EUGENE, Ore. — It comes with a more than $100 billion price tag for businesses nationally, but organized retail theft is being thwarted in Lane County thanks to grant funding, according to local police.
Still, those police departments say more is needed to keep those crime rates down.
Over the last year, Springfield Police Department’s targeted retail theft missions have brought in 295 shoplifters and another six through joint missions with the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, the department said…