ChatterBank1 min ago
How to catch a cash thief
13 Answers
Suggestions please on:
Early detection measures.
Systems used by cash register thiefs.
Etc.
NB: Have good CCTV cover, however, it's only useful after theft has been reported and is not effective in the dicovery of theft.
Thanks in advance.
Early detection measures.
Systems used by cash register thiefs.
Etc.
NB: Have good CCTV cover, however, it's only useful after theft has been reported and is not effective in the dicovery of theft.
Thanks in advance.
Answers
Install fresh cash till for each shift and check income against receipts by each user.
17:34 Sun 15th Nov 2009
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sara3 - I have tried to review CCTV this way and quickly discovered that even watching an 8 hour shift can become a 12 excursion as you tend to rewind a lot. Difficult to keep your eyes open too. Moreover, we can have more than 100 hours of footage per week. Trust me it's not possible! And paying someone would most likely cost more than the money we're losing through theft.
All staff have to move between different tills unfortunately.
All staff have to move between different tills unfortunately.
it also depends what size of store you have and the till training, all transactions should be put through the till and a reciept issued. None of the staff should have personal possessions on the shop floor and there should be bag searches done daily, which need to be recorded and signed for by staff and managers. Any member of staff bringing large amounts of miney into the store must declare it in a book but it should be discouraged. All staff should allow locker searches and bag searches, searches can also include asking staff to remove their footwear as they leave the shop floor. No persobal possessions should be allowed on the shop floor including glasses cases and mobile phones.
obviously you know that money is going missing, so you will know when it is going missing, check your rota's see if there are specific staff on everytime it happens, if there is then you can narrow down times when you need to check the CCTV
Also first thing fill the tills with money you have marked, take another amount of notes, mark them and get friends/family or other people you can trust to go and buy items from the store, due to this nearly all of the cash in your till will be marked and you can check your staff as they leave
Also first thing fill the tills with money you have marked, take another amount of notes, mark them and get friends/family or other people you can trust to go and buy items from the store, due to this nearly all of the cash in your till will be marked and you can check your staff as they leave
Thank you for your response danchip.
Yes, I am aware of money being taken in this case and I have thus been going through CCTV footage - in fact, since I posted this question I have found footage that will be used to sack and hopefully prosecute one offender :)
However, there are more suspected thieves and I am finding it very difficult to prove them guilty or innocent as the case may be.
This is why I am particularly interested in systems/tricks used by thieves. If I know what to look for; I'll find it more quickly.
I like the suggestion you made about marking notes... more of that kind of stuff please.
Yes, I am aware of money being taken in this case and I have thus been going through CCTV footage - in fact, since I posted this question I have found footage that will be used to sack and hopefully prosecute one offender :)
However, there are more suspected thieves and I am finding it very difficult to prove them guilty or innocent as the case may be.
This is why I am particularly interested in systems/tricks used by thieves. If I know what to look for; I'll find it more quickly.
I like the suggestion you made about marking notes... more of that kind of stuff please.