Policy, In a Nutshell – Loss Prevention Training

In a nutshell, loss prevention is about reducing the opportunity for merchandise or cash losses in your business. It is about developing standard business practices and procedures that limit the scope by which you might suffer monetary or inventory loss. These losses create a financial burden that is hard to recover from. This is where you need Loss Prevention Training and development.

You probably have policies and procedures in place for other functional areas of your store – things like sales, customer service, or human resources. So why would you not have these same policies for loss prevention in place.

It is just as easy to give your employees a loss prevention workshop, as it is to train them on how to run a register or sell to a customer.

Attending a Loss prevention workshop will also give you some ideas to develop and implement these policies.

There really is no need to try and re-invent the wheel. There are many practices that have already been developed that have been proven to eliminate or deter both shoplifting and employee theft.

The need for loss prevention in your store or business has one main goal – to prevent opportunities. If you are not completely adept in how to do this, you need to explore how to further your own loss prevention training that can help you expand.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Lawsuits Against Retailers

theft (2)When do you file a suit against a shoplifter? Or should you?  Is detaining a suspect in your store believed to be shoplifting the proper procedure? The number of complaints and lawsuits against retailers continues inexorably, and the demand for alternative solutions to protect your business against shoplifters, or any loss prevention issues continues to be a priority for any retail business.
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Lawsuits against Retailers: The Expert’s Role

Contemporary loss prevention policies and procedures is a direct consequence of the so-called “litigation explosion” that dates back to the early to mid-1980s. Time was when a head-long pursuit through the parking lot and across heavily-trafficked public roadways was a way of life. To many it was exhilarating and the resultant capture of a shoplifter was rewarding.

However, I recall with clarity the case of two teenage brothers who were pursued by supermarket employees for the theft of a couple of candy bars and a 16 oz. can of beer. The two were struck and killed by an auto in the middle lanes of a nearby freeway. The subsequent lawsuit was punishing. It’s fair to identify that very case as the beginning of the end of hot pursuits in the retail industry.

Subsequently, other practices, heretofore invoking mild reprimands, became socially and legally unacceptable and everyday practices, such as wrestling a suspect to the ground and gaining control with an arm-lock, became suspect, again, magnified by lawsuits. Shoplifters died, invariably followed by a lawsuit resulting in the awarding of damages. Awards sent corporate policymakers, guided by their own legal counsel, back to the drawing boards.

The Litigation Process

Despite the greatly altered face and character of loss prevention today, complaints against retailers continue on, albeit not at the same pace of yesteryears, but continue none-the-less. Lawsuits driven by a loss prevention act or omission requires an “expert” to assess the event and educate the judicial community, which includes a jury, on justification or lack thereof of the act or event.

For example, was the forceful holding of a suspect to the ground, who then died due to positional asphyxia or a heart attack, reasonable or not? Such tragedies have been litigated time after time and experts, depending on the totality of circumstances, have opposing opinions.


Camera models that can help improve security in 2014

Many small business leaders have likely made new resolutions for improving themselves and their businesses in 2014, and security measures can play a big role in these means. Whether it means adding or improving cameras and alarms on hand, bolstering their means can be a big boost to improving functionality.

One new advance in camera technology comes from Samsung, according to Engadget. The latest SmartCam from the company works by recording 1080p video directly to an internal SD card. While that prevents it from benefiting from the potential of cloud-based information storage, compression efforts allow the company to only need about 30 percent of the bandwidth other cameras would require, reducing data sizes while still offering owners the ability to remotely watch live video.

Both of these models can be connected using WiFi, can connect to Android or iOS devices using two apps and have low-light video quality, ensuring most situations can be covered. In particular, there are two models of the camera, and the outdoor one can have a range of 50 feet. That outdoor model can also withstand plenty of weather-based damage without risking its power supply or WiFi module, which would remain inside at all times.


Shoplifter’s lawsuit against store owner underway

Should a store owner who shot a shoplifter have to pay for the injuries he caused? According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, that is what an El Paso County jury is trying to decide as the civil suit against Chang Ho Yi got underway this week.

In October 2010, Bryson Dewberry reportedly stole a bottle of vodka from Yi’s Colorado Springs liquor store, Austin Bluff’s Liquor. Yi chased Dewberry from the store and shot him in the face at point blank range as he attempted to get into a getaway car, the Gazette reported. The bullet struck then-22 year old Dewberry in the jaw and also hit a passenger in his car in the leg.

Now Dewberry’s attorneys state that the young man, who had aspired to be a rapper, suffers from a speech impediment. Dewberry is suing Yi for ongoing medical expenses as well as pain and suffering, loss of work, and loss of future business opportunities. According to an earlier report from KDVR when the lawsuit was filed in December 2012, Dewberry also claims that Yi’s actions were negligent and reckless and that Dewberry posed no physical threat that would warrant him being shot.


Lessen The Cases Of Employee Theft With Loss Prevention Seminars

250x250_2ndMost of the time, business owners are the last ones to know about the existence of employee theft within their business. There are a number of reasons to why this happens, and one of them is the fact that employees are not too comfortable with the idea of approaching their employers about what is happening.

In this case, it doesn’t mean that the employers are surly and do not have good working relationships with their employees. At times, it’s only an issue about employees being aware of the theft that is happening, but are reluctant to approach their employers on the matter. Providing a new way in which employers and employees can communicate with each other, employers can learn about these cases and take action about them immediately.

Now may be a good time to take part in some loss prevention training for your business. Through this, employers will be able to address the issue of theft in the business as well as talk about the issue with their employees. These loss prevention seminars have been specifically designed not only to address the issue of theft, but to make it easier for employees and employers to communicate when it comes to issues related to the business.

Loss prevention seminars will teach employers about how to broach the subject of employee theft to their employees. While some employees in the past may have committed theft, this does not mean that other employees will do the same as well. Not many people believe that theft exists in their workplace or that the crime has been committed by their workmates.

If you’re interested to know more about Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training or Loss Prevention Workshop, you may call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia. or visit us at LossPreventionSeminar.com

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Try Something New – Loss Prevention Workshop

You can never be too old to learn something new. Even if all you learn is that you are slowly becoming more out dated and obsolete as time goes by. That is why, professionally, I try to stay on top of the current shoplifting methods by attending a loss prevention workshop.

Even employee theft changes as time goes by. Yes, the basic principles are still there, but attending a loss prevention training refresher course never hurts. The loss prevention seminars will show you what is currently trending with the criminal element. There are high tech ways that people are incurring losses. There are also the same methods being used, just with new twists to try and stay up with the current technologies being used.

Updated training can also show you how to update your security, and your policies to reduce or potentially eliminate the losses your store might be incurring. Remember shoplifting isn’t just about defeating a security tag anymore.

There is a whole new electronic and digital way to sell stolen merchandise, which makes it even more difficult to track down later on. Online shopping is huge and if you do not know how it can affect you and your losses, you might want to reconsider taking a loss prevention workshop soon.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Recently Promoted – Loss Prevention Training

One of the best pieces of advice they’ve given at a recent loss prevention training class, is something I have stressed in my own personal career for many years. In this loss prevention workshop, some recently promoted corporate loss prevention professionals spoke of the importance of learning other areas of the company or business outside of just loss prevention. It was a critical factor in their success stories.

They were talking about why it is so important to cross train yourself in different areas of a company or business. It shows your respect for those other areas. It is nearly impossible to try and guide or confer with another department if you don’t have any knowledge of their responsibilities and processes.

It is also important to broaden your horizons because your own working knowledge will make you more successful. The more you know about the full circle of your business, the stronger you are as a manager or a key player, just as these professionals did. The same thing goes for those out there that are going to loss prevention training to broaden their own horizons. The more you know about different areas of a business, the better off you will be.

How can you possibly know what to look for in regards to employee theft, for example, if all you know is selling? How can you be profitable if you don’t know operations? It all comes together with a full circle knowledge that comes from loss prevention seminars.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Unproductive Time – Loss Prevention Training

When you have theft happening in your store, do you know what you will lose? There is more to those cases than just a simple financial loss. What about your lost productivity during the inventory replenishment process? If you have no loss prevention training, you will loose significantly more in time and productivity that what the employee theft can do in straight dollars lost.

If you have a merchandise theft case, you are increasing the amount of time you are spending replenishing your inventory through additional orders and time spent physically restocking the shelves. Can you track those losses? Can you determine where our merchandise is being lost from and how to solve it?

If an employee is taking cash, you obviously will have a very specific dollar loss that you will be looking at. What about the other losses? How about your time? How much time will you lose researching those losses? Do you know how to track your cash shortages and not only figure out which employee (or employees) is stealing from you? Will that theft case hold up in court or will it be dismissed leaving you open to further litigation?

Taking part in loss prevention training will help you with those questions. You will benefit from other’s experience in tracking and building theft cases. The loss prevention training will help give you a step-by-step process to guide you through the investigation and give you pointers on things you might have overlooked otherwise.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Fit the Bill – Loss Prevention Seminars

They say that those that can – Do, and those that can’t- Teach.  Sayings like that must have been true at some point to have sustained the momentum to keep the saying alive; however, it isn’t always the case. Take these loss prevention seminars for example. Bill spent years doing, so now he can take his experiences and teach you.

In my experience, to be a successful trainer, you have to spend time honing your skills and your education. It helps you become an expert in your subject matter. It also helps you to comprehensively answer the questions that might arise during a Loss Prevention Workshop.

How would you expect someone to be able to answer questions on how to interview an employee theft case if they had never conducted an interview before? They would not be able to give you tips on getting the most beneficial information from that employee. They might also not know that there are certain safety precautions that should be in place in your office before you conduct the interview.

If it were not for the experience a full career in Loss prevention has provided, you would not be getting such a complete education during your loss prevention training course from someone like Bill.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Never Gets Old – Loss Prevention Seminars

My two year old has recently started taking an interest in cartoons; both on the computer and on the TV. As a new parent, I was totally against it at first. My child simply should not be in front of anything so bad as a tv, for whatever reason. But after looking at what is available to her I started to change my mind, especially after seeing so many Loss prevention seminars.

While at first it might seem like that is a completely obscure reference point, Let me take a moment to explain. The shows that my daughter is most drawn to are ones that she was learning from. There were colors and numbers, songs to sing and things to learn about. This was a way to in essence begin to give her the world – begin her love of learning.

She needs to be exposed to the things the world has created and has to offer. And she needs to have fun while learning. That is where I made the connection with Loss prevention seminars.

Who doesn’t want to have fun while they learn? No one is really interested in sitting in a conference room for hours listening to some random guy speak. We need to be able to enjoy our education in whatever form it might take.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Making Friends – Loss Prevention Workshop

While you can never find it on a syllabus or meeting agenda, making contacts is  one of my favorite parts of attending a loss prevention workshop.

Attending loss prevention seminars provides an opportunity to have an open conversation on this topic. If you have worked retail for any span of time, you will most likely come across a shoplifter or an employee theft situation. Even if you didn’t see the shoplifter, you were probably aware of their presence in your store at some point.

Loss prevention training gives you a chance to talk about your experiences with theft. How you handled it, maybe something that you started that worked, and maybe something that didn’t work.

Other attendees have a chance to regale their stories as well. That’s one of the best parts of a workshop.  The informal training allows you to learn from each other’s hands on experiences. I have always felt that most attendees learn more from these impromptu discussions better than a long drawn out training forum.

There is no need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to loss prevention. Most of the tactics used by or to prevent shoplifters are pretty universal. It is just a matter of being aware of them and knowing how to apply them to your store.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems website for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Go Ahead, Have Some Fun – Loss Prevention Seminar

Let’s face it, lectures are boring- especially ones that have to be conducted by someone else’s department. For many store employees that are faced with the task of attending loss prevention seminars, they might feel like they are in for an extremely boring presentation about information that either doesn’t apply to them, or have a practical use for.

In some cases, that might be true. There are many presenters for loss prevention training that drone on incessantly about building employee theft cases or how to stop shoplifting. Neither of which may apply to your average store employee.

A good presenter, however, will give ways to spot shoplifting, and how customer service can prevent shoplifting. A good loss prevention workshop will also give ways to prevent employee theft before it happens through operational controls and awareness.

By making the subject matter relevant to the audience, your employees are more likely to walk away from the presentation with useful knowledge that they can actually apply.

There is nothing worse than sitting through a training program and discounting the presentation as it is going on. I think we have all been there, hoping to find a way to take a suggested method and apply it, all the while knowing that the criteria or resources do not apply to your specific situation.

For more information on Loss Prevention Seminars, Loss Prevention Training, or Loss Prevention Workshop contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

Visit the Loss Prevention Systems for more information on Retail Employee Theft and Retail Shoplifting problems and view the Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training and Retail Loss Prevention Workshop we offer to help with your Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.