Small Business Safety Tips
Small businesses are prone to losses from shoplifting, burglary and internal theft. The number one reason for shoplifting is that it is easy and there is little or no risk involved. The majority of business burglaries occur overnight. To help, here are some safety tips for small businesses.
Small Business Safety Tips
- Install convex mirrors that allow employees to easily observe all corners and aisles.
- Have only one entrance and one exit to your business.
- Keep expensive merchandise inside locked cases.
- Use electronic tags that cannot be removed by a non-employee without damaging the merchandise.
- Light all exterior points of entry with permanent fixtures that are difficult to reach or tamper with.
- Install window locks designed and positioned so they cannot be reached and unlocked after breaking the glass.
- Install safety glass (glazing). It is highly effective at deterring break-ins.
- Install motion detectors to sense movement inside the building.
- Install entry protecting alarms to detect the breaking of windows and the opening of doors. Install point protectors (such as pressure-switch mats) to detect when someone enters a restricted area, such as by a cash register.
- Install a deadbolt lock/latch in each exterior door and lock overhead and receiving doors with high-quality padlocks.
- To protect against employee theft, screen all employees before hiring them — it is the best defence against internal theft.
- Never have fewer than two people close up at night.
- Watch for warning signs of theft— employees who are living beyond their means and habitually violate company policies.
- Use a card access system rather than traditional keys — access cards cannot easily be duplicated.
- Install a closed-circuit television system. It allows you to monitor employees and serves as a very strong deterrent when employees know one is in place.
- Place security signs and stickers on points of entry to serve as deterrents to robbery.
- Install silent alarms to notify police and give them a better chance to catch perpetrators.
- Install some form of cash register protection.
- Utilise a safe with a drop mechanism that allows you to make periodic drops during the day to minimize the amount of cash in your registers.
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