A funny thing happened on my way to an internal theft . A company that I worked for was seeing unusually high losses in their Electronics department. Upon reviewing the footage and seeing the type of merchandise that was frequently going missing we determined that external theft, or shoplifting, was probably not the culprit. See, most of the missing merchandise stayed locked up in a back closet of the Electronics department just so average customers wouldn’t have access to it. Therefore it became obvious that it must be an inside job.
I entered the store in the middle of the night and installed a covert camera in the back closet of the Electronics department. I figured that whoever was committing the internal theft would continue doing so and with video footage of the deed it would be incredibly easy to build a case. What I didn’t realize is that there was a lot more going on in that back closet than I had anticipated. On a quiet Sunday afternoon I received a phone call from one of my detectives who snickered uncontrollably as he asked me how to handle the situation.
It seems that a couple of Electronics associates had been using that back closet as a rendezvous spot and were currently involved in acts that would make a madam blush. I called the manager of the department and had him conveniently walk in on them. (Since the lovebirds weren’t my initial target I didn’t want to alert anyone to the presence of a covert camera). The couple was terminated for unprofessional conduct and time theft and about a week later the actual thief was caught red handed with over $500 worth of MP3 players stuck down his pants. 3 for the price of 1 is always a good deal, especially when you’re talking about internal theft .
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