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Secure-Tek is more
than just a security guard company. Our firm
was founded as a Loss Prevention and
Investigative company and those divisions remain
a cornerstone of our operations today.
We were the pioneers of contract loss prevention
in 1992. Our management team consists of former
Loss Prevention and Security Directors from both
the retail and corporate sectors, along with
former local, county and state law enforcement
officials as well. That balance assures our
clients we have the practical knowledge,
training and experience to do the job right.
Many retailers know that theft accounts for a
significant amount of loss in revenue each year,
and it is only getting worse. Theft comes from
many sources, and we have found that many
retailers underestimate the percentages of
employee theft vs. shoplifting. |
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This is where we can
be of great service to your company. We use
experienced and highly trained "plain clothes"
personnel called "Loss Prevention Agents" that
are placed into your retail establishments to
pose as customers. Through this process we are
able to detect and apprehend shoplifters and
recover stolen merchandise.
In many cases the shoplifter may be an employee
or even worse a trusted employee!
Customers that are caught stealing are detained,
the property is recovered and then information
is then gathered to make a determination on what
course of action is taken. Based on the amount
of the theft, motive and other circumstances it
may be determined that arrest and prosecution is
in the best interest of our client.
We have a track record for developing
"communication bridges" with local law
enforcement agencies which increases visibility
in the community. Nothing better says "don't
steal here or you will go to jail" than
observing a police car arrive and officers
escorting a shoplifter out of the store and into
their custody.
Some merchants realize that the effort spent
controlling the honesty among their employees is
of greater value than the actual losses incurred
with customer theft. For those merchants,
we place our investigators into the client's
workforce as a regular employee. The
"undercover employee" may be assigned to perform
a normal task such as cashiering, stocking or
janitorial duties, but their real role is
monitoring and watching your employees.
We gather information through physical evidence,
physical observation, verbal information and
sometimes just good old hunches that lead us to
the source of the internal theft, time fraud,
drug and alcohol use, sexual harassment, and
safety violations that lead to unnecessary and
costly worker's compensation claims. |
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