Recent Bomb Threats Against Rite Aid Stores in

the United States

19 May 2014

SigActs indexed several news articles over the last week about bomb threats being called into Rite Aid stores. While these reports only involved stores in Michigan and Maine, it got us wondering how many Rite Aid stores there are in the U.S., and where they are concentrated.

(Typical Rite Aid storefront in Scott Depot, West Virginia)

16 May

2014

Bomb threat robbery thwarted at Greenville Rite Aid

pharmacy

Greenville,

Michigan

15 May

2014

Augusta Rite Aid Pharmacy evacuated after bomb

threatAugusta, Maine

15 May

2014Rite Aid bomb threat similar to recent cases Paw Paw, Michigan

14 May

2013

Bomb threats called into North Muskegon Rite Aid

store; nothing suspicious located

North Muskegon,

Michigan

13 May

2014

Report: Bomb threat called into Ludington Rite Aid

store

Ludington,

Michigan

SigActs News Reporting Involving Rite Aid

Bomb Threats

The map below shows the relative intensity of the 4,430 stores we found and plotted in the United States. This macro visualization of Rite Aid’s operations provides interesting insight into where the pharmacy chain is most entrenched, and where their supply chain stretches.

Bomb threats are disruptive criminal events. They cost a store through lack of sales and wasted employee hours during the scare. They also cost the community when emergency personnel are dispatched to an incident. Knowing where these events are happening can be crucial for allocating training resources and helping store managers and staff to be prepared.

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This information originally appeared on the SigActs Blog under the categories of: Bomb Threats & Hoaxes, Corporate Security, Crime & Justice, Loss Prevention, Retail Security

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