MAKE ROBBERY RISKY!!
Robbery is a
crime “against the person” and a frightening experience. It can result in
injury or even death to the victim. In protecting your business from
robbery, it is important to remember to take preventative measures and
make it obvious that those measures have been taken.
How to discourage robbery!
- Avoid working
alone. If you must, turn on a hidden radio or TV so robbers will think
someone is with you.
- Vary the schedule
and route for your bank deposits each day. Keep only necessary cash in
the drawer. Then, if you are robbed, you’ll reduce your losses.
- Make sure your cash
register is clearly visible to passers-by. Arrange the counter so that
the customer or robber is visible from the street.
- Avoid placing signs
or displays near windows that block visibility from the street.
- If your business
runs an exceptionally high risk of robbery, you may want to invest in a
bulletproof cashiers screen. A screen “defuses” the robbers’ threat,
but other prevention measures may be equally effective at lower costs.
- Display signs at
entrance and exits indicating that safes require secondary keys not in
the possession of employees.
- Advertise your
security alarm system with signs in
visible locations. Make sure your employees know how to operate the
panic button.
- Develop a mutual aid
system (Business Alert Network) among
your neighboring stores. Agree to keep an eye on each other.
- Report all
suspicious activity
- Instruct your
employees NEVER REFUSE A ROBBER! Give
them the money.
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