Loss Prevention and Security Procedures

Loss Prevention and Security Procedures: Practical Applications for Contemporary Problems assists CEOs, security management and loss prevention specialists in dealing with loss. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the foremost loss prevention and security issues facing today's security professionals. Written from the management perspective, Loss Prevention and Security Procedures offers discernment and wisdom directed toward the philosophy of anticipatory security, before losses occur and resolving them through the most cost effective initiatives possible. Dr. Fischer and Mr. Janoski, both highly recognized in their respective fields, offer extensive academic, theoretical, and practitioner backgrounds and expertise. Together they bring nearly fifty combined years of committed dedication to the security industry, providing insight to the incessant problems of theft, substance abuse, bomb threats, and providing a safe workplace.

• Serves as a hands-in practical book
• Appeals to a mixed audience; addresses both executive management and security practitioners
• Includes practical forms

1. Orientation to the Security Environment
• Analysis of the Workplace: Facilities and Grounds
• Definition of Authority
2. Loss Prevention Strategies: Building Blocks for a Comprehensive Loss-Prevention Program
• Relative Honesty
• Security's Concern
• The Erosion of Honesty
• Understanding Why Employee Steal
• Hiring Honest Employees
• Security/Loss Prevention's Role
• Carson's Laws
3. Identification of Problem Areas
• General Loss Concepts
• Risk Management
• Identification of Risks, or Threat Assessment
• Risk Management Alternatives
• Cost-Effectiveness
• Specific Problem Areas
• Safety and Security
• Computer Security
• Liability Issues in Security
• Workplace Violence and Homicide
• High-Risk Workplaces and Occupations
• Controlling Access Points
• Anticipation of the Unexpected
• Hiring the "Right" Employee
• Background Screening
• Conclusion
• Key Terms
4. Profile of a Thief
• The Dishonest Employee
• Management Responsibility in Loss Prevention
• A Program for Internal Security
5. Countermeasures to Theft
• Human Interaction
• Security Intervention
• Trigger Mechanisms
• Physical and Electronic Safeguards
• Outdoor Security
• Confidential Numbering
• Security Reinforcement for Deterring Theft
• Policy on Theft
• Policy on Physical Security
• Policy on Information Security
• Policy on Emergency Planning
• Policy on Investigations
• Preventing Thefts in Rural/Field Operations
• Confronting a Theft Suspect
• Industrial Environment
• Retail Environment
• Guidelines for Company Investigations
• Law Enforcement Liaisons
• Employee Awareness and Accountability
• Key Terms
6. Loss-Prevention Surveys
• Loss-Prevention Audits
• Loss-Prevention Surveys
• Objectives of the Survey
• The Survey Process
7. Contract Versus Proprietary Security: What Direction?
• The Security Organization
• Determining the Need
• Security's Place in the Organization
• Nonintegrated Structures
• Organizing the Security Function
• Background
8. Pervasive Loss Prevention
• "Top-Down" Management
• Establishing a Network
• Procedural Controls
• When Controls Fail
9. Security Officer Training and Management's Responsibility
• A Historical Perspective
• Training
• Certification and Regulation
• Leadership
• Conclusion
10. Bomb Threats
• Planning
• Receiving the Threat
• Search Techniques
• Receiving the First Bomb Threat
• Mail Bombs
• Conclusion
11. Labor Disputes
• Types of Strikes
• Security's Role
• Right to Picket: the Overall Rules
• Prestrike Planning
• Strike
• Poststrike
• Physical Security Recommendations
• General Security Recommendations
• Conclusion
12. Special Event Security
• Access Control
• Conclusion
13. Security Reengineering
• Abandon the "Old School" Way of Doing Things!
• $ave the Company Money
• The Future Role of Security
• Security's Role in Executive Management
• Global Growth
• Technological Enhancements
• Problem Solving
• Diversity
• Key Terms
14. Handling Substance Abuse Matters
• Impact of Drug Use
• Theft
• Productivity, Quality Control, Accidents, and Injuries
• Absenteeism and Turnover Rate
• Personal Problems
• Drug Testing
• Spotting Drug Use
• The Components of a Comprehensive Substance Abuse Program
15. Workplace Violence
• Threat
• Harassment
• Attack
• Sabotage
• The Phenomenon of Workplace Violence
• The Work Environment and Violence
• Profiling Violent Behavior
• Basic Levels of Violence
• Preventing Workplace Violence

A very good book that lives up to its title.