Quick question: does anyone know which U.S; retailer first credited in-store CCTV for a shoplifting conviction, and in what year? I’m comparing early video evidence workflows to modern practice; I’ve got a 1985 mall memo from the Midwest noting 24-hour tape rotation and signed interview notes after a back-room interview.
And not sure on the absolute ‘first’, but the earliest press hits I’ve seen are Sears/JCPenney cases around ’82–’83; try Security Management’s archive and NRF bulletins with ‘CCTV’ + ‘shoplifting conviction’ + ‘24-hour tape rotation’: https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/. If you can share the mall operator or chain on that memo, I’ll try to chase the case cite. Feels like an archaeological dig with microfilm.