Tag: security officers
Parking Lot Safety: 23 Ideas to Push Security to the Edge of the Shopping...
Holiday season crowds, a wrongful death lawsuit against a Dallas shopping mall, and a shooting at an Oklahoma Walmart are reminders of the danger that lurks in parking areas. A panel of security experts offers their best practices.
Avoid 4 Common Retail Security Training Deficiencies
According to research, workers whose education includes scenario-based instruction score better on retention exams, have a more positive attitude toward training material, and think arguments used in training are more persuasive.
4 Tips for Better Management of Contract Security Retail Officers
The number of security guards directly hired by retailers is expected to decline by 2.8 percent between 2014 and 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ occupational outlook.
How to Maintain a Positive Outlook among Your Loss Prevention Staff
A growing body of research links loss prevention staff attitudes to the training they receive. How else should managers handle negativity in the workplace?
Violent Crime Prevention: Innovations from Anti-Violence Summits
Leveraging the Loss Prevention Research Council's (LPRC's) five zones of influence framework, many retailers implement solutions at each layer of the zones to reduce opportunities or incentives for violence.
These Retail Store Safety Measures May Help Reduce the Likelihood of a Terror Attack
Loss prevention executives have a responsibility to stay plugged into the threat-communication network, such as through a local joint terrorism task force and via contact with industry counterparts and law enforcement.
Are Security Guards Disrupting Your Holiday Season? (Protos Security)
The holiday season is a wonderful time of year for many, but for loss prevention officials, there is no rest. No other time of...
A Security Lawsuit Is a Legal Landmine
Nine seconds after three armed men entered a convenience store in Rochester, NY, one of them shot security guard Brian Brown in the face. “Thirty-six pellets went into my eye, the rest went into my head,” he told local WHAM 13 News. “They’re still in there.”