In this episode of LPRC CrimeScience: The Weekly Review, we welcome featured guest, Basia Pietrawska, Vice President of Consulting and Analytics at CAP Index. She joins Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio to discuss LPRC initiatives, COVID-19 & rioting effects on crime rates in major U.S. cities (crimes against persons & property crimes),  mobile fraud, curbside pickup, online marketplaces, clipboard data privacy, online spending data, police spending survey results, password breaching, and activities and their risk levels in contracting COVID-19.

In this LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio discuss LPRC initiatives, face masks in retail, government approval rates during COVID-19, 5G, discretionary spending, business reopenings, cyber security attacks, online forums, and more.

In this special LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode, Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’onofrio are joined by featured guest Robert Locke, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Johnson Controls and LPRC Board Member, to give his take on the future of retail, the need for innovation and quality team members for businesses, and computer vision & other emerging technologies. Our co-hosts also discuss LPRC initiatives, phone scams, dark web forums, civil disturbance, open-source intelligence gathering, and this week’s global retail data, including revenue projections & the forecast for online sales.

This week’s LPRC CrimeScience COVID-19 Series episode delves into both the ongoing pandemic as well as the emerging riots and looting incidents. Tune in as Dr. Read Hayes, Tony D’onofrio, and Tom Meehan discuss this and more, including LPRC initiatives, social media monitoring, cyber-attacks, online shopping, new data on the economy, and the financial impact of COVID-19 on stores.