The Fourth of July Holiday is a favorite time for jewel thieves. The Jewelry Security Alliance has made the following recommendations to help prevent a loss during this long holiday weekend.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Jewelers MUST respond to all alarm signals promptly including notice of communication errors or power interruption. Jewelry personnel should never enter the jewelry premises alone in response to an alarm signal, but should wait to be accompanied by police.
- Examination of only the ground floor doors and windows is not sufficient. The roof, sidewalls and all possible points of entry must be examined, including through neighboring premises. Rooftop burglars have come through the roof in mall locations as well as in other types of locations, and many jewelry stores have been entered by breaking through sidewalls after gaining entry to an adjacent store from the roof of that adjacent store.
- Jewelry burglars have been cutting power lines or disabling electrical junction boxes to disable alarm systems and cameras. Junction boxes must be examined. Any unexplained power outage at your store or telephone outage is a red flag.
- Jewelers should confirm with their alarm company that their alarm set-up will provide protection from entry from the roof, side walls and all possible points of entry, in addition to doors and windows.
- All jewelry premises need adequate line security for their alarm system and need to test their system from time to time.
- Make sure your firm’s alarm company call list is up to date, with adequate responders even during vacation periods, holidays and weekends.
- Do not position a safe on an outside wall or a wall of a neighboring office or store that would allow burglars to break through a wall and penetrate the safe without even entering the jeweler’s premises.
- Don’t leave merchandise out at night in showcases. Leaving inexpensive merchandise in showcases encourages break-ins. Even if all merchandise will not fit in a safe, try to lock low-end merchandise away and out of sight. If burglars break through walls and windows, and smash showcases, the damage to the store and possible business interruption can be more costly than the loss of the low-end merchandise. Furthermore, burglars often take enough low-end merchandise that is left out overnight to amount to a significant loss.
Guard Tronic has been UL Listed and providing Mercantile Service to local jewelry stores since the early 1970s. We work with Jewelers Mutual to ensure our clients have the very best protection, including Extend 2 and 3 service.
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(Copied from JSA and DGA Security, through Digital Monitoring Products)