Employee theft

[Steve B]

billbenson - you said "if one goes off when the employee leaves ..." That gave me the impression of an audible alarm.

I've seen statistics over the years and it's clear that a lot of clean and well dressed people steal things. Even people with a lot of money steal things. Perhaps you might miss them if you only focus on the "slimy" looking people. This isn't a situation where he has to scan the crowd and decide where to focus his efforts, he can monitor all of the employees regardless of what their friends look like.

[billbenson]

And you aren't listing. The hardest thieves to detect are the little old ladies. They are to arthritic to look around and be obvious. I had a couple with a stroller and a borrowed baby once. They carried the baby and filled the stroller with goods. When we approached them they threw the baby at us and ran. They were very well dressed.

I stated "slimy" was probably a poor use of words in my prior post. People from all walks of society steal for different reasons. However, by looking at the people they hang out with is a valuable piece of knowledge. As I said in a different recent thread, a friend caught a local mayors wife stealing.

Internal theft is pretty simple. Its a matter of tracking inventory, video, overs and shorts, and looking into personal issues such as their friends.