AG Ferguson pursues funding for organized retail crime unit
Ferguson seeks funding to hire a 10-person unit, including prosecutors and investigators, to combat organized retail crime
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that he is pursuing funding from the Legislature to establish an Organized Retail Crime Unit in his office.
Organized Retail Crime involves a group of individuals that steal products not for their own personal use, but to resell them for a profit. This does not include general retail crimes like petty theft, shoplifting or poverty-driven crimes.