Some Guidelines You Can Follow To Protect Your Business From Theft

If you are a store owner, then surely one of the major worries you have in mind is the security of your business. You always have that feeling that your store can get robbed anytime and you can be left with a lot of damage financially. Not to mention a potential "physical" damage if the robbers have guns or any kind of weapon that can cause you some serious physical injuries. So it's really important to know how to minimize the probability of your store from being robbed. Here are some great tips to do just that:

1.) You should install security devices. Some of this security systems can be quite pricey but if you really want your business properly secured, you got to resolve yourself on buying one for the security of your business. Some store owners are sadly not committed to devoting a part of their income to their store's security so they use dummy cameras, fake alarm systems, or false signs indicating security measures that are not actually in practice or place. All security measures and procedures should be up front and not a secret. If criminals think you are lying about one aspect of your store security, they will think you are lying about all the others as well, such as not having access to certain cash levels and this could lead to violence on their part and possibly grave physical damage to you or your employees.

2.) If you have employees for your store or business establishment, make sure to train them. No matter how safe the inside and outside of the store can be, managers and employees must put robbery deterrence routines in practice all the time. If you don't have employees for whatever reason and just running the business by yourself, then make sure you do the same. Training is important for you or for your employees so you can all react calmly and quickly in the case of a robbery.

Make a habit of establishing a schedule for training your personnel periodically, refreshing them on robbery deterrence procedures. An audio-visual component helps to reinforce the robbery deterrence routines. It also demonstrates your concern for employees and customers. Training and follow-up will be the key to your program's success. 

3.) Even though you have taken the above steps, you are still not 100% protected from a robbery. So this tip acts as a last form of defense if all else fails. And that tip is to make sure you don't keep a lot of cash stored in the register. Large amounts of cash and its availability will surely attract a lot of attention even to ordinary people, how much more for robbers. The robber will know that there are large amounts of cash available if he sees a huge amount of bills in the cash register. That is why a low cash policy should be kept a priority. Visibility into the cash register is alright if cash levels are kept low. Low cash register levels can be a good deterrence versus the robber guessing wrong that the take will be substantial.