Making Places Safe for People and Property
Latest episodes
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17 min
Soft Targets – How can they prevent mass shootings?
Soft targets are open to the public and often unprotected Soft targets are public and private venues with easy access. Soft targets have few restrictions and relaxed rule enforceme…
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14 min
Parking Lot Security: Use a Car as Your Personal Safe Room
Parking lot security decisions about being safe are initially our responsibility. Where, when, and how we choose to park our vehicle determines what our parking lot security crime…
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36 min
Convenience Store Security and Loss Prevention Briefing
Convenience Store Security & Loss Prevention Challenges Big three: Armed Robbery, Employee Theft, and Shoplifting. Employee theft is the greatest profit killer in C-Stores. Shoplif…
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11 min
Juvenile Shoplifting Until Adults Throw Red Bull Cans at Cashier
Juvenile Shoplifting - Petty Theft with Low Risk of Incarceration Juveniles working gangster-style with adults makes crime a felony Adults directing children to steal $350 of Red B…
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27 min
Armed Security Guards Need Background Check and More Training
Do armed security guards require more regulation? Should there be a national standard for background checks? Is there a national clearinghouse for armed security guards? Is mental…
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29 min
Travel Security Plan – Safe While Abroad
Travel security plans will make you safer while abroad. A good security plan anticipates and reduces the risk of loss or harm. The security plan is an emergency document retrieval…
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14 min
Bar Bouncers Use Excessive Force in Florida
Bar bouncers are caught on video acting like thugs and brawlers intentionally punching, kicking, using knee strikes, and stomping on patrons just like in the movie Road House. A re…
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11 min
ATM Security – 10 Things ATM Robbers Don’t Want Victims to Know
ATM robbers may be waiting at your Automated Teller Machine. ATM cash withdrawal after-hours is high-risk if alone and female. Learn how ATM robbers think and view you as a potenti…
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15 min
Crime Risk Factors – Nature of the Premises
Crime risk factors have a direct correlation to the nature of the premises. Properties open to the public operate at a greater crime risk. Cash-based late-night businesses have a g…
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22 min
Restaurant Robbery Prevention Affects Franchise Chains in Houston Texas
Restaurant Robbery Prevention - What are the Key Robbery Factors? Fast food, quick service, on major thoroughfares, open late at night Source of cash, easy access, good escape rout…
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23 min
Home Burglar Alarm System Options Before Buying
Home burglar alarm decisions are part of your family security plan. What home alarm system feature is essential for you to consider? Do I need to pay to have my home burglar alarm…
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11 min
10 Things Shoplifters Don’t Want You to Know
Shoplifters, like all thieves, don't want to get caught. Shoplifters don't want you to know why your store is desirable. Shoplifters perception influences how often they visit your…
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37 min
Crime Prevention Works Best with a Security Plan
Crime Prevention Works When There Is a Security Plan. "If we can get people to make that commitment, to prevent crime, we can give them the tools they need to do it. Ideally, we sh…
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37 min
Nightclub Security – Are Mass Shootings Unstoppable?
Nightclub security prevents reasonably foreseeable crime Nightclub security is not currently designed to: Foresee and prevent terrorist attacks; Foresee and prevent planned mass mu…
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18 min
Fast Food Security – Violent Crime at Quick Service Restaurants
Fast Food Security is Necessary at Some Quick Service Restaurants Crime risk factors: Urban location, quick access, and late-night hours Prior crime history and nature of the premi…
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12 min
Hotel Room Security – Things Not to Leave Unsecured in Your Room
Hotel Room Security Plan to Protect Valuable Items Assume that in your absence, a hotel room is not secure. Leave valuable items at home or have a plan to protect them. You Can't A…
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20 min
Making Places Safe for People and Property – Crime School Podcast
Making Places Safe Crime needs a place to happen. Making Places Safe from crime puts focus on the where question. It is far easier to develop a security plan for a single place tha…
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29 min
Adult Shoplifters Caught Using Children for Theft at Walmart
Adult Shoplifters are using Kids for theft at a Florida Walmart. Why do adult shoplifters use children to commit theft from retail stores? Do arrest reports show that parents teach…
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11 min
Carjacking Robbery – Most dangerous Point is Entry and Exit
Carjacking robbery often occurs at the point where you enter or exit your parked vehicle. The carjacker is a young male 90% of the time. The carjacker is often under the influence…
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8 min
ATM Smartphone App – Will Bank ATM App Prevent Armed Robbery?
ATM Smartphone App Promises Convenience, not Safety. Major US banks move towards card-free ATM access. ATM Smartphone App replaces the plastic access card. Will this make ATM use s…