Robbery is one of the most serious and potentially dangerous crimes in the United States today. A robber commits a holdup because he or she believes that profits will be worth the risk. Statistics show that criminal activity is increasing at an alarming rate especially armed robbery. Every year thousands of people are victims of this crime, and there are many violent attacks. Using these tips, you can help reduce the possibility of a shop armed robbery and protection ofsafety of employees and customers.
1). Referee ACTIVITIES pedestrian
In general, high activity areas less vulnerable to theft. Evaluate the quantity and type of traffic, periods of high and low and the potential traffic and activity.
Stores would benefit from the pay phone area for pedestrian use problems, or if someone shop for. The phone should be positioned so that a potential thief would not be able tomonitor the activities of official duty while using the phone.
Activity 2). Watch for suspicious
Watch and find out what is happening inside and outside the company. Watch for loiterers and politely asked to leave them. Do not be afraid to call (911) when you see suspicious activity. Be aware of cars parked along the side of a road or parking lot.
3rd) Make sure there is good visibility and lighting
Thisimportant to give visibility as possible in your store from the street and give visibility to the inside of the store outside. The important point is that there is a profile of the land register in the street. This involves an assessment of your lighting and visibility that offers both day and night.
Remove the dark areas and use of image sensors to ensure lights in the night. Replace the bulbimmediately.
Pedestrians and patrol cars to run must be clearly visible at the store, both during the day and especially at night. For example, shrubs or trees obstruct the path of a reflector. Sometimes the trees cast shadows on your many different periods of times. If you are an obstacle in your destiny.
Building 4.) Park & SAFETY
Some store operators to use a protection that can be a slow killerdrain.
Such measures may be a robbery and terror.
For example, some of their shopping precincts buildings on three sides of a killer escape around the edges of the store slowly. Some shops may park directly in front of their shops, as an escape car was parked in front of the store. Some stores have only one exit from the parking lot and some slowdown in the parking lot.
5th) Team small amounts of cash in the register
Large amounts of cash and availability are attractive to thieves. The murderess should have known that large amounts of money was available when he saw a large piece in the register or clerk to see large bills in the register. Therefore, a policy of low cash is important. Visibility in the cash register is in order, if cash levels kept low. Low levels of liquidity can be a good deterrent is the murderess, suggesting a failure to take will be relevant.
Establish and maintainpolicies to limit the maximum amount in the box to a certain dollar amount. More money should be available as absolutely necessary to meet the customers 'transactions'. Make sure that a great newspaper dropped and not visible to the register. To implement this policy, each store a deposit must be secure, so people can separate the money as it accumulates. The installation of a safe in your store reduces the possibility of a robbery when the word get here a bit 'of moneyfrom your store. All security is purchased, must be screwed to the floor.
seriously must be given by management for the purchase and installation of a cash dispensing safe, which will facilitate many drops of cash robbed from cash register, and the restoration of modification.
SIGNS sixth) ROOF U.S. deterrence
dishes robbery deterrence, stickers, decals, etc. are accessible to customers and potential thieves to tell a storeprey to terror. For example, instead of measuring the height of a branch of the witnesses to help determine the height of a robber fled.
Remember, any character you have in place, make sure it is a true story to tell. Do not drag it is not true.
7) Install safety devices
All precautions and procedures must be first and not a secret. This means that
dummy cameras, alarm systems false, or false evidence that securitynot only in practice, a place. If you think you have a criminal aspect of your store security officers, they think you're lying about others who can not access certain levels of liquidity. This can lead to violence.
The other deterrent measures in place before a company invests in advanced equipment. There is no conclusive evidence that video surveillance equipment has functioned as an effective deterrent armedrobbery.
Appropriate systems installed in accordance with robbery with a danger area. Contact the local police for registration of the robbery risk to your environment.
8). Train your employees and management
No matter the level of security inside and outside the store may be, managers and employees to sit protective rules in force. Here the emphasis on the importance of training.
Education is important, so an employee can respond quickly and safelyIn the event of a robbery.
Training to employees and periodically update the procedures for theft deterrence to combat robbery. It also shows its concern for employees and customers. Training and monitoring will be key to the success of the program. Train your staff from time to time. Establish a training program. An audio-visual component to help robbery deterrence procedures strengthened.
9 tel.) Bank and cash
Establish andprey to enforce procedures for deterrence to count money in the register and the transport of cash in the bank. Be discreet when when large amounts of cash or make a bank deposit. It 'better to do it when no clients, or let someone else register the employee can manage the preparation of deposits in the back room.
Make regular bank deposits and vary the time of day when p. Put the money to the bank and change the wayconcealment. So, cash in a paper bag lunch, a sandwich that has a backpack, an empty bag of rock salt, etc.
Not be obvious on a trip to the bank. Do not wear your uniform, apron, or card for the bank. Do not use the deposit of one night, if possible. If you filed the night, an employee consider your car to the front of the store. If you have a lot of money to deposit into account an armored car service calls. (Some police officers will be accompanied by aemployee of the bank. Remember that the police do not want a killer on their hands.)
10 protection.) POLICE
Work with local police planned and unplanned visits to obtain. Try to have
The police arrived in time to a single serve free soft drinks (juices, coffee, soda) for the police to enter your store. If you have public toilets, calls the police use them. If you are not yet publictoilet, the officer let the employee use the toilets. What structures are so often in a most visible part of regular officers to respond more quickly to stores in an emergency.
Employees should be encouraged to learn more agents patrolling the area and develop friendly relations and cooperation with the officers. Ask the police to go from your car when you are in the area to watchcashiers. Consider playing a police radio in the shop at night is a direct link with the police in general. Consider a character like: Large Subject police patrols routinely (but only if the signing true) Some shop owners to work with neighborhood retailers to reduce theft by pooling resources from dealers near a reward for the arrest and sentence of one year. armed robber. Some retailers hire a guard to patrol the premises in uniform and other dealers closepremises, especially if it is open 24 hours. But beware! Guards can sometimes encourage a challenge and provoke violence rather than fixed.
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