Crime School

Home Security Alarm Best Practices * Buy only the home security alarm features that you need. * Buy the alarm system that you will use every day. * Buy a quality home security alarm system and only cry once. * Use a local alarm installer for access to service and repairs. Interview by Grant Clauser with The Wirecutter. Podcast Time Stamps: [01:00] -- Misconceptions about home security alarm being...

Gas station security risk from car burglars called sliders. * Sliders prey on women and unlocked vehicles at gas stations. * Sliders want to snatch purses, wallets, cell phones, laptops. * Gas station security flaw creates this opportunity for thieves. * Family security plan removes this opportunity from sliders. Podcast Time Stamps: [01:30] -- Gas station security precautions begin when you exit...

Loss Prevention Procedures are the Glue that Prevents Retail Theft * Employee theft is always the most likely suspect in large inventory loss * Shoplifting loss is the most controllable expense, but needs a plan * Loss prevention procedures reduce employee theft and shoplifting * Interview by Mike Bederka with Small Business Smarts Podcast Time Stamps: [02:30] -- Retail security consultant can hel...

Home Security - Family Plan to be Safe * In this episode, learn about home security and how to make any home, condo, or apartment your castle and protect all those who live in it. * Interview with Dunagun Kaiser about Home Security and Safety * "Reluctant Preppers" YouTube Show Dunagun Kaiser I gave my thoughts about home security and preventing crimes like home burglary, home invasion robbery, an...

Employee theft is the silent profit killer that plays a major role in the financial life or death of your restaurant, cafe, hotel, or bar. * How can I learn the causes and cures of employee theft and prevent loss in my business? * How do I prevent employee theft in my restaurant, hotel, or bar? * What loss prevention strategy, when implemented, will keep my employees honest? Employee Theft * Our t...

Home Invasion robbery can strike anyone including American Idol star Scotty McCreery. * There was a knock on the apartment door at 2:00 am. * The door was opened and three heavily-armed robbers barged in. * Robbers took wallets, phones, and electronics totaling $1,600. * America’s Morning Show host Blair Garner called about the May 2014  home invasion robbery of country singer Scotty McCreery. Hom...

Do nightclubs have premises liability for mass shootings? Nightclub Security Liability Elements: * A legal duty to make the nightclub reasonably safe. * The knowledge that violent crime was reasonably foreseeable. * Security was not reasonable or adequate, under the circumstances. * The injury was caused by negligence and breach of duty. Interview with Business Insurance magazine. Reporter Rob Len...

Shopping Center Security Plan to Prevent Teen Crowds and Fights * How to anticipate when large crowds might descend on a mall? * How to develop a security plan for teen crowd control? * How to plan for an emergency response to social disorder? Interview with Shopping Centers Today magazine. Contributing Editor Steve McLinden. Podcast Time Stamps: [00:45] -- Shopping Center Security - Topic introdu...

Loss Prevention Agents are a surprise to shoplifters when caught. * Shoplifters feel that their theft was undetected. * Shoplifters thought they were careful not to be spotted. * Shoplifters saw no one following before exiting a store. * Shoplifters are shocked when loss prevention agents detain them. Podcast Time Stamps [00:39] - Shoplifters are surprised when caught. [00:55] - The high cost of s...

Why might burglars choose your home before others? * Look at your home and habits from the perspective of burglars. * Discover what you should do before burglars come calling. * Evaluate your own home like a burglar and take action. * Involve the family and develop your own security plan. * Set a date for annual review and update the commitment. Podcast Time Stamps: [0:50] - I know your neighborho...

A disorderly house in California is a liquor licensed premises that disturbs the neighborhood or is maintained for purposes which are injurious to the public morals, health, convenience or safety. A liquor license outlet that: * (a) disturbs the neighborhood with noise, loud music, loitering, littering, vandalism, urination or defecation by patrons, graffiti, etc.; or * (b) has many crimes ongoing...

Safe living alone is taking charge of your environment and lifestyle. * Millions of people are safe living alone because they plan it that way. * Safe living alone requires an intentional security vigilance and mindset. * Most people living alone build a safety network of friends and neighbors. * Interview by Emily Bell with Zillow magazine. Podcast Time Stamps: [00:40] -- CrimeSchool.com/38 show...

Active shooter survival favors those prepared to react.  * Early awareness of an active shooter increases the margin of safety. * Quick threat assessment increases your reaction time to escape. * Moving away from the threat reduces your risk of harm. * Develop an active shooter survival mindset and security plan. * Our guest is violence assessment expert James S. Cawood. * He is President of Facto...

Convenience store robbery worries late-night retail store operators. * Will bad cash handling attract robbers to your store? * Does poor cash handling contribute to employee theft? * What cash handling best practices will prevent robbery? * What tools prevent convenience store robbery and manage cash? * Options to safely manage convenience store bank deposits? Podcast Time Stamps [01:16] - Introdu...

Questions about apartment security and a gang takeover of my building? * My rental property was taken over by Los Angeles gang members. * How can I get them out and make my building safe? * I called the police and was told they can't remove them, is that true? High-crime four-plex apartment building A Crime School listener named Victor contacted me asking for advice about apartment security and ga...

Comic Con security plan requires creativity and attitude in  San Diego. * Comic book characters, super heroes, villains, and zombies. * Downtown San Diego Convention Center location. * High foot-traffic tourist area co-mingle cars, trucks, trains. * Adjacent to Gaslamp Entertainment District and bars. * Costumed characters carry real and realistic fake weapons. Interview with KNX Radio 1070am Los...

Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, part-two. In this episode, we continue the discussion about apartment security and this highly-effective crime prevention partnership. * The goal of the Crime Free Multi-housing Program is to keep illegal activity off rental housing property. * The Crime Free Multi-housing Program was developed in 1992 at Mesa Police Department by today's guest Tim Zehring. * Ther...

Crime Free Multi-Housing Program goal is to keep illegal activity off rental apartment property. We discuss the core components of the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program in part-one of this episode, and how it developed into the dynamic law enforcement-based program that it is today. * Today’s special guest is Tim Zehring. He created the Crime Free Multi-housing Program in 1992. * There is no one be...

Mass shootings in America escalated between 2000-2013 * FBI study reports 160 incidents, 486 killed, 557 wounded. * Has our changing culture created these mass shootings? * What can be done to restore our values and attitudes? * Our guest is violence threat assessment expert James S. Cawood. Podcast Time Stamps: [03:55] – Mass shootings: mental health, gun control, or immigration. [05:00] – Introd...

Los Angeles violent crime surged by 67% downtown for the first six months of 2015 according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. * Is the increase in violent crime caused by gang activity? * Was it caused by the jail inmate early-release program? * Is it related to the growing Skid Row Homeless Population? * Did Proposition 47 felony crime reclassification cause the spike? Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chi...

Vehicle Theft is Rising after Years of Decline Auto theft prevention requires a comprehensive security plan. * Motor vehicles were stolen every 46 seconds in the US in 2014. * 700,000 cars, trucks, and motorcycles were stolen. * Vehicle theft loss estimates $4.5 Billion per year. Auto Theft Prevention - Is our Responsibility 45% of stolen vehicles are never recovered. Only 13% of car thieves are a...