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Premises Security Liability: Here’s Why Reasoned Behavior Trumps Perfection
The odds are stacked heavily against any organization that does not take necessary premises security procedures to protect their employees, customers, and others.
The Big Picture: Retail Video Today and What’s Coming Tomorrow
Visual information is no longer the only — and perhaps not even the primary — component of a video surveillance system. Images are still valuable, but it is the data inherent within them that provides for new applications and value. A camera is now a computer with a lens. Video once provided LP with extra eyes. Now it also offers brains.
Shoplifters of TVs Held in Death of 81-Year-Old Sales Associate
An 81-year-old Sears sales associate was killed by two men who shoved him down while stealing television sets from a South Carolina store, authorities...
Evolving Security Cameras and Video Technology
In a recent series of aricles, Bill Turner, contributing writer, has looked at the evolution of loss prevention since the inception of LP Magazine...
Facial Recognition Security Cameras: A Game-Changing Technology
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is based on the experiences of a well-known retailer that implemented a facial-recognition security camera system. Because of the potential value...
Today’s Retail Video Surveillance Systems Are Underutilized
Video surveillance systems have come a long way since their introduction into the retail space many years ago. Yet some retailers and loss prevention...
Envisioning the Value of Video Is Easy—But Extracting It Can Be Tricky
It’s probably not difficult for loss prevention practitioners to picture the value that surveillance video solutions can provide. After all, they’re often inundated with promotional descriptions suggesting that today’s video solutions are a panacea for sluggish store sales and high shrinkage.