Not all crime happens by the patrons in the isle of the store. Merchant owners have to guard themselves from both shoplifters and sadly enough, also have to protect themselves from employees as well. Training issues of employees are one issue but merchants also must guard against those who have positioned themselves right at the point of opportunity, the cash drawer. Short change scamming, sweet-hearting, no rings, short rings and substitute scanning are all opportunities of crime that happen daily in the world of retail.
For the retailer there is also the issue of counterfeit currency as well. Individuals that pass fake bills will pass up areas with cameras to try to pass the bill in areas with no surveillance. When cameras exist, they provide proof of the event and are a witness to the crime that would not have evidence unless recorded by a camera. It illimates the "they said we said" kind of argument and the proof is hard to dispute when the act is caught on camera video.
There is also the issue of PCI DSS Compliance standards that must be implemented. Not only initially but on a continual basis. Card skimming is often an issue both in retail as well as in every industry that receives and transmits credit card data.
Protect yourself and guard your businesses reputation as a merchant with a cash register recording camera system. Camera surveillance, properly interfaced to your DVR to the POS system (Point of Sale), will provide a record of the transaction. That the embedded image with the cash register transaction can provide a multitude of information for later viewing. So if a customer calls later and states they paid with a 100 dollar bill and they recieved incorrect change you should be able to view the transaction as it occurred with the time, date and transaction amount. The cost to interface the two systems is nominal when taking into consideration the business ROI (Return of Investment).
Purchasing of systems today has never been more affordable. With the increased IRS Section 179 deductions, or the BACR rewards offered by Rottweiler Security and the 0 % / 24 month lease as well as other benefits included for having your security system monitored with Rottweiler. Businesses can implement the necessary hardware today at the most affordable rates.
Keep in mind that not all individuals that count off the wrong change are purposely trying to steal from the patron or the merchant. It is not an easy job to run a cash register for 8 hours a day. The practice of counting the change into the customer hands is an art that apears to have left us forever and many times the patron does not take the time to count the change returned to them from the transaction only to realize later that the change was incorrect.
Protect your customer and yourself by recording the activity by the cash registers and record the transaction at the time of the sale.
