Is your Checkpoint security system working?

I hope the answer is “Yes”.  My follow up question is, “How do you know?”  One of the biggest obstacles I have faced in my career is getting stores involved in routinely testing their anti shoplifting systems.

 Think about it.  Would you buy register equipment and allow it to sit unplugged?  “Probably not.”  So then why would you pay for a Checkpoint security system and not routinely check to see that it works?  Now don’t get me wrong, the Checkpoint Security system is great and rarely goes down.  However, power outages, leaky roofs, tampering, etc. can all impact the various Checkpoint systems and cause them to not work.

 Here is an example.  I routinely walk into stores and attempt to test the Checkpoint systems EAS only to find it has been turned off.  When I ask the MOD why the system is off they either don’t know or tell me it is because it kept beeping.  Generally within 3 minutes of looking I can find the Checkpoint security tags that are too close to the pedestals and creating the false alarms.  One of the other major reasons for false alarms is the Checkpoint security tags are not being deactivated properly at the registers.  Many times this is due to the deactivator being unplugged so the cashier can plug up their phone charger or a fan.  In both of these circumstances the Checkpoint systems worked fine, but the store did something to create an issue.  Had they been testing their systems daily they would have found and fixed the issue rather than turn off the system that they made quite an investment in.

 Anti shoplifting devices can only do their “job” in retail theft prevention when they are turned on and tested regularly.  So I ask again, “Is your system working?”

 Visit the Loss Prevention Store to purchase retail anti theft devices from Checkpoint Systems.

 For more information on Anti Shoplifting, Retail theft prevention or Checkpoint Security Tags contact us at Checkpoint Security System or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia