The Prince George’s County Council in Maryland has approved a bill that requires convenience stores and gas stations to have drop boxes and security cameras, according to a report from NACS online and WTTG-TV.
Businesses lost $30 billion a year to organized retail crime, according to The National Retail Federation. Several Cook County enterprises are teaming up to get crime data and investigation material out to retailers in seconds, not days.
Plato’s Closet puts a luxurious spin on the typical consignment store concept by offering brand-name, high-end clothing and accessories. In this cash-heavy, bargaining atmosphere, surveillance is at a premium.
How do you measure a proactive means of what can be done to mitigate the unique risks of retailing? On the front end; by setting the foundation through relevant, strong policies, clear procedures and guidelines, developing a policy/compliance/validation audit program focused in on physical security, loss prevention measures.
With malls turning into today’s town squares, complete with a community full of strollers, bands and holiday decorations, it’s not a place where hazards should intrude.
Back in the day, convenience stores were as convenient to robbers as to customers. It once was estimated by law enforcement officials that six percent of all robberies of businesses in the U.S. involved convenience stores.
What started out years ago as an informal way local retailers could share information on employees separated for a security-related reason to avoid hiring them elsewhere has turned into a viable third-party business.
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