Charles A. Sennewald, CMC, CPP, CSC is an independent security management consultant and author of six books, Effective Security Management, 4th Ed., The Process of Investigation, 2nd Ed., Security
Consulting, 3rd Ed., Shoplifting, Shoplifting: Managing the Problem (co-authored), and Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference (co-authored).

Mr. Sennewald was the Director of Security for the Broadway Department Store and was with that firm for 18 years. Prior to this he was Chief of Security for the Claremont Colleges and a deputy sheriff for the County of Los Angeles.

Mr. Sennewald is the founder and first president of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC). He is a graduate of the California State University at Los Angeles and the U.S. Army's Military Police School.

He commenced his consulting practice in 1979 and since then has serviced various national and local retailers in this country as well as Mexico.

He has served, both for the plaintiff and the
defense, as a consultant and expert witness in numerous
litigation issues involving shoplifting incidents.

Books Authored

• Effective Security Management. 4th ed. Butterworth Publishers
• The Process of Investigation. 2nd ed., Butterworth Publishers
• Security Consulting. 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann
• Shoplifters vs. Retailers: The Rights of Both.  New Century Press
• Shoplifting:  Managing the Problem.  ASIS International
• Retail Crime, Security, and Loss Prevention, Butterworth-Heinemann