heard you all fan-girling out over Shaun Jackson's panel participation at the Asset Protection Executive Xchange (APEX) conference.....and we got him on the podcast! (you're welcome) In this episode, TalkLP Podcast Host Amber Bradley chats with Shaun Jackson, Executive Director…
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Body Cameras: Built for Business, Not Just Law Enforcement
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley chats with Kathleen Finato, CMO of Halos Body Cameras, about how they’re flipping the script on traditional body cams. Built for businesses, not cops, Halos packs high-tech video into a simple subscription, making evidence management easy for retail, security,...
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Your AI Questions = Answered
It's episode number two of Amber Bradley's new v-log with Pat O'Leary, Head of Sales--North America, at SAI Group. In this episode Pat addresses the question everyone is wondering about... how can an organization truly afford all the benefits AI can provide? Amber and Pat talk about why certain…
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Robots in Retail? For real?
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley chats with Keith Corbin at Trilogy Next Gen about AI-powered security robots that patrol, assist, and report, all without whining. From parking lots to in-store concierge duties, these bots work alongside humans to make retail smarter and safer. They don’t steal…
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Your AI Questions = Answered
Join TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley's new v-log with Pat O'Leary, Head of Sales--North America, at SAI Group. Pat gives us some real talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and answers some myths around how loss prevention professionals will use it now and in the future. In our first episode,...
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AI Info that Actually Helps You
Looking for an AI Expert? Look no further. TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley sits down with Brent Boekestein from OpenEye to talk AI, automation, and the future of LP and AP. Brent shares three pillars for 2030 success: people, tech, and data, plus why digital agents are taking over the boring stuff...
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Video Surveillance with a Brain
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley chats with Ian Cameron, Director of Marketing, from March Networks to show how video surveillance has transformed into the brains of the operation. Track operations, customer experience, and merchandising rollouts while catching fraudsters red-handed. With APIs and...
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Protecting 3,400 Locations Without Losing Your Mind
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley talks with Jeff Cox, Vice President of Loss Prevention at Public Storage, about keeping 3,400 locations safe across 43 states. From data science to 24/7 GSOC monitoring, Jeff’s team is on it. Plus, he shares career advice for future LP leaders: diversify your skills,...
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Non-confrontative Tech + Face Matching + Investigative Services = Employees Safe. Merchandise Secure.
TalkLPNews Host Amber Bradley chats with Craig Greenberg, Chief Commercial Officer at Gatekeeper Systems, about Gatekeeper System’s mix of classic theft-prevention tech and next-gen facial recognition. With FaceFirst integration, retailers can spot repeat offenders, track movements, and build…
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Why We Read Guilt on the Innocent
TalkLPnews Host Amber Bradley sits down with Dave Thompson, President of Wicklander-Zulawski, about Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Talking to Strangers, and why we, as interrogators, sometimes read guilt on the innocent. Gladwell certainly takes issue with lots of interrogation techniques and Dave...
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What’s in store for the upcoming CLEAR Conference?
TalkLP Podcast host Amber Bradley grabs some time with John Clark, Executive Director, of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (CLEAR) ahead of their conference coming up in Orlando 20 – 23, 2025! Hear John’s thoughts on the STACKED agenda and why it’s so important for the retail and law...
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Patience, Partnerships, and the Power of “Yes”
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley sits down with Marlene Weber, Vice President of Loss Prevention at Williams-Sonoma, to unpack two decades of leadership lessons from one of retail’s most admired brands. From saying “yes” to every opportunity to learning global supply chain on the fly, Marlene shares how...
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Get Ready for UTORCA!!
TalkLP Host (and MC of the upcoming UTORCA conference!!) Amber Bradley chats with the UTORCA brass including inspirational speaker and 3 x Olympian Bill Schuffenhauer! Steve Jensen and Christian Hardman provide an overview of the Oct. 1 conference including some insightful commentary on why...
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Do you know who has access to your most vulnerable locations?
TalkLP host Amber Bradley chats with Senior Global Account Manager, Aaron Wang, with Brivo about REAL examples of ecosystem integrations that retailers currently use to save time, money and most importantly > keeping their customers and employees safe. If you're still scrolling through entrances...
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Making an Impact Quickly with the VP of LP & Safety, Sally Beauty
Hear a quick update from Vice President of Loss Prevention & Safety for Sally Beauty, Larry Carroll, on what's going on at Sally and how it feels to be a (relatively) new VP in a new retail format. What is Larry's take on how to make a positive impact quickly and what it takes to have some quick...
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Two Types of Power
TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley chats with Jason Cornewell, Director of Global Supply Chain Loss Prevention and Operations at Finish Line/JD Sports North America talk creative financing for critical technology tools, health lifecycles, using tech to speak the business language, "high heat...
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Talking TEKNO: Tom & Amber Break it DOWN
Ok....you can be serious while having a bit of fun....enter CONTROLTEK's TEKNO van. It made it's LP conference debut at NRF PROTECT this year and let's just say our TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley made sure it was all the rage. Check out her (and Tom's) dancing skills in this TalkLPnews QUICK...
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Talking Tech with Tom: Using AI in the Simplest Way
TalkLP podcast host, Amber Bradley, talks tech with CEO of Controltek, Tom Meehan from the NRF PROTECT trade show floor. Amber and Tom chat about guess what.... AI! Before the convo takes a dark turn..... Tom and Amber cover how AI can truly help you in the simplest ways > do we still need...
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Real Actionable AI: Meet SAI Group
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley was in search of real AI solutions on the NRF PROTECT show floor (no vaporware please) and she caught up with SAI Group co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Helen Wilde. SAI Group is no start-up - they started in the UK with Iceland Foods - expanded within Europe and...
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The Real Rundown on Face Matching with Industry Veteran Bob O.
Industry veteran Bob Oberosler talks face matching including accuracy, industry myths, and why 'wild faces' matter! TalkLP podcast host, Amber Bradley, keeps it real discussing Bob's past experience with face matching -- what went wrong and what went right -- and more industry myth busting! What...
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First 100 Days with Craig Greenberg
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley sits down with the Chief Commercial Officer of Gatekeeper Systems, Craig Greenberg, to chat about the first 100 days since the merge with FaceFirst. Craig talks about integrating the company cultures and teams to expedite the speed of deployment as well as continuing the...
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Director’s Cut: All the moving Parts with Genuine Parts Company
Join TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley in another edition of “Director’s Cut” with guest Starsky Smith, Division Director of Loss Prevention for Genuine Parts Company. They dive into the unique nature of loss prevention at Genuine Parts and how manage shrink. By digging in. What and how are they...
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Yes, False Confessions are a Thing in LP
TalkLP podcast host Amber Bradley is back on her soap box about false confessions and keeps it real with Dr. Brian Cutler - expert in false confessions -- in this podcast. Why should LP professionals care about false confessions? Does it happen in the retail interview (interrogation) room? Dr....
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A Tech and Investigation Mindset Balancing Act
TalkLP host Amber Bradley welcomes 40-year veteran John Talamo, Sr. Vice President of Asset Protection of Victoria’s Secret to the TalkLP seat to discuss tech and high-functioning LP professionals. They dive into many trends driving loss prevention now. They chat about tech and how the department...
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Supply Chain Theft vs. Goodfellas Heist
Senior Director of Investigations, Fraud Strategy and Supply Chain Asset Protection at Macy’s, Chris DeSantis joins TalkLP host Amber Bradley to dive into the hot topic of Supply Chain! (although Chris is over a number of things – this is the thing they could get to! Don’t worry we’ll have him...
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Self-Checkout is Not Out
Will England, Vice President of Asset Protection, Risk Management and Compliance at Weis Markets steps into the LIVE Hot Seat at the NRF Big Show with TalkLP host Amber Bradley as they discuss all things Self-Checkout. They chat about the grim statistics involving shoplifting and how he thinks...
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U.S. Secret Service: Fraud Update
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley is stoked to chat with Michael Centrella, Assistant Director for the U.S. Secret Service. Michael explains the intersection between digital and physical threats that target infrastructure of the U.S. and what retailers should be worried about in the years to come. What's...
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Moving to the SMART side (not the Dark side)
Join TalkLP host Amber Bradley as she chats with Patrick McEvoy, Senior Enterprise Account Executive – Retail at Motorola Solutions, formerly and LP Executive on the retail side of the industry. They discuss Motorola’s newest body camera and how it was designed with retail enterprise in mind....
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Talking Tech with Tom: Voice AI
This episode of Talking Tech with Tom, TalkLP Podcast Host Amber Bradley and CEO of CONTROLTEK, Tom Meehan, chat about voice AI and how you can't believe what you SEE or HEAR on the internet. Commiserate with Amber as she asks Tom to explain why it takes forever to get a 'representative' on the...
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Finally…what the hell to do with AI!
Mike Matta, CEO of Solink and Cathy Langley, Senior Leader, Asset Protection with Solink have a candid discussion with TalkLP Host Amber Bradley about HOW and WHY to use artificial intelligence specifically for the loss prevention function! Not only does Mike and Cathy set the stage for the...
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Two Languages of ORC with Doug Horsting of RiteAid
TalkLP Host Amber Bradley and Doug Horsting, ORC Manager and Law Enforcement Liaison for Rite Aid, dive into his views on the two languages of Organized Retail Crime (ORC), retailer and law enforcement. Doug describes how he uses his experience to bring them together and succeed in combatting ORC...
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Bosses vs. Leaders and the TRL Model at Macy’s
Joe Coll, Vice President of Asset Protection Operations and Strategy at Macy’s and TalkLP Host Amber Bradley discuss his 27- year career at Macy’s, his leadership lessons and the best (from the LEADERS) and worst advice (from the BOSSES) he ever received. They also dive into how Macy’s utilizes…
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Luxottica Goes Unfiltered: Leadership, Loyalty & Innovation
TalkLP host Amber Bradley sits down with Luxxotica’s Millie Kresevich, Senior Director of Asset Protection and Mike Jessee, Senior Vice President of Asset Protection to talk working relationships, leadership, tech, 2025 and beyond. Listen now to hear how to build successful working relationships...
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AI Can Make You Nicer
Join CONTROLTEK CEO Tom Meehan and TalkLP host Amber Bradley as they provide REAL feedback on HOW to prompt AI and what these prompts need to actually say! Am I being too direct? Should my email be nicer? The short answer is yes. AI can actually comment on your personality in emails – sorry, not...
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The Wheel of International Challenges
TalkLP host Amber Bradley plays the game of “Wheel of International Challenges” with Gatekeeper Systems international guests Nick Trudgett, General Manager – Australia/New Zealand/APAC and Matt Day, Director and General Manager – UK, along with local Gatekeeper Systems guest Tracine Marroquin…
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