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Keep your front doors and windows clear of signs and posters to
allow clear, two way visibility. Employees can see suspicious
persons outside. Passers-by and police can see inside.
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Keep the outside of your business well lit at night.
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Make sure your cash register area is clearly visible to outside
observers.
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Practice good cash control. Keep a minimum amount in your cash
drawer and make regular drops into a safe.
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Advertise outside that you keep a minimal amount of cash in the
register and that you will not accept large bills.
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Don't keep large bills under the cash drawer. If you don't have a
safe, find a less obvious place to hide your extra cash until you go
to the bank.
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Use a safe that the clerk cannot open alone or that requires two
keys. Post that fact conspicuously, including on the safe itself.
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Use video camera surveillance and make it well known.
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Always have at least two clerks working at night.
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Vary your banking routine. Carry cash in a variety of ways - a lunch
sack, attaché case, flight bag, pocket, etc. Money bags are pretty
obvious.
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Vary the times and routes that you use to go to the bank.
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Make deposits as often as possible, never less than once a day.
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Be alert for "customers" who seem to be loitering or
glancing around the store while appearing to shop or browse through
a magazine.
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Watch for suspicious persons outside the business - especially in
parked cars and around telephone booths.
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If you see someone who is acting suspicious inside or outside, call
the police to have them checked out.
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Two persons should be on hand at opening and closing times.
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At opening time, one person should enter the store and check to see
if it has been disturbed.
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Before closing, one person should check the office, back rooms and
rest rooms to make sure no one is hiding inside.
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Keep side and back doors locked. Have employees use the main
entrance, if possible.
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Place markers at the main entrance that employees can use to help
gauge the height of a robber as he leaves.
