(Hillsboro, OR) -- Washington County has been awarded one-and-a-half-million-dollars by the state to fight retail theft. The funding will be used to enhance efforts to investigate, prosecute, and stop shoplifters and organized retail theft crews from targeting businesses. Washington County received a similar grant this year and gave over 281-thousand-dollars to 38 small- and medium-sized businesses to add security. It's the largest grant issued to any Oregon county.