How to deal with the shoplifting problem

Crime prevention: A poster put up to deter shoplifters at a convenience store. Making it mandatory to lodge police reports against shoplifters has many advantages.

AS an active security practitioner in the Malaysian shopping malls industry for the past 20 years, I have noticed that the issue of shoplifting is never ending.

Losses incurred by retailers have become an acceptable norm in business. Whenever a shoplifter is apprehended by vigilant staff/security personnel, different retailers resort to different approaches based on their company’s policy.