SECURITY TIPS
How to involve your staff in keeping your factory secure
Despite automation and mechanisation in industry, many factories still employ a lot of people in the production of their goods. Due to the volumes involved, it can be very complicated and expensive to control theft and shrinkage, as well as exposure to more serious...
How do you know if you can trust your security guard?
There have been many reports of security companies being infiltrated by criminals and gangs. Insider tips from guards are being passed to outside people who then use the information to plan break-ins and robberies. So how do you know if you can trust the security...
What is a Community Policing Forum and why should you care?
Most areas have Community Policing Forums (CPF) in place, but most residents are barely aware of this. The only time they hear about their local CPF is when some crime has happened in the area. Often the CPF cannot be effective simply because local residents are not...
How to train your domestics about security
Your domestic worker or gardener can be a great ally in your fight against crime in your suburb. They tend to spend a lot more time at your property during daytime than you do and often become aware of potential security problems before you do. With a little bit of...
Popular security scams in business parks
Business parks are often seen as easy targets for criminals, and they are therefore very active in these areas. A business park provides a high density of the kind of victims that criminals like to target: They have good jobs, cars, luxury possessions and money. It is...
How to run an effective road closure project
Many residents associations have implemented road closures in their areas in an attempt at keeping crime out. Perhaps this is the case where you stay as well? But the truth about these road closures is that they very often make no difference and is actually a complete...
How to keep your home safe during holiday periods
Criminals are always active in the suburbs, and increase their activity during traditional holiday periods when they know that many people are going away. They keep a watchful eye out for signs that you are away, and then break in to your house at their leisure. Their...
How to security check a domestic worker before you employ them
Many households in South Africa make use of domestic workers and gardeners that assist in coping with the maintenance of their property. There are a lot of security risks involved in hiring such a domestic worker ‘off the street’ or from some advert in a local...
How to implement effective access control in an office park
It is almost impossible to visit an office park without first having to go through some kind of access control. However, these security controls are often ineffective and a complete waste of time. In fact, they can leave the tenants at the office park even more...
Ask these 11 questions before appointing a security company
Whether you are a private home owner, a townhouse trustee or the manager at a business or retail park, you most likely will need to employ the services of a security company. So how do you know that you are appointing the best and most reliable security company? It...
Signs that your suburb is being targeted by criminals
Criminals are always on the lookout for easy targets, such as suburban houses, flats and complexes. If you live in one of these then there is a very high likelihood that criminals are keeping an eye on what is going on. The challenge for residents is to look out for...
9 Tips to avoid being hijacked
Most people have either been victims of hijackings themselves, or know someone close to them who has. In fact, it is rare to meet someone who has not been affected by this crime in some way. In most instances the hijacker or ‘smash-and-grabber’ is just a robber who...
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