According to the U.S. Department of Commerce 50 billion dollars are lost annually due to employee dishonesty which includes theft of cash, merchandise, and office supplies as well as faked on-the-job injuries and even overpaying costumers and pocketing the cash. Employee theft can be very small amounts of cash, food, or other things in your business or it could be grand theft. Now, 50 billion dollars is such a large number it might be difficult to get the cope of it. So how about this; the Department of Commerce also reports that one-third of all new businesses fail because of employee theft. That's one in three. If you're setting up a new business there's a excellent chance you'll go under not because you have an inferior product or poor costumer relations but because of the people you hired Additionally about two percent of all business sales are lost to employee theft. And I don't have to tell you how that'll add up.

And the dishonest ones aren't always the ones you'd think. Very often they're model employees. They get in early, they stay late, and they're often friendly with their bosses. So you say 'No, problem, my employees will tell me about other employees stealing' but it's may not be that easy. According to the American Society of Employers 20% of employees are aware of fraud at their companies. Which isn't so surprising; people want to get along with their co-workers. It can be difficult to report theft discreetly, who can honestly say that want to be known as the company snitch?

Part of the solution to this problem is monitoring your business through a Closed Circuit TV Surveillance System. If your employees know there's CCTV they'll be disinclined to steal from the company, and if you don't want them to know about it, well, you'll be keeping an eye on them, so you get the benefit either way. Best of all, CCTV through Certified Security Systems can be monitored remotely by a third party so you can focus on your business. With one of these systems you'll have the peace of mind of knowing you can trust your employees and it'll save you a lot of money and heartache.

What makes a particular house stand out as a tempting target for burglars?

Homeowners should ask themselves the following questions to determine if their house is inviting to an unwelcome visitor:

•  Is the house within three blocks of a major thoroughfare?
•  Is the house on a cul-de-sac?
•  Is the house adjacent to a wooded area, abandoned railroad tracks or park?
•  Is the house relatively more expensive than the others in the neighborhood?
•  Are the occupants of the house newcomers to the neighborhood (within the past year)?

If you answered “yes” to three or more of these questions, your house may be a prime target for burglary, according to Temple research findings.

Do alarms deter burglaries? It appears they do. The home without an alarm is nearly three times as likely to be burgled the study revealed.

From www.haltonwatch.com