In the Courtroom
ALTO advocates for retailers in combating retail crime, ensuring their voices are heard by investigators and prosecutors
Advocating for retailers throughout the legal process
ALTO’s in-house legal teams create lasting change by facilitating communication between retailers, sharing information on repeat offenders, and providing legal follow up on commonly underreported retail incidents.
What our legal team does
Advocate on behalf of retail clients in court, ensuring repeat offenders are held accountable for their actions, and providing thoughtful and thorough victim impact statements for sentencing
Collaborate with prosecution and law enforcement by gathering evidence, testimony, witness statements, and data to help build successful cases
Ease the burden of court appearances by representing victims and witnesses of retail crime in court
Speak with policymakers to make sure retailers’ voices are heard when crime and justice reform are on the docket
Build relationships with prosecutors to highlight the impact of retail crime in their community and push for appropriate legal action to be taken, especially for repeat offenses
92%
of retail crime cases supported by ALTO concluded with a favorable outcome in court
29%
of ALTO cases were granted alternative sentencing
11,000+
retail crime cases worked together by ALTO legal Teams & prosecutors nationwide in 2023
Our customers
report up to 30% drop in retail theft
In 2023
ALTO nationwide teams delivered evidence to aid prosecutors and law enforcement in building retail crime cases more tan 16,500 times.
ALTO works with
more that 500 Government Agencies and 700 Police Departments in the US
Thanks to ALTO’s intervention
Historically challenging markets like California, Chicago, Portland and New York saw offenders receive custodial sentences in 2023
Nearly 80%
of ALTO-supported store employees report feeling safer with ALTO