Tag: loss prevention certifications
How Loss Prevention Audits Are Used
Too often, there is a failure to acknowledge achievements during the audit process, which as a result tends to emphasize a negative undertone. This tendency can and will influence the entire process.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Preparation for Development of the Admission
Sometimes when we conduct an investigation, we're so focused on the specific incident or type of crime that was committed that we forget to think outside the box about what else that person could have done. Check out this week's video tip for more.
What We Can Do About Racial Profiling in Retail Stores
One idea to limit lawsuits: Conduct periodic surprise store audits to ensure compliance, identify gaps in training, and weed out problem employees.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Keys to the Written Statement
Often, at the end of an interview, we as the interviewers become mentally drained and exhausted. As a result, we sometimes take shortcuts on the written statement. That's really a dangerous and costly mistake. Check out the video tip for this week - and check out a bonus tip from the archives!
Getting Your Employees Comfortable with Writing an Incident Report
Here is a quick-and-dirty guide to instructing employees on the proper techniques of writing an incident report: a key loss prevention skill that is critical to professional growth.
How to Get More Money for Loss Prevention Equipment Acquisitions
What if other people in your organization could help you buy the loss prevention system that you are having a hard time getting approved by your C-level stakeholders?
The Real Danger of a Hostile Workplace
Loss prevention and asset protection teams need to track and analyze incidents and investigate complaints of workplace harassment and bullying for any suggestion that race or ethnic discrimination is a contributing cause.
Writing the Perfect Loss Prevention Resume
If you are thinking about writing your own resume (rather than using a professional resume writing service) to reflect the experience, accomplishments, and other...
Franchisees: Building a Restaurant Security Program from Scratch
Consider this: restaurant security programs require monetary output for potential safety measures, such as buying and installing CCTV cameras or implementing access systems. Such...
People Who Steal: Revealing Quotes from Offender Interviews
The Loss Prevention Research Council conducts more than 100 in-person interviews with active shoplifters each year. Much of what they say pertains to whether they see/get/fear a particular theft deterrent.