| Let's talk about business security. I don't have to tell | | | | should stay outside until the other gives the all clear |
| you that business burglary is on the rise. You read | | | | signal. This should be part of the opening and closing |
| about burglaries daily in your favorite newspaper, you | | | | ritual. |
| see news accounts of burglaries on tv all day long, | | | | 9. Keep cash on the premises at a minimum. Make |
| you hear about holdups on the radio news; holdups | | | | frequent pickups of money from registers and make |
| and burglary are everywhere, you can't escape from | | | | bank deposits at different times of the day or night. Be |
| hearing about them. | | | | sure not to make your bank deposits at the same time |
| The following is a security guide for businesses. | | | | every day or every night, fluctuate your banking times. |
| Research as proven that the following are sound | | | | 10. Your business should have a safe and it should be |
| business security tips. | | | | kept locked at all times. |
| These tips are for new businesses as well as | | | | 11. Always do a national criminal background check on |
| established businesses. | | | | all employees as well as check their references |
| 1. Call the police at once if you notice suspicious | | | | before hiring them. |
| strangers loitering near or in our place of business. | | | | 12. In the event you are contacted about an |
| 2. Never block the view into your business such as | | | | emergency at your business and the call is of |
| crowding display windows or shrubbery that can block | | | | questionable validity, make sure to verify the call with |
| the view of passing police or even a good citizen that | | | | the police dispatcher before going to your business, |
| may see a burglary in progress. It's important to | | | | you can do this by calling 911 or the nonemergency |
| maintain visibility into your business establishment at all | | | | phone number of your police department. |
| times. | | | | 13. Have frequent meetings with your employees in |
| 3. Secure your cashier operations by installing barriers | | | | order to familiarize them with holdup and holdup |
| of some sort to keep unauthorized persons out of that | | | | prevention measures. |
| area. | | | | If Your Business Is Held Up, Do following: |
| 4. If practical, mark doorways at varying heights to | | | | 1. Remain calm |
| allow proper identification of robber's height | | | | 2. Do not resist |
| 5. Install a silent holdup alarm system. This should be | | | | 3. Be identification conscious. Observe the holdup |
| placed close to the cashier and out of sight. | | | | suspect carefully for future identification |
| 6. Your business should have a security alarm system | | | | 4. Report the robbery immediately - dial 911 and don't |
| with security monitoring. There are many wireless | | | | hang up. |
| security systems as well as wired security alarms on | | | | 5. If possible, protect the crime scene - do not let |
| the market. These systems should be installed by | | | | anyone disturb it. Wait for police. |
| professionals to be sure that your security monitoring | | | | 6. Cooperate with police in a calm manner, by doing as |
| is active at all times. | | | | they request, you will help solve the crime. |
| 7. Install a timed delay switch to turn off exterior lights | | | | We hope you'll use the above security guide, we know |
| after your employees have gone for the night. Some | | | | it works. If you business doesn't have a security alarm |
| sort of interior lighting should be left on so police can | | | | plus what is called a panic button, please contact a |
| see into your business. | | | | security monitoring company asap and have a security |
| 8. Use two people to open and close your business. | | | | monitoring system installed. |
| Establish a system of prearranged signals. One person | | | | |