We recently conducted an investigation for one of our clients into a suspected embezzlement/theft by one of their employees. During this investigation, we found that the person of interest had been arrested and charged with seven counts of Credit Card Fraud, fined and served probation.
The employee had been hired as a temp-to-perm through a staffing agency that conducts employee background checks using a commercial database provider which is very unreliable. This commercial database provider returned “No Record Found”, missing the Credit Card Fraud, but in addition two other separate instances of cashing bad checks.
The employee confessed to stealing over $10,000 of the company’s money by manipulating the accounting system.
You should always conduct a new employee background checks when an employee comes on board. Do not depend on a staffing company to do a thorough job.
We specialize in employee theft investigations. However, why not let us prevent this type of loss through:
Employment background checks
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Loss Prevention Training
Our Operational audit program
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A Checkpoint security system is not an install and walk away system. This is commercial grade equipment but like your car the system needs a little TLC from time to time to keep it in top shape.
As you make changes in store layout, outside interference, abuse, wear and tear reduce the system’s performance. For example moving a display to close could cause intermittent alarms. Loss Prevention Systems (LPSI) Technicians attached our laptops with factory software and re-tune the system each time we visit.
When Checkpoint’s Research and Development team makes improvements you get the benefit as download those updates to your systems firmware.
You get all of this and more from a LPSI Preventative Maintenance Agreement.
A professionally installed properly maintained Checkpoint security system is designed for many years of reliable performance.
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Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) equipment provides security and loss prevention to store merchandise. However, EAS is not the complete solution to the shoplifting problem and will not stop shoplifting by itself. Points that should be kept in mind when using EAS in a loss prevention program include:
Certain labels and tags can be noticed by shoplifters and removed. Concealment is important with labels. Labels can be disguised and hard tags should be made extra secure depending on where and how they are attached.
Labeling and tagging merchandise costs in both the labels and tags and labor. This can be cost prohibitive if you attempt to tag and label all merchandise. Consider establishing a price point and up that are to be tagged. Of course you also want to label and tag any merchandise that is prone to theft.
A properly maintained system, labels and tags can be a huge support to customer service when there is a high ratio of customers to employees.
Security and loss prevention professionals know that the presence of tagging systems themselves can be a deterrent to most types of shoplifters.
Dye tags can be used on soft goods and clothing for product denial.
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•A well-lighted area deters shoplifters. Retailers must maintain adequate lighting. A Shoplifter tends to gravitate towards less traveled, darker more concealed areas like hidden areas and corners to conceal the merchandise they are stealing.
•Limit your customer exits and entrances. Loss prevention security begins at the door. It also requires to many employees to watch multiple exits. Large retailers know this and genneraly have only one entrance and exit. Close off or make any unused door an emergency exit with the approiate hardware.
•Keep displays and shelving low so they can be seen over by an employee. A major part of retail loss prevention is insuring that you are training and empowering your employees to be your eyes and ears in loss prevention. Make sure they can see every where possible in the course of their normal duties. Teach them how to approach any suspicious customers.
You must have a procedure for loss prevention security measures that should be followed if there is an emergency or the power goes off:
•An employee must be stationed at the front door.
•Do you have flashlights ready for this purpose? Do you test them monthly?
•Is there a procedure for ringing up sales without the POS? The power is out. Do your cashiers know how to use a calculator? Is there a battery operated calculator kept at each POS? Do cashiers know how to calculate tax? Do cashiers know what your stores tax rate is?
Retail loss prevention security forces your losses down and profits up.
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Checkpoint Security Systems has a security solution for smaller retailers called ValueGuard. If you are looking to protect their profits, it combines a simple design approach with many features on Checkpoint’s Security Systems more sophisticated antenna systems. This results in a rugged Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) antenna that’s easily professionally installed and maintained. It is capable of delivering immediate profit impact at a cost-effective price.
Ideally suited for grocery stores, hard goods stores, liquor, book, sporting goods and convenience stores. The ValueGuard system offers Digital Signal Processing, Checkpoint label discrimination with the ability to perform in today’s most demanding retail environments.
Features:
- ValueGuard works with the entire range of Checkpoint labels 8.2 MHz RF tags and labels.
- Tunable for either 8.2 MHz or 9.5 MHz applications.
- Integrated alarm sounder and alarm indicator light, which makes alarm identification easy.
- 3 foot or 6 foot aisle systems.
- Stainless Steel end caps help protect the antennas form damage. Optional bumper guards are available.
- Optional merchandising panels can help generate additional revenue through advertising sales or to promote in-store specials.
- Checkpoint labels may be custom printed by the retailer with your barcode, product or logo information.
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