Employee Theft – Caught on Tape

A common focus for businesses is to find and stop shoplifters from stealing merchandise, but they aren’t the only people who you have to keep an eye on. An employee, who know the in and outs, patterns and schedules could be your biggest trouble.

As a Loss Prevention Agent I’ve conducted internal theft investigations with great success. I have found greatest tool to stopping employee theft are not my eyes but the many eyes above. At anytime I can review tapes of high shrink and cash areas. This has assisted me from stopping internal theft at the cash registers. Most recently an employee would not ring up multiple items and pocket the cash. This was only caught by reviewing the camera tapes above their register.

A technique my store uses to scare off any shoplifters is a monitor above the front entrance that lets everybody know you are being watched and recorded. This monitor shows the front entrance and main cashier where most merchandise is being handled.

Another type of theft that is unfortunately common among workers is employee theft of one another. Most of the time it will happen in the break room, it will have low traffic thus leading some employees to believe this is a safe area for leaving their possessions on top of lockers or on tables. Prevention is the best solution, lock up all your possessions and don’t forget that new MP3 player in your jacket pocket.

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