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Shop/Pub
Watch Scheme
This is the fastest, most responsive retail security communications
system, designed and tested in full consultation with WEST
MERCIA CONSTABULARY.
SHOPLIFTING IS not a
petty crime. It costs retailers around £3 billion a year.
Fighting the problem can be an uphill struggle. Hard-pressed store
staff are not just up against "traditional" shoplifters.
They increasingly face well-equipped, fast-moving, professional
thieves working in teams. But if stores also work together, they
can hit back at the parasites.
* By monitoring the
shoplifters.
* By making sure that
every store in the area is aware of which criminals are on the prowl,
what they look like and where they are.
* By letting centralised
security staff/or police know exactly what is happening minute by
minute.
* By ensuring that
criminals are tackled effectively with stolen goods still in their
possession and with less risk of them running away or
assaulting store staff.
Town centres protected with a SHOPWATCH Scheme become a place where
crime doesn't pay. Shoplifting professionals will go elsewhere to
find "soft" targets for their activities.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
It works as an intelligence system, not as a police alert facility.
It cannot be used in place of 999 calls, police alarm lines or other
emergency arrangements. However, if a suspect is apprehended or
if help is needed urgently a call on the SHOPWATCH scheme can be
used to alert all network users. This gives peace of mind to staff
who can easily feel isolated and outnumbered by criminals. It also
encourages everybody running town centre businesses to work together
to make their town a safer, wealthier and more relaxed place. A
place the criminals who prey on honest business people will be avoided.
A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM
Combating shoplifting is the main function of the SHOPWATCH Scheme,
but it is also highly effective against other forms of crime like
card and cheque fraud, vandalism and violence. The scheme gives
instant communications offering other benefits, from broadcasting
information on bomb scares, fires and lost children. The Pubwatch
Schemes can be used to track known offenders and prevent them access
so that others can enjoy themselves knowing that they are safe.
HOW DOES THE SCHEME WORK?
A small pocket radio set gives instant, clear access to a communications
network across a town. This system must not be confused with the
cheaper and short range radio scheme and offer poor range and security.
Our schemes use a base station relay, boosting signals to all parts
of the town centre, including basements in screened areas.
Sets can be carried by store detectives, security officers and shop
assistants. Smaller stores can keep a set behind the counter. Any
message broadcast from a set that suspects thieves are active can
give a description which will be heard by others on the net. Shopping
centre security personnel or police officers monitor the network
at all times. They can, in turn, broadcast back messages to other
users. PUB
WATCH SCHEME
This
allows pubs and clubs to trace known trouble makers. When a person
or persons have been banned the doorman can alert other users
on the scheme so that they also get barred.
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