With the continued growth of the Esteem membership base, we are pleased to introduce a new function, contribution coordinator, to the Esteem staff. The idea surrounding the contribution coordinator is to have an individual dedicated to all aspects of the incident contribution process. This allows Esteem to be more proactive in the collection, maintenance, reporting and confirmation of theft cases submitted to Esteem by all of our members.

As you know, Esteem works hard to be flexible in the ways we receive theft incident data and supporting documentation required to verify the contributions. By having a dedicated resource manage the process of member contributions, we will look to identify new ways to make the contribution process more efficient for our members. The contribution coordinator will be in contact with all members to solicit feedback regarding their individual contribution processes.

We were fortunate to be able to move a current Esteem staff member into the contribution coordinator position. Mark Williamson joined the Esteem staff as a research specialist in 2002. Mark has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and has experience in law enforcement and interpreting court records.

ChoicePoint has actively developed relationships with case management, civil recovery, and other loss prevention service providers that will help facilitate seamless solutions for your contribution process. Mark will address, with each Esteem member, these third-party relationships that may allow data to be transferred to Esteem more easily.

We will apply best practices in the areas of data transfer and signed admission verification to make the contribution process more efficient for everyone involved. You can look forward to hearing from Mark regarding your contribution process.

As always, we thank you for your continued support of the Esteem program!

New Member:

We are very pleased to announce that Shoppers Food Warehouse recently became a member of Esteem in February. Shoppers Food Warehouse has 5,200 employees and 43 locations with another 16 locations rolling out over the next few months.

Esteem Partners with Loss Prevention Leaders

Palmer, Reifler & Associates

Esteem is moving forward in relationships with loss prevention firms with the idea of making life easier for our mutual customers. We can achieve this goal by sharing data electronically, thereby avoiding the double entry of data, eliminating typing mistakes, improving turn-around time of reports and keeping costs down.

Those loss prevention firms include: KRI (King Rogers International), Unicru, Civil Recovery Services, Loss Prevention Software, Palmer, Reifler & Associates and Ru-Me Interactive (Learn It Solutions).

Esteem is open to partnering with other loss prevention companies. If your company works with a loss prevention company not listed and you believe it would be beneficial for Esteem to partner with them, please let us know.

Contact: chris.karabinos@choicepoint.com or 770-752-5785.

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January Top 10 Hit Report

In the past few years, Esteem has collected hundreds of thousands of theft incidents, most of which cannot be found in standard public records. This type of intelligence helps retailers prevent future losses by identifying questionable individuals before they are hired.