DTD™ Resource Center

See how Hastings Police used a GPS-enabled tracker and DirectToDispatch™ to support theft investigations that led to two arrests in four months.

Learn how 3Si GPS Tracking and DirectToDispatch™ helped San Francisco Police Department maintain visibility of stolen merchandise, coordinate a citywide response, and recover assets during an organized retail crime investigation.

Every alert that reaches a monitoring center starts as a question: what is this actually happening right now? Getting from a raw camera feed to a crime verification workflow that law enforcement can trust takes more than eyes on a screen.

A serious crime is in progress, and officers are already on their way. The most important question facing them, “What are we walking into?”, has no clear answer until they arrive.

Protecting a convenience store means managing risks that many other retailers don’t face to the same degree. Long operating hours, lean staffing, and ready access to cash and high-demand merchandise combine to create a unique set of challenges that security teams must navigate every day.

Retailers are capturing significant amounts of incident information through cameras and other security systems. They are not, by their own admission, reporting most of them to law enforcement.

Security incidents are climbing. Retailers alone reported a combined 17% increase in shoplifting and merchandise theft incidents in recent years, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC).

Detection alone is not protection. Critical information can be lost as an incident moves from detection to response. Learn how a structured path turns a detected issue into a coordinated response.

Effective incident reporting goes beyond documenting what happened. Discover how real-time crime reporting tools help businesses verify incidents, improve situational awareness, and securely share dispatch-ready intelligence through established law enforcement workflows.