Over 60% of shoplifters steal from the same store when they get away with it the first time. Generally the store culture made them feel comfortable. This makes sense. If we create environments where the shoplifter is relaxed enough to continue they will also tell their friends. Your store will then attract more shoplifters.
Once caught, few shoplifters will return to the same store to make another attempt. The key is to deter them. If that doesn’t work make them feel very uncomfortable once they do pick up merchandise and attempt to conceal it or catch them. Checkpoint anti shoplifting systems handle all three levels, deterrence, attempt and catching the shoplifter.
Habitual shoplifters, after being apprehended, do return to the same store when there is no Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) system in place. This is because the chance of being caught a second time is only 2%. Shoplifters want your merchandise either to keep or sell. The goal is to make them uncomfortable enough or stop them down completely. Send them down the street to another retailer that is not protecting themselves. You’re anti shoplifting efforts will be noticed among shoplifters.
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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
We ARE the Background Check Experts!
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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