When you are having issues with employee theft and shoplifting in your stores, it is a struggle to find solutions that work. It is even harder when you are trying to do it on your own.

If you don’t have the auxiliary knowledge of how to stop employee theft and shoplifting, then you can be left with a huge void to fill. That void will not be just the lack of solutions, but also the very literal void on your shelves from your missing product.

This is where having a resource like the ability to attend a loss prevention workshop plays a key role in your success. Not only will you be able to gain knowledge and insight into the types, causes, and prevention of retail theft but you will have the guidance of an experienced professional to help guide your way.

They will guide you through your own unique problems and opportunities and work with your to design a comprehensive game plan. You can be rest assured that when you leave the loss prevention seminars you will have the loss prevention training you need to make your business a success.

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 Shoplifting and Employee Theft problems.

How embarrassing is it to try and show a customer or client a piece of merchandise you know they will absolutely love only to discover it is missing? That is the first indicator that you may have a shoplifting problem in your store.

Unless you have previous experience with loss prevention and security, knowing how to organize your store, your inventory and most importantly, your staff to reduce shrink will be a daunting task at best.

This is the opportunity you need to provide loss prevention training to your self, your management and the rest of your staff hosted by a qualified and experienced trainer.

The information that you will take away from these loss prevention workshops can help you not only identify basic shoplifting traits, but help you hone in on an actual working solution designed with your store in mind.

You can spend hours coming up with solutions that may not even work. Having the knowledge that comes from a loss prevention workshop or loss prevention seminars will not only expedite your process, but will also give you more feasible solutions.

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.

I just taught a loss prevention seminar for a new client. We focused on shoplifting in their grocery store. We split the 40 employees into two loss prevention seminars so the sales floor was still covered. I have to say, the two groups I taught were so enthusiastic that it motivated me even more. My style is high-energy, out in the group and interactive with everyone. I hate a training seminar where a speaker stands in one spot and drones on.

Well last week the General Manager called to tell me that the training was paying off. We were discussing the follow up she wanted to set up when she said “I got to go, call you right back” and hung up rather abruptly.

Well, come to find out, her staff had identified another shoplifter from the techniques I shared with them while we were talking. She approached the subject the way I trained her to and he indeed was a shoplifter. They got the merchandise back. The police responded and the shoplifter was taken as their “guest” for an all-expenses paid trip to the County jail.

I like to teach in a loss prevention workshop environment. This allows better interaction with everyone. It is easier to draw out the employees that are generally quieter and get them involved.

I also spent some time with management in a workshop environment training them on employee theft detection and prevention. I hope when I call the GM to follow up again the same thing does not happen during that call because of an employee theft problem. But you never know!

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

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

 

The other day, I sat through a loss prevention seminar for a State license I hold. It was the worst hour of the week. I wish I could get it back. This guy just droned on and on in the most monotonous voice. His subject was interesting but that is little good when you are having to fight to stay awake.

When I teach a loss prevention workshop or host a loss prevention seminar I feel that it is my duty to deliver an interesting and engaging session. Of course, I have been providing low prevention training for a long time now and I know the tricks to get and keep people involved. Of course my subject matter helps. I talk about employee theft, shoplifting, vendor fraud and other interesting topics.

I like to bring the session to life with my experiences. I have investigated and put over 2300 employees in jail for theft so there are a few good stories there. Like the guy who stole watches from my employers store and then gave them to the rest of the employees as Christmas gifts, including the Manager. And he couldn’t figure out how we had caught him!

Loss prevention seminars take on a whole new aspect when you can relate these kinds of experiences to the group. Most have their own shoplifting and employee theft stories that they can relate to yours. Once that happens they put it together and begin to actually learn. With a loss prevention workshop we can make that happen. Of course the group has to be the right size.

No more boring loss prevention seminars, please!

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

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

One of the issues I like to hit hard in my loss prevention seminars, loss prevention workshop and our pre-employment interviewing seminar is how important the pre-employment process is in the prevention of employee theft and loss.

In a study published in the July/August 2012 issue of Inc. Magazine, 34% of employers have rejected a job candidate because of the person’s social-media activity. The study listed the top four reasons that those candidates were not hired:

1. They posted inappropriate photos or information.
2. There was evidence of drinking or drug use.
3. They had poor communication skills.
4. They bad mouthed a previous employer.

As employers we must use every means legally available to obtain information on a job candidate’s suitability for our company. Some may see this as an “invasion of their privacy” or a violation or their “rights”. Nothing is further from the truth. If someone puts information about themselves or their conduct out in the public domain, it is fair for an employer to use that information in our decisions. This is no different than a candidate’s criminal, civil, credit or education information.

A thorough look into the candidate’s background can save you from disappointment after they are hired. Don’t be afraid to use every source at your disposal.

For more information on Retail Loss Prevention Seminars, Retail Loss Prevention Training, or Retail 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 Retail Employee Theft and Shoplifting problems.

Over the years I have run into some pretty weird situations with shoplifters. In a company’s effort to prevent shoplifting we must apprehend the thieves that are stealing.

In one situation I stopped and detained a middle aged woman for shoplifting about $300 worth of new tennis shoes that I had witnessed her switch tags on to a lower priced shoe. She had a pretty heavy Eastern European accent. Again while police officers were taking her into custody she stated that I was discriminating against her because she was European. The police officers taking her into custody, whom I knew very well started laughing. She looked at them with shock when they told her. “Lady this store is owned by a French company and he (pointing to me) is married to German citizen (I met my clearly better half when I was in the Army stationed in Germany). They then reminded her that she had the right to remain silent and that they would prefer that she exercise that right.

Another time I apprehended a guy who had stolen a framed picture of Christ. He did not fight me, resist, run or anything else that we are always prepared to deal with. But when the Police arrived at the store and we were switching handcuffs on the shoplifter he turned to me and said, “This is not a very Christian thing you are doing to me”. This guy STEALS a picture of Christ and I am the sinner!

Another all-time favorite is the guy who stole a $1.00 fishing lure from a sporting goods store. That was all he took! I stopped him and took him into custody. When I got him back to the Security Office I emptied his pockets (he was handcuffed) and was bagging it up for the police when I discovered a “wad” of cash well over one hundred dollars. I was shocked (still naïve then) and asked him why he stole a minor $1.00 item when he clearly had the cash to pay for it. He said, “I wanted to see if I could get away with it”. I just shook my head and told him that it was good that he had the cash on him, as he would need it for bail.

I have found over the years that you can prevent shoplifting and be entertained at the same time. My Loss Prevention Seminars and Loss Prevention Workshops explore these types of incidents and many other situations.

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.

Employee theft, also known as internal theft, causes close to fifty percent of all retail business loss. In thirty years of conducting employee theft investigations, I am still shocked by how little common sense is taken into consideration in theft prevention.

For example, I conducted an investigation where $5000 in forged business checks were cashed. It turned out that the stock of checks was unsecure in an office supply room. The janitor’s stole 20 checks from the middle of the stack, waited a while and then began to cash them. These checks should have been secured in a locked cabinet with strict controlled access. The checks should have been logged out and issued to the person that processes them.

We drop our guard because it is “more difficult” to do it the right way, however the only way to employee theft by doing it the “right way” not the easy way. The key is “prevention”.

Another excuse we say is, “Oh I trust that person, and they would never do that”. When a management person says that, they are basically saying that they have no business common sense.

Another case I worked on involved employees that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in product from a warehouse they worked in. They had keys to the warehouse that contained millions of dollars in merchandise. The alarm system was not reporting when the doors were being open and closed. So coming back at night and loading up a truck was not a problem.

Employee theft, or internal theft, lurks around every corner. You have to be actively watching for it to prevent it. Internal theft will not go away or stop on its own. In fact it will get worse. Get your policy manual off the shelf, dust it off, update it and make sure people understand that this is your companies “business bible”, live it, enforce it! This doesn’t mean that it never changes. As your business changes your policy and procedures should change.

Learn this and more in our Loss Prevention Seminar and Loss Prevention Workshop.

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.

Do you think you might be suffering from internal theft or Employee Theft? Are you worried that your employees might be keeping known cases of this kind of theft to themselves? Often your employees have no idea that this kind of theft affects them. They may think that there are no repercussions for those who are not directly involved and will turn a blind eye.

In this seminar we will teach you how to effectively talk to your employees about employee theft. This is an aspect of loss that affects the entire company and your employees should know how to recognize and deter it for the good of the company.

Our loss prevention seminar will empower you to solve your own problems. We bring the world of loss prevention out into the open and give you the techniques to identify and address employee theft and shoplifting problems. Our loss prevention workshop will give you and your Managers hands on training to allow you to work through actual investigations and problems.

Weather you have had loss prevention training or not you will walk away with skills and knowledge that will enhance your bottom line.

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.