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In last month’s issue, Vigilant invited the Chairs of the Association’s Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa regions to look back at 2018 and share their thoughts and objectives for the year ahead. This time around, it’s the turn of Anthony Leimas to bring us up-to-date with all the progress TAPA is making in the Americas …


IN CONVERSATION: ANTHONY LEIMAS, TAPA AMERICAS


Let’s start with some numbers for the Americas region for 2018 versus 2017…


Membership Overview – The Americas


The Americas was excited to see an increase in total paid memberships of 20.3% in 2018 over 2017. In our region, a Corporate Membership allows up to six people within a member company to enjoy the benefits of membership. We also have an Individual Membership for smaller companies or businesses with smaller security teams. Accordingly, our number of memberships and the number of members is different. As such, we experienced an increase in our total members of 27.2% in 2018 over 2017. That said, the breakdown of our growth by membership category is as follows: Corporate Memberships up 19.5%, Individual Memberships up 16%, and our Security Service Provider (SSP) Memberships are ahead by 66.7% compared to the previous year.


• Total Members = an increase of 20.3% • FSR certifications = up 4.8% • TSR certifications = up 1.45%


• Number of training courses - 7 training events; 74 FSR participants, 47 TSR


MOST RECORDED…


• Type of Incident – Theft of Full Truckload, 74% of recorded crimes


• Type of Location – Unsecured Parking, 83% of the annual total


• Type of M.O – Thieves targeting trucks left unattended, 56% of incidents


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• State with Most Incidents – California, 26% of all reported crimes


• Highest Value Incident Recorded – $5.7m


• Highest Average Value Product Type – Clothing & Shoes with losses averaging $354,970


• State One New Trend Seen in 2018 – Electronics claimed the most stolen product type for the first time since 2009


2018 ACHIEVEMENTS…


Tell us some of the other actions TAPA Americas implemented in 2018 and benefits members can look forward to in the year ahead…


1. T-Meetings – Our two meetings lifted the level of content we’ve brought to our members. We diversified and expanded topics and reached out to new members bringing them into the fold.


2. Webinar Series – We started a new webinar initiative to enhance member access to continuing professional education, training, and new member outreach.


3. Training Events – We offered substantially more FSR and TSR Trainings in the past year. By utilizing member companies, we’ve been able to offer training around the United States.


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