New Anti Shoplifting Obstacle – Exit Door

The exit door recently served as an anti shoplifting measure in Macomb County Michigan according to a recent new story in the Macomb Daily.  [Read the article here.]

A thirty-year-old woman was trying to leave a department store with more than $600 in stolen electronic merchandise when the motorized cart in which she was riding became stuck in the door.  Because the door alarm sounded, employees approached the 400-pound woman to ask for receipts for the merchandise.

A store loss prevention agent was called and the woman pushed her and struck her in the face.

Finally a sheriff’s deputy arrived and instructed the woman to place her hands behind her back, when she took a “fighting stance.”  The deputy took his Taser from the holster and repeated the instructions. The woman brought her hand up above her head and looked directly at the deputy, who then used his Taser on her.  The woman then complied and was taken to jail.

Not every shoplifting incident is the entertaining, but each shoplifting occurrence contributes to a growing problem for retailers, in that the cost of stolen goods comes off the bottom line as an expense, eating away at profit.  This is one reason that retailers invest in anti shoplifting devices and programs.

Even if this woman hadn’t become stuck in the doorway, the article reports that she was approached by employees the “door alarm” had activated.

EAS devices like those provided by Checkpoint Security Systems are designed to reduce inventory loss by alerting store personnel when stolen merchandise is being taken out, whether the shoplifter is stuck in the door or not.  There are Checkpoint labels and Checkpoint tags suitable for use on electronics or any other type of merchandise that is prone to walk away with a “sticky fingered” thief.

Rather than depend on a doorway narrower than a motorized cart, it is a sound business decision to protect a store’s assets with efficient and economical retail theft devices from Checkpoint Security Systems.

Find out more about anti shoplifting methods for your retail store at 770-426-0547 or click here to contract LPSI: loss prevention consultants.  To see selections of Checkpoint Security Systems, Checkpoint labels, and checkpoint tags, visit our Online Retail Loss Prevention Store here.